American Airlines said to United: "Here, hold my beer...." Woman hit with stroller by AA employee

[Meghan54]

So, United got told by American Airlines, "Hold my beer."

American Airlines employee accused of hitting woman with stroller

A video posted to Facebook captured the moments after an employee allegedly took a stroller from a woman and hit her with it, narrowly missing the baby in her arms. The video shows the distraught woman holding her baby and crying, asking flight attendants to give her the stroller back.

A fellow passenger gets up and confronts the flight attendant.

“What’s the guy’s name who did that with the stroller?” the man says. “Is he an American Airlines employee? I want to know his name personally. That’s ridiculous.”

Another passenger can be heard saying “he smacked her in the face with the stroller.”

About a minute later, the employee who apparently wrested the stroller from the woman returns to the cabin, at which point the male passenger who demanded his name confronts him directly.

“Hey, bud? Hey, bud? You do that to me and I’ll knock you flat,” the male passenger says, rising from his seat.

American Airlines said it’s aware of the video and is investigating the incident.

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[Younigue]

It didn't quite go down the same way as United. United is still holding the beer. American Airlines has already put the flight attendant on suspension, they're investigating and immediately put out a statement of apology and admonishing the flight attendant's behavior as nothing they condone.

United dropped the ball at every turn. American Airline handled their situation appropriately after the fact though it should never have happened to begin with.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I watched that video this morning and its appalling to see passengers, especially a young mother with a baby in her care being treated like that. Suspension isn't good enough and that sorry excuse for a man needs to be fired and the victim needs to be properly compensated for the event.

 

[Sea Ray]

I watched that video this morning and its appalling to see passengers, especially a young mother with a baby in her care being treated like that. Suspension isn't good enough and that sorry excuse for a man needs to be fired and the victim needs to be properly compensated for the event.

Well, we don't know what happened before the video started. What we do see is a male passenger physically threatening an AA employee. That can't happen. Being a guy, I understand the flight attendant's response. You challenge the one who's threatening you. I'm sure AA won't like that response but that's how us guys are wired. It's not our instinct to say please don't threaten to knock me out.

 

[Younigue]

I watched that video this morning and its appalling to see passengers, especially a young mother with a baby in her care being treated like that. Suspension isn't good enough and that sorry excuse for a man needs to be fired and the victim needs to be properly compensated for the event.

It's a possibility he will be fired but this incident does not compare to the United incident. And I think it likely the woman will be compensated in some way.

I was happy to see someone defending her.

 

[NAC4EV]

 

[UberNeuman]

If they have many more fights on flights they'll have to start selling PPV tickets.

 

[Puffnstuff]

If they have many more fights on flights they'll have to start selling PPV tickets.

Perhaps they should host a WWE edition fight flight with their own special brand of stewardesses.

 

[DrunkenSano]

Domestic airlines are such garbage in our country, it's so sad. All the foreign airlines are leaps and bounds better than our domestic lines, they actually care about service to the customer.

 

[momeNt]

American Airlines should issue an apology to everybody involved, but at a minimum the man threatening the steward needs to see some federal attention. Once you are on the airplane, and you threaten a steward, you need the 20 years and $250,000 fine.

 

[desy]

I don't think Stewards are above the law and if you see somebody committing an assault then I'd think he's justified

 

[SKORPI0]

Any info on how this incident started? Like the steward mentioned " you don't know what the story is". Anyway. him hitting her with the stroller wasn't right.

Or it could have been an accident given that lanes in a plane are narrow and other passengers couldn't pass through because of the stroller.
Steward grabs it and hits the woman unintentionally. Remember woman and children/people on wheelchairs usually board the plane first.

 

[Pantoot]

Any info on how this incident started? Like the steward mentioned " you don't know what the story is". Anyway. him hitting her with the stroller wasn't right.

I haven't really heard anything, but here is my completely made up sequence of events:
1) Passenger was told you can't take the stroller on the plane
2) Passenger took the stroller on the plane.
3) Once on the plane, the attendant informed the passenger she can't have the stroller on the plane.
4) Passenger disregarded or argued back
5) Attendant argued some more and started to get heated.
6) Attendant's authoritah was disrespect,
7) Attendant went apeshit.
8) Attendant gets suspended.