This chick quits with style

[SkiDork]

Jeep Wrangler? I thought he took the train home. Wasn't there a passenger who said that he overheard the flight attendant talking about the incident on the train?

Airtrain -> Jeep

 

[legalskier]

And costing JetBlue $50K?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/steven-sla...bail-emergency-slide/story?id=11367793&page=2

That article says, "The cost to replace the chute, according to the police report, is more than $25,000," which is hard to understand anyway as they have their own maintenance crews. The point is, the numbers can be manipulated any which way, depending on who's doing the calculating. Believe me, parties called "victims" often attempt to reap a windfall for themselves in the halls of justice.

 

[mondeo]

That article says, "The cost to replace the chute, according to the police report, is more than $25,000," which is hard to understand anyway as they have their own maintenance crews. The point is, the numbers can be manipulated any which way, depending on who's doing the calculating. Believe me, parties called "victims" often attempt to reap a windfall for themselves in the halls of justice.

Line mechanics are only able to handle a small number of tasks, relative to the scope of the aircraft. Basically, unless it can be replaced in under an hour, they don't touch it. An emergency chute isn't a part you replace every day. They'll have to get a new one from Brazil or France, might have to bring in another company's mechanics seeing as how theirs won't have a strong background in this type of activity (be it from the airframer or another airline that does MRO as a side business, like United or Lufthansa,) and in the meantime will have to shuffle route assignments, maybe using an A320 on a route normally served by an E-190, etc. My guess is the $25,000 number comes pretty much directly from Airbus's or Embraer's manual, which will spell out the replacement costs for parts and give man-hour estimates for the work to be done. Not hard to understand at all, really.

 

[ctenidae]

. My guess is the $25,000 number comes pretty much directly from Airbus's or Embraer's manual, which will spell out the replacement costs for parts and give man-hour estimates for the work to be done. Not hard to understand at all, really.

You could be right, but I'd bet the number comes from either insurance minimums or legal requirements for various levels of civil suits.

 

[legalskier]

Believe me, parties called "victims" often attempt to reap a windfall for themselves in the halls of justice.

I just finished dealing with a claim initially stated as just over $13k. It didn't feel right, so we looked into it. Giving the man the benefit of every doubt, we could substantiate only about $8k, quite a difference. The estimates can say whatever they like; sometimes they hold up under scrutiny, sometimes not.
The bigger question here is whether JetBluGuy can even afford to pony up much of anything. One article says he was assigned a court appointed lawyer. I doubt there are many getting wealthy working as airline attendants.
Then again, if they charged the woman who started everything (e.g. disorderly conduct, assault by smashing his hand, disregard of airline personnel's orders, etc), they might have a better chance at getting restitution.

 

[riverc0il]

Nice. My mind did throw up red flags due to the quality of the pictures and the glamor aspect, particularly the last few shots with the hair style change. I was thinking "man, this chick wants to get someone else to hire her". Or she wants to get done, either way. Maybe it is both after all. :lol Surely she'll get an acting deal somewhere for her participation.

 

[mondeo]

You could be right, but I'd bet the number comes from either insurance minimums or legal requirements for various levels of civil suits.

The replacement cost for parts is going to be what they're sold for, the manual sort of serves as a catalogue there (or at least that's my experience with the ones I've read.) If anything, the airframer is going to want to lowball the labor estimate, as it goes into the projected maintenance cost of the aircraft and they don't necessarily stand anything to gain from inflating those numbers.

I wouldn't doubt the $25K number for a second. It's a fairly substantial piece of aircraft hardware, and not one designed to be all that maintenance-friendly. Nothing on an airliner is cheap. Hell, the bolts that held the thing in place may cost well over a grand.

 

[Trekchick]

Sorry but I didn't read the whole thread here, if this has been covered, then I apologize......

Colorado Native Elyse Porterfield in Center of Hoax
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_15746703

 

[Trekchick]

More details on how the hoax went down: http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/

See you did beat me to it.


Still a fun read, eh?

 

[Trekchick]

As for the Flight Attendant that pulled his stunt, it was a good read too, and he probably took some serious crap from passengers but guess what.......I take crap from customers every day, both in my daily job and my volunteer work.
Buck up butt head and do your damn job. If he'd notified the pilot of this beotch passenger's behaviour then she'd be in jail now instead of him.

If this were a postal worker, would we be making a hero of him?

 

[dmc]

If this were a postal worker, would we be making a hero of him?

HAHA... Maybe not... But if he was a DMV guy.. He'd be a hero..

 

[ctenidae]

If this were a postal worker, would we be making a hero of him?

If he stole a couple brews and exited his postal van via the emergency slide, absolutely.

 

[Glenn]

I still can't beleive he took beer. I woulda thunk wine coolers.

 

[SkiDork]

I still can't beleive he took beer. I woulda thunk wine coolers.

prolly lite beer

 

[dmc]

I still can't beleive he took beer. I woulda thunk wine coolers.

My gay friends love good beer... and scotch.. and wine...

 

[legalskier]

If he'd notified the pilot of this beotch passenger's behaviour then she'd be in jail now instead of him.

Bingo.

 

[dmc]

My gay friends love good beer... and scotch.. and wine...

Just saw an interview with his ex wife... Was getting ready to recant my post... Then I saw an interview with his boyfriend...

 

[gmcunni]

Bingo.

maybe the feds can still charge her -

Federal regulations require compliance with crew members instructions, lighted information signs, and posted placards at all times

 

[legalskier]

maybe the feds can still charge her -

From everything I've read I'm surprised they haven't (especially given the slight things I've seen people get charged with). Not charging her also sends a bad signal that the airline doesn't have the crew's back. That's really demoralizing. I suppose it's "the customer's always right," no matter the level of douchebaggery.

 

[mondeo]

From everything I've read I'm surprised they haven't (especially given the slight things I've seen people get charged with). Not charging her also sends a bad signal that the airline doesn't have the crew's back. That's really demoralizing. I suppose it's "the customer's always right," no matter the level of douchebaggery.

I'm guessing the issue is figuring out who did it and if there's enough evidence that they figured they'd get a conviction. The FA really didn't help his cause by overshadowing her acts by showing her up in the disruption category. Last story I read, they hadn't ID'd her yet. Had the FA kept his cool (and her actions were as reported, a lot of the description seems to have come from the FA,) cops should've been waiting outside the jetway for her.