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Originally Posted by Rochard
But why do we hold the airline liable for this?
According to the video, the airline said there was "no other seats open". What the fuck are they supposed to do? Move her and the seven other people in her to where? The bathroom? Move him where - next to someone else?
She says he was wanking off, the stewardess looks over and sees nothing out of the ordinary, can't move her anywhere, can't move him...
What was the airline supposed to do? Tie him up and restrain him for wanking off? Move him to the bathroom so he can finish himself off? Push him off the airplane? I'm not saying what he did was proper; It wasn't and he's in jail. I just fail to see how the airline is at fault here. According to the video, she is the only one who saw him doing this - The only thing they can do is report it to the police when they land, which they did.
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No seats in that class. If a child/teenager is in that situation stick her in the empty seat in a higher class.
They land planes for people making questionable jokes. People on this board have been denied the right to board a flight because of the text on their t-shirt. They arrest people off planes for inappropriate conduct relating to drink. At the very least, the attendant should have informed the pilot who could make the decision to let authorities on the ground know so they could meet the plane. Instead they allowed the crime to continue.
I think perhaps the disconnected between us is that you aren't seeing that I said I was unsure about the lawsuit. However, that doesn't mean the staff of that airline should not be called on their inaction.
If a flight attendant knew that a minor was being harassed in that way and did nothing at all then at the very least the airline should fire him. What if that guy had been sitting directly next to her rather than across the aisle and he touched her but the attendant didn't see it? Does it still become okay for him to do nothing?
Not sure about you but my parents raised me with the notion that if somebody touched me or otherwise was (for lack of a better term) lewd towards me that I could tell an adult and they would believe me. This girl had that proven wrong. So, whether the airline should be sued or are at direct fault that is one thing but she was failed by an adult when she asked for protection. That adult deserves to be called out on his failure.
I agree about that particular lawyer. She pops up time and time again and makes it hard to take cases seriously but keep in mind that this is still a young woman. It would likely be fairly easy to get her fired up and agree to bringing the case all for the agenda of the lawyer.
I just hate the way this girl is being talked about from her appearance somehow mattering to asinine comments that she shouldn't have looked. Fairly shameful.