Fort Lauderdale, FL – Former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato of New York was escorted off a plane for making a commotion after a 6½-hour delay.
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The incident occurred Monday night in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
A witness told the New York Post (http://nyp.st/2iYQigB ) the fracas began when the JetBlue crew asked people who’d paid for extra legroom to switch seats because of weight and balance issues.
The Republican ex-senator, who was in a regular seat, led a chant, “make them move.”
Video showed D’Amato yelling “We can still speak in this country” as he was led away. He urged others to “walk out” in solidarity. A man followed him.
D’Amato’s spokesman said he was sleep-deprived after visiting an ailing friend.
JetBlue said passengers can be removed if there’s a situation that could escalate in the air.
Passengers were given $100 credit for the delay. But it was unclear if D’Amato got the consolation prize.
Even in retirement, still flying coach, still sticking up for the little guy.
Take a look ….You can’t say a word if you are white on a plane .
Uh – does JetBlue offer anything other than coach?
D’Amato should be glad that he was not arrested. It is not cool, to start a commotion on a commercial aircraft, even if you are in the right. The best thing to do is to take them to court. I did that (Small Claims Court), with a major commercial airline, and the airline settled with me (a substantial amount), before we even went to court. In addition to a refund, which the airline tried to scam me out of, I made the airline pay for the summons, as well as the notary fee to file the summons.