Aa F/a Bomb Threat

[skyflyr69]

Sunday Times: Scranton PA. March 6th

Flight attendant admits bomb note:

NASHVILLE TN.

An off duty F/A accused of leaving a bomb note on an airplane has pleaded guilty to INTENTIONALLY interfering with a flight crew, prosecuters said. Debra T. Phillips said Gay Wilson accepted a plea agreement that was filed in court.
Ms. Wilson , who has been jailed since May 27th incident could receive more than 5 years in prison at sentencing for May 13th.
Ms. Wilson was traveling on an American Airlines flight with 129 passengers from Dallas to Boston when in Nashville airspace she went to the bathroom and claimed she found a bomb note authorities said.
The note read: " There is a bomb on board this flt to Boston in cargo. Live Saddam!"
2 fighter jets escorted the airplane to Nashville Int'l Airport where it was evacuated. Authorities didn't find a bomb on the aircraft.



UNBELIEVABLE! I hope she gets the maximum and has to reimburse ALL the passengers. Just what the -ell is up with airline employees?
If ya really don't like it/can't handle it please QUIT. this is totally uncalled for.

 

[Skyyggoddess]

"Just what the -ell is up with airline employees?
If ya really don't like it/can't handle it please QUIT. this is totally uncalled for."

[post="254720"][/post]​

This is not to justify her criminal actions at all...but consider this. AAL has almost 25,000 flight attendants. Undoubtably there are going to be a few bad apples in a group so large.

Instead of focusing on this one lone flight attendant, why not say a big thank you to all the flight attendants who daily go about their jobs doing what we are trained to do ... save lives. You may not be aware of the incredibly high number of medical emergencies that we deal with. You would be surprised at how many lives we save. These are the untold stories that the public never hears about, but they happen EVERY day.

 

[L1011Ret]

Sky, what is the status of the suit against APFA/AA? As I remember, some important date was in March or April?

 

[Wretched Wrench]

What on earth caused her to do that?

 

[Ken MacTiernan]

"Just what the -ell is up with airline employees?
If ya really don't like it/can't handle it please QUIT. this is totally uncalled for."

[post="254720"][/post]​

This is not to justify her criminal actions at all...but consider this. AAL has almost 25,000 flight attendants. Undoubtably there are going to be a few bad apples in a group so large.

Instead of focusing on this one lone flight attendant, why not say a big thank you to all the flight attendants who daily go about their jobs doing what we are trained to do ... save lives. You may not be aware of the incredibly high number of medical emergencies that we deal with. You would be surprised at how many lives we save. These are the untold stories that the public never hears about, but they happen EVERY day.

[post="254755"][/post]​

Thanks to all the hard working professional F/As! The bomb letter writing F/A does not represent the majority, let alone the minority of professional F/As. Keep up the good work Skyygoddess!

 

[Skyyggoddess]

Thanks, Ken.

 

[Skyyggoddess]

Sky, what is the status of the suit against APFA/AA? As I remember, some important date was in March or April?

[post="254909"][/post]​

I believe that our attorneys are now busy answering AMR's response to the RICO charges. If you remember, the RICO charges were expanded in December in the Amended Complaint to include all of the defendants...so that would include AMR, too (not just John Ward.)

I am getting anxious. I look forward to the depositions. In the meantime more and more evidence continues to be brought forward.

Do you think you will attend the trial in Brooklyn when it comes about?

 

[L1011Ret]

Attend the trial in Brooklyn? If I know when it is, you can bet your boots I'll be there. I attended two hearings brought by the TWA F/As. It is easy for me to get to the courthouse by train and subway. I even know where to eat now. Thanks for your reply.

 

[coolflyingfool]

This F/A is no different than someone that steals from the company that they work for. And I would say that almost every company has had theft of some sort at one time or another. 99.9% are good - focus on them!

 

[ArtTang]

I copied and pasted the following from another board. I find that time and again, one of the biggest problems crew members face when evacuating a flight is the fact that passengers attempt to take their belongings with them. The following is a passenger's description of the evacuation that took place Friday night on an AA flight from Buenos Aires to Miami. The crew did an outstanding job and I am proud of them.

Art Tang
IMA


IMA crew on flight 908 on Friday night, March 11 from EZE to MIA did an
extraordinary job in evacuating their paxs and this is what makes you proud to
know and work with such professionals.

The IMA f/as evacuated a full 777 in 65 seconds (this was told to us by the
MOD's office in MIA) and could only use the doors on the left. No injuries,
just some bruises of paxs.

The following is the viewpoint told by a pax who was onboard this flight. My
crew and I had her on our flight last night from EZE to MIA.
The 777 was going down the runway for takeoff and the Capt slammed on the
brakes, the lights went off and on a couple of times then he shouted Easy
Victor,
Told them not to open the doors on the right. (This is approx 11:00 PM)

The right engine had caught on fire. The cabin filled with smoke.

She was telling us that the alot of the paxs were horrible. They were
pushing and running over children and other paxs and some were taking their
bags
and throwing them down the slide before they went down.
She told a man who was taking his bags out of an overhead bin, "give me your
baby, you can die on this plane but at least your baby will live".

She said that the one f/a was yelling at paxs who were in the overhead bins
to "run, run get off the plane."

After getting off the plane, everyone was put in an area at the airport
together. She said there was only one agent taking care of all these paxs. The

paxs wanted to make phone calls and the agent would not give them money to make
the calls. The only ones making calls were the ones who took their bags with
them and they would not lend other paxs money or let them use their cell
phones.
She was asking us why AA would not give them money to make phone calls.

A group of paxs complained to the Captain about the f/a who was yelling to
run, they said "she was scaring us and should not have done that". (This f/a is

trying to save their lives, an engine on fire and a full load of fuel on the
plane)

Immigration would not let anyone leave who did not have their passports with
them which meant only the ones who had their bags got to leave.
They made the crew stay with these paxs for 4 hours at the airport.

She said that the crew was wonderful and she personally went and thanked them
while they were all stuck at the airport.
She finally got someone to lend her money to call her husband and when he
came to the airport, she told Immigration that she was just going to talk to her

husband and she then "escaped" and never went back.
She could not say enough good things about the crew and their actions and she
just could not get over how horrible some of the paxs were to each other.

 

[ArtTang]

In response to:

This is not to justify her criminal actions at all...but consider this. AAL has almost 25,000 flight attendants. Undoubtedly there are going to be a few bad apples in a group so large.

Instead of focusing on this lone flight attendant, why not say a big thank you to all the flight attendants who daily go about their jobs doing what we are trained to do ... save lives. You may not be aware of the incredibly high number of medical emergencies that we deal with. You would be surprised at how many lives we save. These are the untold stories that the public never hears about, but they happen EVERY day.
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May I add:

The above poster is correct. The following passenger account (which I shamelessly pilfered from Susan Gulkin on the FA 4M) of Friday evening's evacuation should dispel any lingering doubts the public may harbor regarding the important role flight attendants play in the aviation industry. As we read the following passenger assessment of the event, let us consider how the emergency may have played out without the flight attendants who professionally executed the evacuation:


IMA crew on flight 908 on Friday night, March 11 from EZE to MIA did an
extraordinary job in evacuating their paxs and this is what makes you proud to
know
and work with such professionals.

The IMA f/as evacuated a full 777 in 65 seconds (this was told to us by the
MOD's office in MIA) and could only use the doors on the left. No injuries,
just some bruises of paxs.

The following is the viewpoint told by a pax who was onboard this flight. My
crew and I had her on our flight last night from EZE to MIA.
The 777 was going down the runway for takeoff and the Capt slammed on the
brakes, the lights went off and on a couple of times then he shouted Easy
Victor,
Told them not to open the doors on the right. (This is approx 11:00 PM)

The right engine had caught on fire. The cabin filled with smoke.

She was telling us that the a lot of the paxs were horrible. They were
pushing and running over children and other paxs and some were taking their
bags
and throwing them down the slide before they went down.
She told a man who was taking his bags out of an overhead bin, "give me your
baby, you can die on this plane but at least your baby will live".

She said that the one f/a was yelling at paxs who were in the overhead bins
to "run, run get off the plane."

After getting off the plane, everyone was put in an area at the airport
together. She said there was only one agent taking care of all these paxs. The

paxs wanted to make phone calls and the agent would not give them money to make
the calls. The only ones making calls were the ones who took their bags with
them and they would not lend other paxs money or let them use their cell
phones.
She was asking us why AA would not give them money to make phone calls.

A group of paxs complained to the Captain about the f/a who was yelling to
run, they said "she was scaring us and should not have done that". (This f/a is

trying to save their lives, an engine on fire and a full load of fuel on the
plane)

Immigration would not let anyone leave who did not have their passports with
them which meant only the ones who had their bags got to leave.
They made the crew stay with these paxs for 4 hours at the airport.

She said that the crew was wonderful and she personally went and thanked them
while they were all stuck at the airport.
She finally got someone to lend her money to call her husband and when he
came to the airport, she told Immigration that she was just going to talk to her

husband and she then "escaped" and never went back.
She could not say enough good things about the crew and their actions and she
just could not get over how horrible some of the paxs were to each other.


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Now, it seems to me the flight attendants should be commended for a job well done. Every year during recurrent training, we hear firsthand reports of evacuations being impeded by passengers who insist on taking their belongings with them. Some exit doors even become blocked because bags pile up! So, getting back to the point of this thread, we may indeed have one or two bad apples, but the vast majority of flight attendants are very professional and perform extremely well under intense pressure.

posted by Art Tang
IMA

 

[Skyyggoddess]

What on earth caused her to do that?

[post="254960"][/post]​

You know I never heard why she did this. I don't know if she just snapped or what.

 

[WingNaPrayer]

Well nice they got them all out with no injuries. However you can't evacuate a full 777 using only one side in 65 seconds if the entire wall of the plane fell out! Especially when you are having to deal with passengers getting luggage out of the overheads and throwing bags down the slides.

The whole experience proved one thing to the passengers who did not take their bags with them - it proved that those who did take their luggage with them, were allowed to go on their merry way while the rest were stuck.

 

[coolflyingfool]

People taking their bags, AARGGHHH! Just get off the plane! And wouldn't you know it, they get away early. I have always wondered about the bags and why people value their possessions over their life. Just glad everyone is okay, but how about the plane?

 

[marco90821]

People taking their bags, AARGGHHH! Just get off the plane! And wouldn't you know it, they get away early. I have always wondered about the bags and why people value their possessions over their life. Just glad everyone is okay, but how about the plane?

[post="255691"][/post]​

Can the law be applied to prosecute those that took their belongings? I am no expert, but wouldn't this fall under hindering a flight crew to perform their duties (especially in an emergency situation)?