After showing up late to board a Spirit Airlines flight in Los Angeles, a couple demanded that the boarding door be reopened to let them on, offering two bizarre reasons as to why including pulling the military card.
Spirit Airlines Passengers Show Up Late To LAX Flight, Try To Blame Gate Agent, Pull Military Card
The incident occurred in Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and involved two Spirit Airlines passengers. They show up late at the gate and the flight has already closed.
- The woman demands to be let on the flight because she is in the military and has to report to work the following day
- Her companion looks out the window and notices the plane is still at the gate, then launches a profanity-laced tirade about how the gate agent is not doing enough to let them back on the flight
You can watch the NSFW situation unfold here (warning – foul language):
All I can say is that Spirit could not pay me enough to be a gate agent. The woman pulling the military card was not professional (as if the reason you were late was because you were fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan), but understandable…if she did have to report back to base the following day, missing your flight is a big problem.
But the guy is just out of control in the worst possible way. Repeatedly cursing out the gate agent is totally uncalled for…if there’s one thing that will make someone helpful, it is degrading them.
“You didn’t even try! You sitting right here doing nothing!”
I understand it appears frustrating when the plane is still sitting at the gate, but once the flight has been closed and the aircraft door has been shut, it will not be reopened for late-arriving passengers.
So no, I do not pity these passengers who cut it too close and arrived late. I hope, per policy, Spirit canceled their tickets…again, because I’m not inclined to extend any favors (like a free rebooking) to someone who curses me out or otherwise degrades me.
Kudos to the gate agent for showing remarkable patience in this situation.
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