Smelly passenger kicked off airplane

[Parche]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/02/18/smelly.passenger/index.html


CNN) -- Air travelers already have to deal with unruly passengers, excessively talkative ones and many other types who make flying miserable.

But a new low may just have been reached for weary road warriors: The overwhelmingly smelly passenger.

A man on Jazz Air, a regional airline in Canada that also serves U.S. cities, was reportedly kicked off a plane earlier this month because of his strong body odor.

"People were just mumbling and staring at him," said a woman who sat near the man, according to The Guardian, a newspaper in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where the flight originated on February 6. It was a very uncomfortable situation, she added.

Another passenger described the smell as "brutal."

Jazz Air spokeswoman Manon Stuart confirmed that a passenger was "deplaned" from the flight, but she could not provide specific information about the person involved or the reason why he was asked to leave because of privacy issues.

"As an airline, the safety and comfort of our passengers and crew are our top priorities. Therefore, any situation that compromises either their safety or comfort is taken seriously, and in such circumstances, the crew will act in the best interest of the majority of our passengers," Stuart said.






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[sakabatou]

1. Was it this guy?

[nolabear]

7. One of the funniest/wierdest flights I ever took

I was seated next to a pair of young, attractive German newlyweds. Only he spoke English. I guess the idea of airplane food didn't appeal to them because they'd brought their own aboard--a bag of crackers and two big old cans of salmon. They spent half the flight slurping up the incredibly smelly fish and watching the movie, which was "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" Since she didn't speak English, he carefully translated every single line for her, resulting not only in a human version of "Bad Overdubs", but in her laughing loudly about ten seconds after every funny line (and unfortunately they thought it was really funny). I considered getting irritable but it was so absurd I laughed a lot harder than I would have otherwise too.

[Mojambo]

2. Kevin Smith just can't catch a break! n/t

[driver8]

8. Damn -- you beat me to it!!

That was the first thing I thought of when I read this!

[LeftyMom]

3. I approve of this. A lot.

I used to manage an apartment building, and there's this phrase that's built into a lot of landlord/tenant law "quiet enjoyment" that I think applies here. Basically the way it works is, your neighbors are entitled to the quiet enjoyment of the property they rent. The instant you do something a reasonable person would find interferes with that quiet enjoyment- whether it's being loud, blocking their parking or letting your kids/dogs/drunk friends cause damage, you're in the wrong and failing to knock it off it can get your ass kicked out. Moreover, if your landlord doesn't fix the problem, get you to knock it off or toss your ass out to get your neighbor their quiet enjoyment back, they're in the wrong and your neighbor can break the lease, move away and possibly even sue them.

Likewise, your fellow passengers are entitled to the quiet enjoyment of their seat, because they paid for it. It is the duty of the flight crew and the airline to make sure they get it. If you fuck that up, either by stinking, crowding them out, being noisy or whatever, you're just asking to get deplaned. Hopefully over water. And the law should reflect that. Well, maybe not the Harrison Ford "get off my plane!" bit. But the rest.

[Darth_Kitten]

4. LOL hopefully over water! I like your style.

:rofl:

[LeftyMom]

5. Smelly guy should be deplaned over water with some soap and a back scrubber brush.

It's funnier that way.

[Darth_Kitten]

6. Exactly.

:)

[KittyWampus]

11. Do you think one could apply "quiet enjoyment" to the beach and people insisting on driving on it?

Granted, those of us who want to enjoy the beach AS a beach and not a roadway don't exclusively own the beach. But the legal principle you mentioned seems like it might help frame an argument for not allowing driving on the beach/snow-mobiling in national parks.

[LibertyLover]

9. Back when I was in college in Chicago

I would take the IC train downtown as a Saturday treat. This one Saturday I got on the train at the 57th Street station as usual and settled in my seat with a book. At 53rd St. station several passengers got on and as one of them passed me I almost gagged because of the stench he exuded. I can still remember it after all these years. He moved forward and after a few minutes the odor faded - until we pulled into Central Station, when he got up and stood at the exit door, which sadly was near my seat. It was beyond foul. Every once in a while I wonder if it might have been Ted Nugent on his way to the draft board. :yoiks: I'm sorry for the passenger who missed his flight, but I can understand why the airline removed him from the plane.

[Enrique]

10. maybe he should try flying with Funk Air n/t

[guitar man]

12. yep

:D

[Deep13]

13. I remember Sweetie and I pissed off a passenger on a plane.

Not to be morose, but in 1999 we were returning from MA where we had just spent ten days watching my father die. And since that did not become inevitable until the last two days, we were emotionally wrecked.

At the airport we bought a book to lighten our mood. It was called The Onion: Our Dumb Century. We were in the middle and window seats and another woman was on the aisle. We were laughing so uncontrollably, that woman asked to be moved.

[MiddleFingerMom]

14. I use the computers at the U of Az a lot.

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Great setup. On all day if you wish.
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Lots of homeless people. On the street, you don't always have easy, consistent access to showers --
even bathrooms where you can wash in the sink. Some people would be a little ripe. Not optimal, but
certainly understandable. There was one young homeless guy -- seemed totally coherent... not
emotionally/mentally-challenged -- who absolutely fucking REEKED. Literally made my eyes water
and I could tell when sitting down if I were sitting within 20 yards of him. Once walked to the library
about 30 feet behind him OUTSIDE and could smell him.
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I seriously wondered if he slept in fermenting dumpsters -- it was truly that bad.
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This was not just aesthetically unpleasant. This was assaultive -- plain and simple.
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Haven't, um... seen him since I've started coming here again recently. They may have found a way
to boot him (people have won lawsuits against libraries, etc. for being made to leave because of their
body odor).
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[Midlodemocrat]

15. Did he have Smelly Cat with him?

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

16. great, now we will have to suffer the stinky liberation trolls

good personal hygiene is expensive, it isn't their fault.