American Airlines Now Sounding Off On Alec Baldwin, Gives Their Side of the Story…
Alec Baldwin may have sounded off on American Airlines yesterday, but now, the airline itself is telling its side of the story!
According to MSNBC, after citing privacy issues and not commenting on the incident, AA just got fed up with all the backlash, and released their own statement on their Facebook page:
“Since an extremely vocal customer has publicly identified himself as being removed from an American Airlines flight on Tuesday, Dec. 6, we have elected to provide the actual facts of the matter as well as the FAA regulations which American, and all airlines, must enforce. Cell phones and electronic devices are allowed to be used while the aircraft is at the gate and the door is open for boarding. When the door is closed for departure and the seat belt light is turned on, all cell phones and electronic devices must be turned off for taxi-out and take-off. This passenger declined to turn off his cell phone when asked to do so at the appropriate time. The passenger ultimately stood up (with the seat belt light still on for departure) and took his phone into the plane’s lavatory. He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked. They immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation. The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. Given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and denied boarding.”
Well that definitely sounds a bit worse than how Baldwin put it…
Alec’s Twitter following exploded beyond 600,000 followers due to the scandal. In the midst of it all, Baldwin decided that he wanted to shut down his account, tweeting to fans, “Let’s play a game called Mass Unfollowing. I want to crash this acct and start again. But, tonight at 10 PM, NY time, unfollow me.”
The account @alecbaldwin is now deactivated on Twitter.