Air Canada apologizes for booting passengers who complained that their seats were smeared with vomit

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/air-canada-apology-vomit-seats-7abb6d3100b4bb18e2fdb8ad11edfdf7

Air Canada apologizes for booting passengers who complained that their seats were smeared with vomit
By Associated Press
Updated 5:46 PM CDT, September 5, 2023

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The incident during boarding for an Aug. 26 flight from Las Vegas to Montreal was described in graphic detail by another passenger, Susan Benson of New Brunswick, who said she was in the row behind two women and a man.

“There was a bit of a foul smell but we didn’t know at first what the problem was,” Benson wrote on Facebook three days later. “Air Canada attempted a quick cleanup before boarding but clearly wasn’t able to do a thorough clean.”

Benson said workers sprayed the area with perfume to hide the smell. The passengers assigned to those seats told a flight attendant that the seat and seatbelt were wet and they could still see vomit. The attendant and a supervisor told them that the flight was full, and they would just have to sit there.

The women were attempting to use blankets and wipes to settle in when one of the pilots showed up, Benson wrote. She said the pilot told the women, who were on their way to Vienna, that they could leave and book new flights at their own expense “or they would be escorted off the plane by security and placed on a no fly list!”

Benson said the pilot accused the women of being rude to the flight attendant, which she disputed — “they were upset and firm, but not rude!”

Security then escorted the women off the plane.

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[usonian]

1. Apologies are bullshit. The crew were flaming assholes.

And by the way, I am not a medic, but that substance and the other airplane story not to be repeated here are certainly biohazards and the entire damn plane should have been sanitized/sterilized.

[SunSeeker]

3. Right? God knows what was puked up. nt

[captain queeg]

2. Apology? Ought to add at least $10k to that apology.

Really surprised, you always hear how polite the Canadians are.

[nilram]

4. The no-vomit seats are extra.

And the ones without diarrhea will really cost ya.

[Chainfire]

5. Sit down, in the puke, shut up or we will toss you from the plane. Now that is customer service.

[sarcasmo]

6. Fly the puke smell skies

[malaise]

7. Hope they sue

the shit out of them