Yay, I didn’t make the “worst airline passengers” list

May 7th, 2009 at 03:18pm Thomas V. Bona

(Of course, I haven’t flown anywhere yet. With two trips planned, there’s still time to make a fool of myself.)

Rick Seaney, CEO of Farecompare.com, lists the top six worst airline passengers of 2009. My favorite was:

“Get Me Outta Here”: An American Airlines jet had landed but was still waiting for gate space when an impatient passenger decided, “Enough!” He opened an aircraft door, deploying the emergency slide that he then used to make his getaway. He was detained by the cops but so were all the other passengers because they had to wait for “slide removal” before the aircraft could get to the gate.

Cue a Southwest “wanna get away?” ad. Oh wait, wrong airline.

I’veĀ  been fortunate not to have any unruly passengers on the flights I’ve been on. Even the babies seem to be well-behaved. Any of you have horror stories to share?

(Hat tip to Consumerist.com for the link.)

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