On Mon, 26 May 2008 22:48:09 +1000, Sylvia Else
wrote:
>Glenn wrote:
>>
>> "Moby"
NOSPAM.AND.EGGS.moby58.com> wrote in message
>> news:r83l34hs1eji7ovcv9vati3fmsqj6gd0v5@4ax.com...>>> On Mon, 26 May 2008 11:16:46 +1000, Sylvia Else
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yagu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In these situations, the passengers should demand to be let off, and if
>>>> necessary, call the police to say they're being unlawfully detained.
>>>>
>>>> If you know how, arming the door (don't ask for a cross-check) and then
>>>> opening it will provide a way of getting down to the ground.
>>>>
>>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>> And if there is no one at the terminal to either set up the aero
>>> bridge, or get the stairs to the plane, how exactly are your 'demands'
>>> going to get met?
>>>
>>> QANTAS staff are people, like anyone else. If the company calls them
>>> at home, they are just as likely to say 'piss off, I am sleeping'
>>>
>>> No one can just snap their fingers and have 10 staff appear out of
>>> nowhere!!!
>>>
>>
>> I'm sure the Americans Laws found that they could not hold passengers on
>> an aircraft. But they have a lot more wait time than we do.
>> Sometmes they can be stuck in an aircraft on the ground for 10 hours.
>> And we are not America. o i am not drqawing any legal similarities but I
>> think that if you had a good case, the airline would not win.
>> And the Publicity would also do them no good.
>>
>> Anyway, just fall on the floor and scream everyitme you hear an
>> aeroplane and the Lawyers will make you a Millionaire :-)
>
>To establish grounds for a legal case, it's important for the passengers
>to state to the crew, in no uncertain terms, that they want to be let
>off the aircraft now.
>
>Otherwise the airline can argue that although the passenger was clearly
>unhappy about the delay, they were accepting it and staying on the
>aircraft voluntarily.
>
>Calling the police is a good option.
>
>Sylvia.
Which Police, State or Federal?
Interesting jurusdiction issues there.
Regards
Stephen
