Selfie Causes Plane to be Taken Out of Service

[Jester]

"An American Airlines plane was temporarily out of service Thursday night after an employee working at Logan Airport took a selfie on its wing."
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/30331203/us-airways-plane-out-of-service-due-to-selfie
 
Probably second only to another bad selfie idea...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/707968

 

[nycbusdriver]

"In order to be a badged employee at the airport, the person must have necessary background checks for clearance."
 
There is no "common sense checks," though.

 

[MetalMover]

Everybody wants to be a star.

 

[dariencc]

Everybody wants to be a star.

 
You are so right.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLm565YQDXA

 

[FWAAA]

Will the aviation community rise to this person's defense? Earlier this year, a passenger saw a Spirit FA sitting in an engine before flight, took a photo and sent it to ABC News, and the tattletale passenger was almost universally condemned by pilots and FAs, as discussed in these articles:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/spirit-airlines-attendant-fire-pics-engine-article-1.2239204

http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/05/28/tattletale-passenger-gets-flight-attendant-in-trouble-for-tarmac-pictures/

http://abcnews.go.com/US/engine-photos-land-spirit-airlines-flight-attendant-controversy/story?id=31331372

 

[Jester]

Will the aviation community rise to this person's defense? Earlier this year, a passenger saw a Spirit FA sitting in an engine before flight, took a photo and sent it to ABC News, and the tattletale passenger was almost universally condemned by pilots and FAs, as discussed in these articles:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/spirit-airlines-attendant-fire-pics-engine-article-1.2239204

http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/05/28/tattletale-passenger-gets-flight-attendant-in-trouble-for-tarmac-pictures/

http://abcnews.go.com/US/engine-photos-land-spirit-airlines-flight-attendant-controversy/story?id=31331372

 
I doubt it.... rampers aren't young and attractive usually, and fuelers are even less adorable.  The media will fill the news cycle with a missing child should the child be white, female and cute-- just the like the FA, and garner the public interest and support.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

I doubt it.... rampers aren't young and attractive usually, and fuelers are even less adorable.  The media will fill the news cycle with a missing child should the child be white, female and cute-- just the like the FA, and garner the public interest and support.

Was the fueler holding a puppy? Cuz that would just be cute. Especially if it had got loose from its cage in the bin and he had helped it and given it a biscuit.