Comments on: Civil aviation says witnesses to Delta incident not coming forward

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:24:43 +0000

The guy said he has money so its simple “money talks and you know the rest”

By: A380100

A380100 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:44:52 +0000

No I meant the ones that serve Guyana, especiallyl Caribbean Airlines and especially when they were BWIA, North American Airlines, to some extent, and now on my flight with Delta, they were not as ‘friendly’ as they are when I travel with them within the US.

By: La vie est bonne!

La vie est bonne! — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:43:29 +0000

Not sure if I agree with your statement on “disdain”.
Friends, family and myself have never encountered any problems with airlines across north america, europe, and asia. The staff has always been courteous and friendly.

By: A380100

A380100 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:14:45 +0000

Well one thing that can be done is utilize the doors. The 757 has three doors, use all three, the third one being the door the errant passenger used to deplane. Usually the middle door is opened first, and by the time the back door is opened most of the passengers have left the aircraft. Use all three doors, and let people leave the airplane quickly.

I know people should be patient, but running a business means meeting the needs of the customer, and most people arriving in Guyana, and it is not unique to Guyana, for whatever reason, rightfully or wrongfully, like to disembark as quickly as possible. In addition in most airlines, including Delta, elsewhere in the world, the first class passengers deplane first.

Most of these foreign carriers and their staff, behave with disdain towards Guyanese. They like to collect our money, but treat us like we are backwards.

That being said, this gentleman had no right to deploy the emergency chute. He was wrong, but Mr. Benn has a point, the flight attendants should have some amount of control on their passengers, especially those that are consuming alcohol.