{"id":1984527,"date":"2023-07-27T19:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T23:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-plane-diverted-for-offensive-name-passenger-called-flight-attendant\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T19:31:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T23:31:13","slug":"american-airlines-plane-diverted-for-offensive-name-passenger-called-flight-attendant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-plane-diverted-for-offensive-name-passenger-called-flight-attendant\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines flight diverted due to passenger&#8217;s offensive name for flight attendant."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-airlines-plane-diverted-for-offensive-name-passenger-called-flight-attendant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An American\u200c Airlines Flight Diverted Due to a Petty Exchange<\/h2>\n<p>An American Airlines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-dominates-2021-golden-globe-nominations-full-list-announced\/\" title=\"Netflix Dominates 2021 Golden Globe Nominations: Full List Announced\">flight attendant<\/a> caused a transatlantic flight to divert course due to hurt feelings and shameful pride.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stabroeknews.com\/2023\/07\/20\/news\/guyana\/american-airlines-flight-turned-back-to-jfk-after-words-between-joel-ghansham-flight-attendant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stabroek News<\/a> \u200c of Guyana, a July 18\u200b flight from New York City\u2019s John \u2064F.\u2063 Kennedy Airport to \u200bGeorgetown, Guyana, ended abruptly two hours into the flight when \u2064a business-class passenger referred\u2063 to a flight attendant as \u201cwaiter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062exchange that led to the plane\u2019s diversion involved \u2063passenger Joel Ghansham, whom Stabroek News \u2063called a \u201cGuyanese cultural activist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Ghansham, who spoke with Stabroek \u2064News, the incident began when a prickly male <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flight-attendant-dies-suddenly-mid-air-suffering-medical-emergency-34000-feet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flight attendant<\/a> refused to assist him with his luggage.<\/p>\n<p>Ghansham, who recently underwent spinal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lisa-marie-presleys-friends-shocked-hear-secret-surgery-death-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surgery<\/a>, asked for help putting his luggage in \u2064the overhead compartment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I don\u2019t do that. I\u2019m not being paid to do that,\u201d\u2063 the\u200b flight attendant said, according to Ghansham. Another crew member helped Ghansham with his luggage.<\/p>\n<p>A while later, the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-plane-diverted-for-offensive-name-passenger-called-flight-attendant\/\" title=\"American Airlines flight diverted due to passenger's offensive name for flight attendant.\">flight attendant began serving beverages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe \u2062asked me if \u200bI wanted something to drink but I didn\u2019t respond because I didn\u2019t want to cause a scene, \u200band he\u200c asked again and I said,\u2062 \u2018No thank you, waiter,\u2019\u201d Ghansham recalled.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Do you think society has become too sensitive?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt \u2064out at anytime.\u2063 You also agree to our\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The flight attendant\u200b took issue with the \u201cwaiter\u201d label and threatened to have the \u200bplane\u200d diverted back to JFK. Ghansham sarcastically remarked that the flight attendant must be God.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter, \u200done hour into the \u200cflight, passengers learned without explanation that the flight would return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jfks-nephew-goes-public-tucker-carlsons-insider-bombshell-cias-murder-uncle-successful-coup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JFK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back in \u200cNew York,\u2062 a law enforcement \u2063officer\u2064 boarded the plane and questioned Ghansham.\u2063 When the officer learned what happened, however, he did not even bother to take Ghansham\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was rude or belligerent wouldn\u2019t \u2062they have arrested me?\u201d Ghansham asked.<\/p>\n<p>Although the interview with Stabroek News represented only one\u200c side of the\u200b story, \u2062that question alone \u2013\u201cwouldn\u2019t they have arrested me?\u201d\u2013 lends much \u2062credibility to Ghansham\u2019s version of events.<\/p>\n<p>This astonishing story caught \u200bthe attention of a prominent conservative podcaster.<\/p>\n<p>On BlazeTV\u2019s \u201cPat Gray Unleashed\u201d \u200dpodcast, host Pat Gray read an account of the incident for his audience\u200d and then summarized his feelings of disgust and disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have got to be \u2064kidding me \u2026 Asinine. What a world we live in,\u201d Gray said.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, for many readers, the flight\u2062 attendant no doubt\u2062 personifies hideous aspects of the\u2063 \u201cworld we live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After refusing\u200c to help Ghansham \u2063with his luggage, the flight attendant\u2062 bristled at being called \u201cwaiter.\u201d This reminds us of how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-enraged-country-star-jason-aldean-torches-blue-cities-new-music-video-try-small-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easily offended<\/a> so many people seem to be.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baywatch-actress-former-playboy-model-patricia-cornwall-is-karen-who-slapped-airline-passenger-over-mask\/\" title=\"'Baywatch' Actress, Former Playboy Model Patricia Cornwall Is 'Karen' Who Slapped Airline Passenger over Mask\">flight attendant\u2019<\/a>s\u2063 ugliness ran much deeper. He was not merely\u2064 offended; \u200dhe was determined to do \u2063something about it. The \u201cwaiter\u201d wanted everyone \u200cto know that he had the power to divert the plane, so he did.<\/p>\n<p>The events of recent years have revealed which of \u200cour fellow citizens rate as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-complying-tyranny-masks-will-bring-tyranny-not-less\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural tyrants<\/a>. Mediocrities who revel in holding minuscule\u200c amounts of \u200cauthority always wield it without mercy.<\/p>\n<p>The prideful and tyrannical flight \u200battendant, however, is not the only bad\u2064 actor in this story.<\/p>\n<p>On the same episode \u200bof \u201cPat Gray Unleashed,\u201d BlazeTV\u200c personality\u200b Jeff Fisher took the airlines to task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have airlines making people swelter on a tarmac for hours. We have airlines \u2026\u2064 having passengers urinate in the airplane \u2019cause they won\u2019t let \u2019em \u200buse the\u200c restroom \u2019cause they\u2019re on the tarmac. It\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2064 can\u2019t imagine why the airlines are struggling,\u201d he later added.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can view the\u200c entire segment here:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, American Airlines\u2019 \u200dresponse to the absurd incident also defied belief.<\/p>\n<p>According to Stabroek News, the airline responded to inquiries by issuing a robotic-sounding statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican Airlines flight 2557, with service from New York (JFK) to Georgetown, Guyana (GEO), returned yesterday to JFK due to a disruptive customer. Safety and security are our top\u2062 priorities, \u200band we thank our customers for their understanding and our team members for their professionalism in managing a difficult situation,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>We do live in \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/left-celebrates-pride-month-always-remember-gods-original-purpose-rainbow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prideful age<\/a>. One \u200csuspects that those innocent \u201ccustomers\u201d will have to wait longer than \u2062the average \u200cflight delay for an apology.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dpost <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/american-airlines-plane-diverted-offensive-name-passenger-called-flight-attendant\/\">American \u2064Airlines Plane Diverted for &#8216;Offensive&#8217; Name Passenger Called Flight Attendant<\/a> appeared\u2062 first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American Airlines flight diverted after a flight attendant&#8217;s hurt feelings and pride. During a July 18 flight from JFK Airport to Georgetown, Guyana, a business-class passenger upset a crew member. The incident occurred two hours into the journey, as reported by Stabroek News of Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2056,"featured_media":1984528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}