Alec Baldwin kicked off LA flight for playing game

[Brian in Mesa]

Alec Baldwin kicked off LA flight for playing game

LOS ANGELES - (AP) -- Alec Baldwin says he was kicked off a plane Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport after having words with a flight attendant over an "addicting" word game he was playing on his cellphone.

The "30 Rock" actor was asked to get off a New York City-bound flight for playing "Words with Friends" while the plane idled at a gate Tuesday, said Baldwin's spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik.

"He loves 'Words with Friends' so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it," said Hiltzik, who added that Baldwin boarded another American Airlines flight to New York.

Baldwin, a prolific Twitter user, took to the social media site to vent, saying a "flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing Words With Friends while we sat at the gate, not moving."

It wasn't clear if passengers had been asked to turn off their cellphones, which is typical before a flight backs away from the terminal.

American Airlines spokesman Ed Martelle declined comment, citing customer privacy concerns.

http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/alec-baldwin-kicked-off-la-flight-for-playing-game-1.3371070

 

[Brian in Mesa]

American Airlines Fights Back After Alec Baldwin’s Twitter Rant

American Airlines Fights Back After Alec Baldwin’s Twitter Rant

American Airlines is battling back after being blasted by Alec Baldwin, who was forced off one of their flights Tuesday afternoon.

“Since an extremely vocal customer has publicly identified himself as being removed from an American Airlines flight on Tuesday, Dec. 6, we have elected to provide the actual facts of the matter,” the airline posted on its Facebook page. “This passenger declined to turn off his cell phone when asked to do so at the appropriate time.”

“The passenger ultimately stood up (with the seat belt light still on for departure) and took his phone into the plane’s lavatory. He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked,” American wrote.

The airlines said after flight attendants were asked to check on the situation, “the passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. Given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and denied boarding.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/enterta...in-what-happened-on-american-airlines-flight/

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Alec Baldwin may be great as an actor in movies and television, but he is a total douchebag off-screen.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Alec Baldwin may be great as an actor in movies and television, but he is a total douchebag off-screen.

I don't think I'll hold my breath waiting for someone to come to Baldwin's defense?

Steve

 

[TheHopToad]

 

[Renz]

Alec Baldwin may be great as an actor in movies and television, but he is a total douchebag off-screen.

LOL. Totally.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

 

[DemsMyBoys]

I don't think I'll hold my breath waiting for someone to come to Baldwin's defense?

Steve

One of his brothers did on Dr. Drew last night. The brother then proceeded to hawk some system that he says helped him loose 50lbs. Hysterical.

The brother (sorry I can't tell one Baldwin from another) also said Alec is intense because his father was working-class Irish Catholic as if that somehow explains it all. Dr. Drew was assuring all of us in the audience that Alec is such a nice guy.

Well, yeah. Unless you are a flight attendent just trying to do your job.

Or his daughter.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Alec Baldwin may be great as an actor in movies and television, but he is a total douchebag off-screen.

True that.

One of his brothers did on Dr. Drew last night. The brother then proceeded to hawk some system that he says helped him loose 50lbs. Hysterical.

The brother (sorry I can't tell one Baldwin from another) also said Alec is intense because his father was working-class Irish Catholic as if that somehow explains it all. Dr. Drew was assuring all of us in the audience that Alec is such a nice guy.

Really? REALLY? I would think it would come more from Baldwin's apparent sense of entitlement more than anything else.

I saw some interviews last night with other passengers on the plane. They said he was totally in the wrong. No surprise there.

 

[Mulli]

I like him.

 

[Rivercard]

I like him.

Yep. He's an American treasure who's talent is a gift to us all. Haters gonna hate.