Have you ever had a bad experience traveling throughout the U.S. and/or abroad?

Irate Airline Passengers Threaten to Sue ABC News Posted: 2007-08-14 18:10:22 Filed Under: Nation News (Aug. 14) - Dozens of outraged airplane passengers are threatening to sue Continental Airlines, claiming they were left stranded on a plane and grounded for hours in hellish conditions. Because of bad weather, Continental's July 19 Flight 1669 from Caracas, Venezuela, to Newark, N.J., was diverted to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, where it landed at 1:50 p.m. Passengers said after sitting on the grounded plane for hours, they began protesting by banging on overhead compartments, clapping their hands and even signing a petition asking to be let off. "We were not provided with food," said passenger Caroline Murray. "There were passengers who were ill. There was one woman who was diabetic. There was a pregnant woman with small children. It was shocking to me." As the 124 passengers repeatedly tried to get answers as to why they couldn't land in Newark or get off the plane, someone caught the scene on film. "When you've got passengers about ready to riot, you've got an air crew that's not properly trained to communicate," said ABC News aviation consultant John Nance. At 6:30 p.m., homeland security officers finally allowed passengers to exit the plane, but their troubles didn't end. The officers led them into a room, where they were held for two additional hours.

Public Comments

1. It is my experience that people will complain in all situations, because we feel like any "miserable" situations defy us of our rights as a human being. Forget the fact that just a few hundred years ago there were slaves, and even in some parts of the world today, you can't sit in your living room in safety..... People are never satisfied. I've made flights out of Iraq (In the army), landed five times before reaching Kuwait, sat in Kuwait for three days, boarded another plane for a 6 hour flight into Europe, sat on the plane in Germany for two hours, flew over a dozen hours to America, got stranded in the airport there for 9 hours, prior to finally flying home on leave. I was grateful for every inch of the trip. :) Some people, simply have too much time on their hands, and simply complain about too simple of things. Not to say they weren't miserable, or that it didn't suck, but is it really an incident worth suing over? People die in Tibet for practicing a religion they've practiced for thousands of years. Ancient man walked to America. The pioneers spent months, and years pushing west. But us American's are too wrapped up in our own personal agenda's to get over a few hour delay at the airport :) Just my opinion on the matter!
2. Just travelled through USA with wife and two kids for 5 weeks. I had no itinerary as i have travelled twice before,the problem i had was i could not book and pay for anything by internet or phone using an Australian credit card,so i had to reserve air tickets and go to the airport and pay for them with the same card and get charged a hefty fee for paying at the airport and had to wait in long lines to get service. Everything else was great
3. I have been stranded a few times, lost my lugage a few times but they always have made it up to me with free flights or money in hand. People know they hand out freebies so they complain a ton to get what they want.