Jeanie Daniels, who was flying from California to Houston on Southwest Airlines to visit her boyfriend, told KTRK-TV that she was handcuffed and thrown into the slammer for 10 hours after getting into a tiff with a flight attendant.She told the TV station the fight began when the flight attendant asked her to stop painting her nails on the flight after other passengers complained of the smell. She said she apologized, but 20 minutes later went into the plane's bathroom to finish her last two nails.
When she exited, she claims a flight attendant immediately confronted her.
"She was getting so loud, while I was sitting in my seat, and I was just like, 'Will you stop!' And I was loud when I said, 'Stop bitching at me,' because she wouldn't end the conversation," Daniels told the TV station.
Upon landing, she was arrested for using a curse word and charged with "abusive profane language".
A judge dismissed the charge after her 10-hour stay, according to the report.
Daniels said she blames the airline.
"I don't know what's going on with the airline or why the flight attendant suddenly has so much authority and can treat people so poorly," she said.
A Southwest spokeswoman told the Daily News in a statement, “The customer you reference was taken into custody upon arrival in Houston for behavior she displayed while onboard a flight from LAS - HOU on Feb 26th. The airport police became involved because of the passenger's behavior and a verbal altercation with a Southwest Airlines crew member. Southwest Airlines is responsible for the safety of all of our passengers and employees.”
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Commentary-While nail polish can be an annoying smell especially in confined spaces, chastizing a passenger because they went to an area away from passengers to complete the task was unneccessary. Over zealous actions are not new to Southwest Airlines though....On two separate flights they have asked young women that they claimed were underdressed, to cover up or get off of the plane. When theses stories went public, the outfits were something that you would see at the mall. i.e. denim skirt fot one and a mid thigh length dress for the other. Which seems kind of rich coming from the airline kmown as the "LUV" airline in the 70's. Where the flight attendants all wore hot pants. which were only a littke bit longer than today's bootie shorts.
My personal experiences have also been bad with Southwest, I was boarding in Las Vegas. I found trash in my seat from the last passenger that was apparently missed by the cleanup crew, I picked it up and handed it to a flight attendant that snarled as she took it from me, Unknown who created the above situation for sure but I would tend to believe this passenger.......
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