A man on Jazz Air, a regional airline in Canada that also serves U.S. cities, was reportedly kicked off a plane earlier this month because of his strong body odor.
“People were just mumbling and staring at him,” said a woman who sat near the man, according to The Guardian, a newspaper in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where the flight originated on February 6. It was a very uncomfortable situation, she added.
Another passenger described the smell as “brutal.”
Jazz Air spokeswoman Manon Stuart confirmed that a passenger was “deplaned” from the flight, but she could not provide specific information about the person involved or the reason why he was asked to leave because of privacy issues.
“As an airline, the safety and comfort of our passengers and crew are our top priorities. Therefore, any situation that compromises either their safety or comfort is taken seriously, and in such circumstances, the crew will act in the best interest of the majority of our passengers,” Stuart said.
“It’s important to understand that our crew members make every effort to resolve a situation before it becomes an issue. Unfortunately, in some circumstances, it may become necessary for our crew to remove passengers.”
The airline, like most air carriers, doesn’t have a specific policy covering body odor, Stuart said.
(Source: CNN)
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I remember years ago, hearing about a homeless guy who was kicked out of a New Jersey library for smelling horrible.
He sued and the court ordered the library to allow him back in.
An airline being a private copmpany and having to recirculate air through the cabin will have a stronger case for kicking him off but the bleeding ehart liberal courts might still force them to allow this guy on the plane, next time.
Great “get rich quick idea” no shower or washing clothing for a month then get on an airplane. When they throw you off, make a big stink about it (pun intended)then sue
Being kicked out of a public institution and being removed from a commercial flight are 2 very different things.
This is not a case for the “liberal courts” nor a potential lawsuit.
i wish we could do that on monsey trails and in shul….
there should be a deoderant gemach!
#1 I pointed out differences between public institutions and commecial flights so saying they are two different things after I already said that, is redundent.
However they are not so ‘totally’ different either.
First of all in a public place there is still teh idea of disrupting the public area such that the disrupter must be removed.
No one has any Constitutional right to spread such offensive odor that it chases everyone else away.
I think the courts made an unconstitutional decision in that case.
#2 Anything can be the basis for a lawsuit these days.
Remember the woman who spilled hot coffee on herself because of her own carelessness, then sued McDonalds for serving coffee the way customers wanted it?
Do you know why new ladders have stickers on them
saying that you could hurt yoruself if you fall from the top step?
Beacuse some moron who fell from there, sued the ladder company, blaming the ladder manufacturer for the (mis)user’s own stupidity.
Just so everyone knows, those were points I was making when I said #1 and #2 not post numbers I was responding to.
My entire post above, was responding to post #3.
He probably orchestrated it intentionally to make big bucks. It’ll make him stinking rich…
Hey yeshivaworld, your feeding Al Qaeda ideas.
Maybe a new requirement for flying should be to shower first. After you go through security checks, you go through odor checks, if you fail, you are directed to a shower before you board.