An airline has launched an inside investigation after a spat between two flight attendants was documented by an ESPN anchor on TikTok and Twitter.
ESPN’s Ashley Brewer mentioned the disagreement between the SkyWest flight attendants on Saturday’s flight from Los Angeles to Houston got here after a girl in top notch requested if she may quit her seat to a coach passenger in order that she may sit by her husband.
A male flight attendant mentioned sure, however a feminine flight attendant mentioned no and that it’s in opposition to the principles, Brewer mentioned in a TikTok.
Whereas the first-class passenger was tremendous with the choice, the disagreement between the flight attendants solely obtained worse, in keeping with Brewer.
Aircraft tracker FlightAware recorded that flight 4860, being operated by SkyWest for American Eagle, landed one hour and two minutes later than scheduled.
In a press release, SkyWest mentioned it “is conscious of reviews concerning a flight attendant situation” involving the flight.
“We remorse the delay this induced for our passengers and apologize for any inconvenience,” the airline mentioned. “We maintain all our staff to the best requirements of professionalism and are conducting an inside investigation associated to this flight.”
Airline spokespeople didn’t reply whether or not both flight attendant had been disciplined as of Wednesday.
Story of the tiff on TikTok
Brewer instructed her TikTok followers that the 2 flight attendants have been overtly bickering within the aisles over the principles.
“The girl sitting subsequent to me was like, ‘Oh my gosh, it is not that huge of a deal. Cease preventing,'” Brewer mentioned. “However they simply had some beef or one thing. In order that they stored going forwards and backwards.”
At one level the male flight attendant started yelling on the feminine flight attendant, which despatched her working to the entrance of the aircraft and crying, Brewer mentioned.
Shortly after, Brewer mentioned the lady declared, “I am not flying with him.”
“So then all of us sat down and we simply waited and waited and waited and it was a complete huge factor,” she mentioned.
‘Most unprofessional factor I’ve ever witnessed’
Brewer first began posting in regards to the argument on Twitter, writing that her aircraft could not take off as a result of the 2 flight attendants have been refusing to work collectively.
“We’re sitting right here ready for them to speak it out however nope!” she wrote. “Girl wont budge. She reopened the door and all … Most unprofessional factor I’ve ever witnessed in my life.”
Brewer continued to jot down that she solely had 24 hours to go go to her fiancé, Houston Rockets participant Frank Kaminsky.
“It is now 22 as a result of @AmericanAir attendants are being petty,” she mentioned, including the hashtag, #justiceforfrank.
A brand new crew
Though Brewer wrote that the flight attendants refused to work collectively it is unclear whether or not they walked off the job or have been each ordered off the aircraft.
In one other TikTok, Brewer recorded as she mentioned a gate crew arrived on the flight to attempt to mediate.
Ultimately a brand new crew arrived and “have been so optimistic and completely satisfied.”
“They only completely modified the entire vibe of the entire flight they usually clearly saved us from what was a two-hour delay to being even additional,” she mentioned.
