Young Turks host kicked off American Airlines flight because captain wasn’t ‘comfortable’ (VIDEOS)
Young Turks host Cenk Uygur was kicked off an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Miami Saturday - and he live-streamed the whole thing.
Management at @AmericanAir just kicked me off a flight to Miami because I complained the flight was delayed for 4 hours. Never got on plane.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) April 9, 2016
Imagine any other industry where they make you wait 4 hours for service, then deny you service, then keep your money. @AmericanAir service!
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) April 9, 2016
The presenter, along with a group of other passengers, was seen angrily arguing with airline staff during a four-hour delay in one of the videos he uploaded to Facebook.
American Airlines is a super shitty airline!
Posted by Cenk Uygur on Saturday, 9 April 2016
Kicked off!
Posted by Cenk Uygur on Saturday, 9 April 2016
Uygur then said he was informed by a supervisor that “the captain didn’t feel comfortable” with his behavior and he was not allowed to board the plane.
“They kicked me off the plane,” he told his viewers. “Isn’t that unbelievable? One of the supervisors came out of vindictiveness and decided, ‘no that’s it, I’m going to kick you off the plane.’ She made up an excuse about how the captain didn’t feel comfortable with me there.”
Ironically on this trip I'm likely to get arrested for civil disobedience for https://t.co/CPJD3qrcCQ Didn't think it'd be by @AmericanAir
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) April 9, 2016
American Airlines just kicked me off the plane! Gross, horrific incompetence!
Posted by Cenk Uygur on Saturday, 9 April 2016
“You guys saw the video,” he added. “The captain wasn’t there.”
It wasn’t long before “CenkOnAPlane” began trending on Twitter.
My new favorite children's book @cenkuygur@JetBlue@AnaKasparian@JordanChariton@TheYoungTurks#cenkonaplanepic.twitter.com/fD5QWpPE7y
— Paco Lebel (@PacoLebel) April 9, 2016
@cenkuygur couldn’t resist. :) #cenkonaplanepic.twitter.com/XhgBFP09jM
— Inti Amaterasu (@IntiAmaterasu) April 9, 2016
No one puts Cenk in a corner. #cenkonaplane
— RogueJusticeNominee (@justiceputnam) April 9, 2016
Update: Cenk is on the plane! #Cenkonaplanehttps://t.co/D0PWmSrclrpic.twitter.com/dn3hXsb3jO
— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) April 9, 2016
Did I really spend half my Saturday watching videos about #CenkOnaPlane?
— David Koller (@davekoller) April 9, 2016
The liberal presenter was able to catch a later cheap flight with JetBlue.
Slight delay on @JetBlue because of an issue with a tray. No big deal. They just gave everyone free movies on the flight. Customer service!
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) April 9, 2016
