Flight attendants complained about 'menacing' images on aircraft

[mfcorey1]

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong was being prepared for takeoff when flight attendants saw two faces and the words "bye bye" painted on the airliner.

(CNN)Thirteen former United Airlines flight attendants say they were fired for refusing to work a commercial flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong after the airline discovered "threatening" words and "menacing" images drawn on the tail cone of the Boeing 747.

The aircraft was being prepared for takeoff when flight attendants became aware oil from the aircraft's auxiliary engine was used to paint the words "BYE BYE" in 6-inch-high letters above two faces, "one smiling and the other with a more troubling devilish expression," according to a federal complaint filed Wednesday with the Department of Labor.

The flight attendants say that on July 14, United Airlines ignored a "serious and credible threat to the security and safety of passengers by ordering them to fly in order to avoid cost and disruption to the airline's flight schedule and revenue," said David Marshall, the attorney representing the group.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/08/us/flight-attendants-complaint/index.html

[Politicalboi]

1. They need to fire the asshole who wrote that

On the plane, or the security who missed whoever wrote that on the plane. Just get fingerprints and fire their asses. I don't blame the attendants at all. I hope they get their jobs back with back pay.

[napi21]

2. With all the attacks I don't blame the flt attendants.

However, I can also understand the airline perspective. To amass 13 new attendants on the spur of the moment is almost impossible, and not only would the entire system be in turmoil, but you'd also have a plane full of irate flyers.

I think, if the techs on the ground thoroughly checked the plane, they should have trusted them to find any problems. My guess is this was the work of some less than intelligent baggage handler, or other low level employee who had access to the plane who thought he/she was being funny. Hopefully the airline is checking on how this could have happened and who did it.

[MattSh]

3. Uh, what attacks?

[Marrah_G]

4. That would freak me out also.