Tourists gone wild.
The beautiful, magical, treasured Hawaiian islands have been hit and hit particularly hard during these long Covid years. Oh, I’m no epistemologist so cannot speak to the toll of the actual disease on the chain but, as a surf journalist, am more than qualified to weigh in on the social price and it has been high.
Initially, as travel restrictions waned, tourists came roaring over the Pacific and in such numbers that Governor Ige and woke locals, or “woke-als” combined forces to beg them to stop.
Stop they did and the hospitality industry reeled as hotel rooms went unfilled, seafood buffet lines un-stood.
And now absolute havoc is being wreaked in the skies as not one but two Hawaiian Airlines flights were forced to land within hours of each other due poor passenger conduct.
On a flight from Honolulu to Hilo, Steven Sloan Jr. allegedly punched a flight attendant in the head. The plane circled once, landed back in Honolulu and Mr. Sloan Jr. was escorted from the plane by law enforcement. He appeared in court, yesterday, and remains in custody.
Then, hours later, on a flight from Honolulu to Seattle, two hours after take-off, a passenger ripped her mask off, refused to put it back on and the pilot decided to u-turn out of the World Surf League’s patented “abundance of caution.”
Jai Cunningham, Department of Transportation spokesman, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, “We have zero tolerance for disruptive and dangerous behavior in our cabins and have banned or denied boarding to 98 passengers so far this year.”
Imagine being on that flight, two hours in the air, 4-ish hours to go, and a “adult female” is refusing the mask.
How angry would you be?
Jiu-jitsu mad?
More as the story develops.
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Are you kidding me??? Isnthsu article real? You mean Ahman being wanted breathe on an airplane with 260 people packed in a tube knowing FULL WELL the mask doesn’t do shit ??? The media has gone mad. Stand tall
With everyone really stressed these days, maybe businesses, especially airlines, could play relaxing background music. I like subliminals like Positive thinking, stress relief. We all have to adapt to times and circumstances. Then there is always THE LIFETIME BAN FROM FLYING…if all else fails!
TIME TO ADAPT OR DIE, PEOPLE !
Turning a flight around bc someone isn’t wearing a mask? So many pathetic schmucks running this world
Upvote for the debiletate typo in Moral.
I just screen shot your rant
YOU’RE ARE!
Can we please move into the sedation air travel age already? For long hauls stow anesthetized passengers horizontally with an IV drip of profonal, ketamine, benzos, fentanyl, or whatever. Stack em high and wide as the plane can handle. Short flights- give em the NO2 mask. They’ll be knocked out the whole flight, harmless, no hassle for airplane crew. The stacked passengers can be on/offloaded like luggage then slide em through a baggage carousel and shoot a dose of amphetamines/Cocaine/b12 to wake them and counter any jet lag.
Fuck, you’re onto something here. They could fit more bodies by setting up those coffin sized Tokyo hotel rooms, or maybe individual pods like in the Matrix. I can’t sleep on flights. When I landed in LAX from a Bali flight I had been up about 50 hours straight.
Im telling you, its the answer! I used to be the same, wide eyed like a tweaker the whole flight. Always flew redeye to see wife’s family back east hoping to sleep. Alcohol, weed brownies, xanax, handfuls of benedryl, Norco. You name it, I’d take it to knock out. I don’t recommend overeating the brownie with an oz of Durban Poison (when it was still a bust) in your waistband! Somehow the tsa frisk guy missed that. Anyway, something happened the last 3-4 years where I get on the plane and instantly konk out after take off without any of the above listed remedies! Hope it continues.
That 50 hour marathon sounds absolutely dreadful!
Why am I not shocked that someone named ‘Steven Sloan Jr’ punched someone? I think when you have that name, punching people is a requirement.
I dunno. Sounds more like a name getting punched than punching.
“Imagine being on that flight, two hours in the air, 4-ish hours to go, and a “adult female” is refusing the mask.”
I would agree with her- masks are stupid. Then I’d be pissed about the flight being turned around. Hate the game not the player. Some play the game better than others though.
Q: What ringtone is that…?
A: Dingleberry.
I’d be pissed if “a ‘adult female’ is refusing the mask.” Maybe not as much if “an” adult female did it.
You’re supposed to audibly say “quote adult female” when reading.
Wait–how come you don’t have a badge? Like a boxing glove, or yellow beanie?
Yes, yellow beanie for Chuck. Please Negs!!
Rainbow dildo badge for DR.
Star of David you mean!
Ahh, so we never use “an” before quotation marks. I’ve been doing the grammar thing wrong for a long time.
Addressing the “absolute havoc” in the skies may require extreme measures. Simply show footage from the Huntington Pro for the entire flight. The soporific effect would have all passengers fast asleep within minutes.
Peace in the skies restored.
They will all be reformed once they hop a board.
Very good.
Waiting on scores…