CONNECTICUT (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched an investigation into reports that JetBlue and American Airline passengers sat for hours on planes stranded at Bradley International Airport outside Hartford, Conn. Passengers on JetBlue Flight 504 said they sat on the tarmac for more than seven hours waiting for fuel, despite repeated requests from the captain for a tow to a gate. According to recordings posted on the website LIVEATC.NET, the captain of flight 504 told air traffic controllers, "I have a paraplegic on board that needs to come off. I have a diabetic on here that's got an issue... a list of things, I just got to get some help." The JetBlue pilot is also heard criticizing his own carrier for not bringing help sooner. "Look, you know, we can't seem to get any help from our own company... I apologize for this, but is there any way you can get a tug and a tow bar out here to us and get us get us towed somewhere to a gate or something. I don't care, take us anywhere," the captain said.
Wow. Freaking A' Jet Blue, huh? 8 Hours? I mean I know you've got Direct TV on there, but the programming aint that good, you don't even have the Sunday Ticket.
I'm not even kidding, I'd rather be dead than sitting on a tarmac with a bunch of asshole strangers for 8 hours, crying babies just belting out screams, undoubtedly a smelly foreigner or two, that guy who calls out to the flight attendants every 20 minutes asking how long it's going to be...Just open the freaking doors guys, don't those inflatable slides just pop right out? I'll take my chance dodging planes and those luggage carriers, but get me the hell off the plane.
