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Hating on flight attendants is universal at this point, correct? Unless you’re Gerard Depardieu and you need to pee. But doesn’t everyone have a “this flight attendant was the worst” story? Or am I about to be regaled with stories of your BFF, the stewardess, who would never say one harsh thing against a passenger? Whatever, I’ll say it: flight attendants are power-crazed jagoffs. And one of them just had a beef with Alec Baldwin. Apparently, Alec was on an American Airlines flight yesterday. And when I say “on a flight” I mean “sitting at the gate, waiting to take off.” The flight attendant told Alec to stop playing Words With Friends, and then Alec was escorted off the flight. Dramz?
American Airlines encourages its customers to “be themselves, nonstop” — unless that customer is Alec Baldwin.
The 53-year-old 30 Rock actor was kicked off his flight from L.A. Tuesday afternoon. Several passengers confirmed the news via Twitter moments as Baldwin was removed from the plane.
Said Activate founder and managing director Michael J. Wolf: “On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait.”
Baldwin’s early exit may have been due to his use of electronics. “The flight attendant on American reamed me out for playing Words With Friends while we sat at the gate, not moving,” Baldwin tweeted. “No wonder American Air is bankrupt.”
“But, oddly, 30 Rock plays inflight on American,” Baldwin added. “The real way is United.”
Baldwin’s rep explained the ordeal to Us Weekly, saying: “Alec was asked to leave the flight for playing Words with Friends while parked at the gate. He loves WWF so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it, but he has already boarded another AA flight.”
[From Us Weekly]
TMZ reports that there was an additional confrontation after the flight attendant “reamed” him for playing a game on his phone:
The last straw in the Alec Baldwin/American Airlines incident came when he “slammed” the bathroom door so loudly the captain of Flight 4 had to get involved … according to people on the plane.
We’re told Baldwin’s tweets about the incident are on point — flight attendants wanted him to shut off his cell phone in the middle of a game of “Words with Friends” … after the cabin door closed, but the plane remained at the gate.
But according to passengers … after the confrontation over his phone, Alec got up to go to the bathroom and angrily slammed the lavatory door. We’re told it was so loud the captain called back to flight attendants to find out what was happening.
That’s when the captain himself made the call to have Baldwin removed.
Sources close to Alec claim he did not slam the door, and only got up to get the flight attendant’s name so he could file a complaint — but because the fasten seat belt sign was on he was asked to leave the plane.
Alec boarded the next LAX-JFK flight — and we’re guessing he’s enjoying an intense match of ‘Words’ right now … at 40,000 feet.
[From TMZ]
Meh. It sounds everyone, from Alec to the flight attendant to the captain, were all asses, honestly. I’ll always believe that Alec Baldwin is an ass in real life, just like I’ll always believe that most flight attendants are power-crazed jagoffs. I don’t have a stereotype about plane captains, though. Mostly I just hope they aren’t drunk or asleep.
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