If you are that allergic, get off the plane and get medical attention.
If you are that allergic, get off the plane and get medical attention. I say this as a person with potentially anaphylactic allergies. I cannot imagine what injection she needed that she could not give herself. No adult with a known allergy like that does not carry an epipen. Strangers are under no obligation to give it to you. If EMTs have to be called, they can better treat you not on the plane and will remove you if you are not imminently in danger of coding so to do. Plus, if you are have an anaphylactic reaction, you need immediate medical attention, not to get on an airplane where you cannot get any medical care.
Anyone who has the balls to say, "I'm [fill in the blank]" with the clear implication that they are special because X is far more concerned with some level of personal privilege than with their supposed life-threatening medical crisis.
Why is it that she demanded other people remove themselves and their dogs, rather than demanding she be rescheduled onto another flight?
Who flies on public airlines with a severe allergy guaranteed to be exposed or triggered at least 50% of the time? Real service dogs are around all the time. Nobody sterilizes the aircraft between flights. It's highly likely that if you fly on a public plane there is dog dander on it, even if the dog isn't on your flight. Plus, it's on the clothes and belongings of anyone flying who owns or works with dogs. If you are that allergic, take precautions. Or don't fly.
I have never once, not even when being told I was "hysterical" by a doctor who is a jerk, yelled at anyone while seeking medical treatment for an anaphylactic or severe trying to turn into anaphylactic reaction. Even when my tongue was swelling and I was losing my voice due to swelling in my throat. And believe me, your body is trying to send you screaming desperately to survive signals at this point. You are extremely internally agitated for physiologic reasons. It is very unpleasant. I definitely cried when I was a kid because it's scary as hell. Usually, though, that was when I could get enough air to cry, which meant the crisis was over, actually.
So I'd like to say I can understand why someone having a severe reaction would be agitated. But this sort of behavior does not fit my personal experience, nor what I have seen in others.
I don't know what you do with this. The plane cannot leave under the circumstances, and the options narrow to involving legal authorities. At what point are they allowed to touch a passenger? Never? Is the airline supposed to deplane everyone else and their luggage and find another plane and another crew because of one person? Is that one person legally liable for the costs to all the other passengers, never mind the airline?
Lastly, for someone having a severe allergic reaction who needs an unspecified injection, she is doing an awfully good job of fighting physically to stay on the plane, not to mention being very vocal. If you are that sick, it's highly improbable that you could do either. What can be seen on that video does not immediately suggest allergic reaction.
She told a flight crew, whose job is safety of all passengers, she had a medical problem. It is appropriate to get her off the plane and get that treated. I don't know what she expected as a response. No pilot is going to authorize take-off when somebody straight up suggests that they could die in the time frame of the flight.
There has to be more to this, and I have many questions about this person and their behavior.
http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/transportation-infrastructure/352742-southwest-apologizes-after-woman-dragged-off
http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/transportation-infrastructure/352742-southwest-apologizes-after-woman-dragged-off
Anyone who has the balls to say, "I'm [fill in the blank]" with the clear implication that they are special because X is far more concerned with some level of personal privilege than with their supposed life-threatening medical crisis.
Why is it that she demanded other people remove themselves and their dogs, rather than demanding she be rescheduled onto another flight?
Who flies on public airlines with a severe allergy guaranteed to be exposed or triggered at least 50% of the time? Real service dogs are around all the time. Nobody sterilizes the aircraft between flights. It's highly likely that if you fly on a public plane there is dog dander on it, even if the dog isn't on your flight. Plus, it's on the clothes and belongings of anyone flying who owns or works with dogs. If you are that allergic, take precautions. Or don't fly.
I have never once, not even when being told I was "hysterical" by a doctor who is a jerk, yelled at anyone while seeking medical treatment for an anaphylactic or severe trying to turn into anaphylactic reaction. Even when my tongue was swelling and I was losing my voice due to swelling in my throat. And believe me, your body is trying to send you screaming desperately to survive signals at this point. You are extremely internally agitated for physiologic reasons. It is very unpleasant. I definitely cried when I was a kid because it's scary as hell. Usually, though, that was when I could get enough air to cry, which meant the crisis was over, actually.
So I'd like to say I can understand why someone having a severe reaction would be agitated. But this sort of behavior does not fit my personal experience, nor what I have seen in others.
I don't know what you do with this. The plane cannot leave under the circumstances, and the options narrow to involving legal authorities. At what point are they allowed to touch a passenger? Never? Is the airline supposed to deplane everyone else and their luggage and find another plane and another crew because of one person? Is that one person legally liable for the costs to all the other passengers, never mind the airline?
Lastly, for someone having a severe allergic reaction who needs an unspecified injection, she is doing an awfully good job of fighting physically to stay on the plane, not to mention being very vocal. If you are that sick, it's highly improbable that you could do either. What can be seen on that video does not immediately suggest allergic reaction.
She told a flight crew, whose job is safety of all passengers, she had a medical problem. It is appropriate to get her off the plane and get that treated. I don't know what she expected as a response. No pilot is going to authorize take-off when somebody straight up suggests that they could die in the time frame of the flight.
There has to be more to this, and I have many questions about this person and their behavior.
http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/transportation-infrastructure/352742-southwest-apologizes-after-woman-dragged-off
http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/transportation-infrastructure/352742-southwest-apologizes-after-woman-dragged-off
Yeah.... I wonder if maybe she just had a fear of dogs? I know there are entitled asshats with allergies out there, but most of them know exactly what they need to take/do.
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