Fri, Mar 12, 2004
EasyJet Bans 'Urinating' Golfers
A group of golfers has been banned from flying with UK-based
Easyjet after one allegedly urinated into an airplane seat pocket.
The airline claims the incident took place on a flight from Bristol
to Faro airport in Portugal on Friday night. The 15 golfers - most
of whom were in their 40s and from Abergavenny and Cardiff - were
told they must find alternative transport home on Monday. The men,
who deny any wrongdoing, are considering legal action to recover
the money they had to spend to get home. Easyjet spokeswoman
Samantha Day insisted the low-cost airline would not compensate the
group and said the men owed the cabin crew on flight EZY 6007 an
apology.
"Our staff were cleaning the aircraft ahead of its return trip
to Bristol when they discovered one of the group had urinated into
the seat pocket," Day said. "Our cabin crew were faced with a
repulsive incident. It is just disgusting. It is totally
unreasonable behavior." One of the group of golfers had been
refused travel after being "abusive" to staff in the airport lounge
in Bristol, she said. The rest of the party were allowed to board
because they were not considered to be a safety risk but continued
to be "rude and obnoxious" to the cabin crew.
The golfers were already
on their way to the resort of Praia da Rocha on the Algarve when it
was decided to ban them from the airline so they only found out
about it when they tried to check in for their return flight.
Golfer Robert Bennett, 48, from Abergavenny, said he was
"disgusted" Easyjet had banned the group.
"I am totally flabbergasted, I don't know where this claim that
one of the group urinated came from," he said. The electrician said
the group had been "loud" and in high spirits during the flight but
denied using bad language or being abusive.
"We now look like a bunch of hooligans, but we aren't, we are a
group of men mostly in our 40s. We just wouldn't do that."
Mr Bennett said he had complained to a flight attendant of a wet
seat during the flight and his cushion was replaced. Another member
of the group had vomited into a sick bag but the cabin crew had
disposed of it. He accused Easyjet of leaving the party "high and
dry" in Faro with no way of getting home. The group arrived back at
Bristol airport on Tuesday afternoon after an eight-hour journey
via Lisbon and Brussels.
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