News Green Day singer booted off flight because of saggy pants - Page 7

Deberg_1990 · 09-03-2011, 07:33 AM

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Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight Thursday night in Oakland for wearing his pants too low.

The Oakland punk rocker was traveling from Oakland to Burbank on a 6:40 p.m. flight when he was ordered off the plane after a heated argument with a flight attendant, a witness said.

"Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the (expletive)? No joke!" Armstrong tweeted that night.

Cindy Qiu, an Oakland resident flying south for the three-day weekend, had just settled into her aisle seat about 10 rows from the back when the exchange happened.

"It was a quick argument. A very tense 30 seconds," said Qiu, an associate producer for news website 7Live.

A male flight attendant in his 50s tracked down Armstrong and a male companion as they attempted to stow their bags in the overhead bins, she said.

"The flight attendant walked up to him and said, 'Pull your pants up,'" she said. "And (Armstrong) said, 'Don't you have more important things to do?'"

The male flight attendant again asked him to pull his pants up and warned him he would be kicked off the flight if he did not.

"I'm just trying to get in my (expletive) seat," the rocker responded Qiu said.

And just like that, the musician, a Rodeo native, and his friend were escorted off the plane with the flight attendant. Once the steward returned, the flight left, about 20 minutes late, Qiu said.

Southwest Airlines responded to the incident in an email late Friday.

"As soon as we became aware of what had happened, we reached out to apologize for this customer's experience," said Brad Hawkins, a Southwest spokesman. "He elected to take the next flight. We followed up with this customer and involved employees to get more details and, in our latest conversations, understand from the customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction."

Calls to Armstrong's management were not immediately returned. Alameda County Sheriff's spokesman J.D. Nelson said his agency, which staffs Oakland airport, never responded to the Thursday night incident.

The argument was tense enough that Qiu, who did not immediately recognize Armstrong, said she avoided eye contact and never fully saw the rocker's alleged saggy pants a few feet away.

During the short flight, rumors circulated that the Green Day frontman was the ejected sagger and Qiu said she only realized who he was when she checked his Twitter page when she reached her destination.

It was not the first Bay Area airport saggy-pants imbroglio.

On June 12, a University of New Mexico football player was kicked off a U.S. Airways flight bound for Albuquerque from San Francisco over his saggy pants. Deshon Marman is now suing the airline over the incident.

Some critics said Marman, who is black, was targeted because of his race, particularly after photos emerged of a white man dressed in woman's lingerie who was allowed to board a U.S. Airways flight days before.

**Saul Good** · 09-03-2011, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

so you're saying you were wrong?

Saying that malls don't want that clientele is the opposite of saying I was wrong. Are you a CoMo mult?

**Saul Good** · 09-03-2011, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

you do realize Green Day's best selling album came out in 1994, right?

I had that album. I was 15 when it came out, and I don't give a shit. The airline was right, and this dude's a dipshit.

Backwards Masking · 09-03-2011, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

I had that album. I was 15 when it came out, and I don't give a shit. The airline was right, and this dude's a dipshit.

Were you wanting Depends this year for Christmas? Or just the usual Prunes and Carrots trey?

**Saul Good** · 09-03-2011, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

Were you wanting Depends this year for Christmas? Or just the usual Prunes and Carrots trey?

33's pretty old, I know. I'm only the target demographic of nearly every major corporation on the planet.

KurtCobain · 09-03-2011, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

you do realize Green Day's best selling album came out in 1994, right?

You do realize he has a totally different image now. I'm a fan of Dookie, but not this new lame crap. Nobody from then is going to those links to side with him now.

Backwards Masking · 09-03-2011, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

33's pretty old, I know. I'm only the target demographic of nearly every major corporation on the planet.

You post like you're 80, that's why I made th Prunes And Carrots remark. You really must have a stick up your ass to thnk they way you do at 33, I feel sorry for you.

Nearly EVERY major corporation on the planet, you say? That's really impressive, in a few more years maybe I'll be that impressive too.

Backwards Masking · 09-03-2011, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KurtCobain

You do realize he has a totally different image now. I'm a fan of Dookie, but not this new lame crap. Nobody from then is going to those links to side with him now.

I haven't liked the last few albums either. They'll always be die hards that stick with them no matter how badly they start pussing out though. People stuck with Metallica through ReLoad and St. Anger.

**Saul Good** · 09-03-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

You post like you're 80, that's why I made th Prunes And Carrots remark. You really must have a stick up your ass to thnk they way you do at 33, I feel sorry for you.

Nearly EVERY major corporation on the planet, you say? That's really impressive, in a few more years maybe I'll be that impressive too.

Maybe, but it depends on your ethnicity, income, and family structure. There's a reason that advertisements are priced based on ratings in specific demographics. I carry a meter that tracks everything I watch or listen to on the television/radio. I get nice checks every month in return for doing so. Like it or not, that's the way the world works.

KurtCobain · 09-03-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

I haven't liked the last few albums either. They'll always be die hards that stick with them no matter how badly they start pussing out though. People stuck with Metallica through ReLoad and St. Anger.

Not the same thing though. Metallica is Metallica, and Greenday is Greenday, think about what you're posting.

milkman · 09-03-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

You post like you're 80, that's why I made th Prunes And Carrots remark. You really must have a stick up your ass to thnk they way you do at 33, I feel sorry for you.

Nearly EVERY major corporation on the planet, you say? That's really impressive, in a few more years maybe I'll be that impressive too.

You really are one stipud mother****er.

**Saul Good** · 09-03-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

I haven't liked the last few albums either. They'll always be die hards that stick with them no matter how badly they start pussing out though. People stuck with Metallica through ReLoad and St. Anger.

...And none of those bands will ever assimilate into society.

Spott · 09-03-2011, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

I haven't liked the last few albums either. They'll always be die hards that stick with them no matter how badly they start pussing out though. People stuck with Metallica through ReLoad and St. Anger.

I stuck with them until that crappy Black Album came out.

**dirk digler** · 09-03-2011, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

The airline was right, and this dude's a dipshit.

If the airline felt they were right they wouldn't have issued an immediate apology and probably gave him all kinds of free tickets for his inconvenience.

**Saul Good** · 09-03-2011, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

If the airline felt they were right they wouldn't have issued an immediate apology and probably gave him all kinds of free tickets for his inconvenience.

I disagree. They didn't want this to turn into a big deal. There was a similar incident with a woman whose skirt was too short a year or two ago.

http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/200...rt_to_fly.html

First off, I am always disappointed whenever some petty functionary worries himself over some minor dress issue when there are bigger threats to the security of this country. One would think that airline officials should be troubling themselves over the threat of Islamic terror instead of acting like Islamic terrorists who think scantily clad women are like sizzling steaks.

Here's the story:

Pantagraph,
Airline tells woman skirt too short to fly

SAN DIEGO -- A 23-year-old woman who boarded a Southwest Airlines plane in a short skirt for a flight to Arizona says she was led off the plane for wearing an outfit that was considered too skimpy.

Kyla Ebbert said a Southwest employee asked her to leave her seat while the plane was preparing to leave San Diego's Lindbergh Field on July 3.

Ebbert, a student who was headed to Tucson for a doctor's appointment, said Friday on NBC's "Today" show that the employee told her she would have to catch a later flight.

"You're dressed inappropriately. This is a family airline. You're too provocative to fly on this plane," she quoted the employee as saying.

"I said, 'What part is it? The shirt? The skirt? Which part?' And he said the whole thing."

Ebbert was eventually allowed back on the plane after offering to adjust her sweater but said she was humiliated and embarrassed.

**007** · 09-03-2011, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

He got booted for getting lippy, not his pants, correct? Best solution for him - fly other than Southwest from here on.

I'm no advocate of people dressing in such ways, but I am getting a kick out of the Old Fart Brigade shaking their walkers in unity of the outrage of a guy wearing baggy pants in public.

I don't care about baggy pants. I care about walking around with your ****ing underwear hanging out. They make pants designed to look baggy without having to show off your underwear.

What I want to know is why the hell he was flying SW in the first place.

09-03-2011, 07:33 AM
Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $304454	Green Day singer booted off flight because of saggy pants http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-...622?source=rss Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight Thursday night in Oakland for wearing his pants too low. The Oakland punk rocker was traveling from Oakland to Burbank on a 6:40 p.m. flight when he was ordered off the plane after a heated argument with a flight attendant, a witness said. "Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the (expletive)? No joke!" Armstrong tweeted that night. Cindy Qiu, an Oakland resident flying south for the three-day weekend, had just settled into her aisle seat about 10 rows from the back when the exchange happened. "It was a quick argument. A very tense 30 seconds," said Qiu, an associate producer for news website 7Live. A male flight attendant in his 50s tracked down Armstrong and a male companion as they attempted to stow their bags in the overhead bins, she said. "The flight attendant walked up to him and said, 'Pull your pants up,'" she said. "And (Armstrong) said, 'Don't you have more important things to do?'" The male flight attendant again asked him to pull his pants up and warned him he would be kicked off the flight if he did not. "I'm just trying to get in my (expletive) seat," the rocker responded Qiu said. And just like that, the musician, a Rodeo native, and his friend were escorted off the plane with the flight attendant. Once the steward returned, the flight left, about 20 minutes late, Qiu said. Southwest Airlines responded to the incident in an email late Friday. "As soon as we became aware of what had happened, we reached out to apologize for this customer's experience," said Brad Hawkins, a Southwest spokesman. "He elected to take the next flight. We followed up with this customer and involved employees to get more details and, in our latest conversations, understand from the customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction." Calls to Armstrong's management were not immediately returned. Alameda County Sheriff's spokesman J.D. Nelson said his agency, which staffs Oakland airport, never responded to the Thursday night incident. The argument was tense enough that Qiu, who did not immediately recognize Armstrong, said she avoided eye contact and never fully saw the rocker's alleged saggy pants a few feet away. During the short flight, rumors circulated that the Green Day frontman was the ejected sagger and Qiu said she only realized who he was when she checked his Twitter page when she reached her destination. It was not the first Bay Area airport saggy-pants imbroglio. On June 12, a University of New Mexico football player was kicked off a U.S. Airways flight bound for Albuquerque from San Francisco over his saggy pants. Deshon Marman is now suing the airline over the incident. Some critics said Marman, who is black, was targeted because of his race, particularly after photos emerged of a white man dressed in woman's lingerie who was allowed to board a U.S. Airways flight days before.
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