09th Apr 2008
Banned from British Airways
Only terrorists, unruly passengers and Naomi Campbell can not fly on British Airways flights anymore. This was going to happen sooner or later and if it was going to be anyone it obviously would have been Naomi Campbell. In the pantheon of banned flyers, Campbell seems like the least harmful until you hear of what she was accused of doing and how she arrived on the infamous list. Here’s what she did, and here’s what was done as a result. British Airways apparently misplaced one of her bags and as a result Campbell flew into a rage. As an aside, wouldn’t you want to be the person to go up to Naomi Campbell and tell her that her bags were misplaced? Imagine the fear of the British Airways worker who had that enviable job.
Campbell started barking at the flight attended like a rabid dog (ok that’s a slight exagerration), but she berated the flight attendant, cursed out and spit in the police officer’s face, and missed her flight. A British Airways spokesperson said:
“She is a valued customer, but it is unthinkable for BA to talk about the safety of our staff and passengers being our priority, then let her off, her behavior last week was absolutely shocking. She physically and verbally abused our staff and police. Incidents of abuse against passengers or staff are taken extremely seriously . . . and will not be tolerated.”
Virgin Atlantic said that they would love to accomodate her going forward now that the BA ban is in place but Campbell’s spokesperson said, “Naomi has been flying with British Airways for nearly 30 years and has been a good customer. She hopes this can be resolved amicably.”
To which the flight attendant was reportedly overheard saying, “Bitch please.”
Posted by Eva @ 6:50 am
April 9th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Who does she think she is? I think she has a few screws loose. To spit at a policeman is unforgivable. She should be jailed again. And she should not be allowed on any airline. Let her buy herself a private plane.
She is very low-class in my estimation. And of course she uses the old “because I’m black” routine. How absurd.