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tiderus

Don’t fly me………………………………

It has been reported that an employee of Ansett Australia (Airlines), who happened to have the last name of Gay, got on a plane recently using the company’s ‘Free Flight Offer’ for staff. However, when Mr Gay tried to take his seat, he found it occupied by a fare paying passenger.
So not to make a fuss, he simply chose another seat. Unknown to Mr Gay another Ansett flight at the airport experienced mechanical problems, so the passengers of this flight were re-routed to various other planes. A few were put on Mr Gay’s flight, and anyone who was holding a free flight seat was being replaced. Ansett officials, armed with a list of these freebee ticket holders, boarded the plane as is their practice to remove them in favour of fare paying passengers. Of course if you remember, our Mr Gay was not sitting in his assigned seat. So when the ticket agent approached the seat where Mr Gay was supposed to be sitting, she asked a startled customer “Are you gay” The man shyly nodded that he was, at which point she demanded, “Then you have to get off the plane.” Mr Gay, overhearing the agent, and trying to clear up the situation said. “You’ve got the wrong man. I’m Gay.” This caused a third passenger to shout “I’m gay to! They can’t kick us all off!” Confusion reined as more and more passengers began yelling that Ansett have no rights to throw gays off there flights.
It is reported that Ansett have refused to comment on the incident.

camperian

Besides the fact that Ansett collapsed several years ago, how recent is recent?

Urban myth again, but a good story Laughing

Ian