David / All: Was this simply because a corporate person was on-board? I don't understand? Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- David Mueller <dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > SOURCE: KPUA > http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=2502 > > Hawaiian Airlines trustee booted from flight > > By Associated Press > > (Honolulu-AP) -- Hawaiian Airlines trustee Joshua > Gotbaum was booted off a flight after a company > pilot told him he could not safely fly the Boeing > jet with the trustee aboard. > > Veteran Hawaiian pilot Craig Kobayashi says he was > upset with Gotbaum's policies, but was not trying to > make a labor statement when he asked the trustee to > leave the plane that was departing Honolulu for San > Francisco on Thursday. > > Kobayashi says it was strictly a matter of safety, > not a vendetta. > > Kobayashi says quote -- ``I didn't feel that I could > function properly.'' > > Airline spokesman Keoni Wagner says Gotbaum agreed > to leave rather than delay the takeoff. > > Federal Aviation Administration officials say > airline captains have the right to ask anyone to > leave their planes. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail