Many airlines have strict rules on how passengers should conduct themselves. Delta Air Lines is no different. What are some things that can get you kicked off a flight? This article will show you.
The company made headlines some time ago when a woman was kicked off a flight because she somehow managed to board without a ticket. But you don’t have to be that egregious to get the boot off a Delta plane.
Like all carriers, the Atlanta-based airline has what is called a “Contract of Carriage,” These terms basically spell out what is and is not permissible on a Delta flight.
If you’re flying out of Hartsfield Jackson International Airport and want to know the rules so that you don’t break them, here are some things you will get kicked off a Delta flight for:
You Can Get Kicked Off A Flight For Doing These Things
Delta may refuse to transport or may remove passengers from its aircraft in
any of the following situations:
1. Fighting
If you insist on wanting to fight a fellow passenger or crew member, for the safety of yourself and others, you will be kicked off the flight.
2. Being Disorderly
If you insist on raising a ruckus, especially if you’re drunk Delta says you have to go.
This is how the airline’s rules phrase it: “When the passenger’s conduct is disorderly, abusive or violent, or the passenger appears to be intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.”
3. Boarding Barefoot
Delta allows you to take your shoes off once you’re in your seat, but don’t think you can board barefoot. The airline is strict about prohibiting barefoot passengers (accept babies).
4. Messing With The Crew
You will promptly be told to sit down and perhaps have to wrestle with an air marshal if you interfere with the flight crew’s activities.
You can be kicked off also for failing “to obey the instruction of any member of the flight crew.”
5. If You’re Contagious
If you’re not feeling well you should think twice about flying. Delta says if you have a contagious disease that may be transmissible (the flu, a virus, anything), you could get booted off the flight.
Of course, with COVID-19, this is of utmost importance right now. That’s why Delta and other airlines ask you questions now.
6. If You Can’t Buckle Up
There may be a very good reason why you can’t fasten your seatbelt on the flight, but Delta is not trying to hear it. That’s why the flight attendant visually checks for unfastened seatbelts upon takeoff.
If your seatbelt doesn’t work, they have an obligation to reseat. If your weight is causing you not to be able to buckle up, you may have to get off.
7. Acting Crazy
Delta says they can remove you from a flight, “When the passenger’s behavior may be hazardous or creates a risk of harm to himself/herself, the crew, or other passengers or to the Carrier’s aircraft and/or property, or the property of other passengers.”
8. If You’re Really Sick
If you are so sick that you are in danger of losing consciousness or it’s no longer safe, you may be taken off the flight.
The exception is “unless the passenger provides a physician’s written permission to fly.”
9. If You Stink
Perhaps you stayed up all night or stopped by the gym before boarding, whatever the case, you can’t get on a Delta flight all funky.
Delta says you could be asked to step off the plane “When the passenger’s conduct, attire, hygiene or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.”
How To Stay On A Delta Flight
If you feel that you’re being wrongly removed, Delta lists a number of recourses for the passengers, including this one:
G) Recourse of Passenger
“Passengers shall not engage in any conduct that would authorize Delta to refuse transport under
this Rule. The sole recourse of any passenger refused carriage or removed for any reason
specified in this Rule shall be recovery of the refund value of the unused portion of his or her ticket.”
Read Delta’s complete Contract of Carriage here.
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