A Giant Dead Bunny Gives Airliners Another Headache

As an airline passenger, seeing a dead giant rabbit isn't a pleasant scenario. But for some, it may be preferred over seeing a flight attendant taunting a passenger to start a fight.

What impact these and other incidents will have on the long-term invisibility profile of airliners remains to be seen.

The Deceased

According to an NBC News report, a three-foot long rabbit named Simon died in the cargo hold of a United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) flight between London and Chicago. Unfortunately, Simon had high ambitions, expected to become the world's largest bunny in the world.

The bunny, anticipated to be larger than four feet tall, was being shipped across the Atlantic to its new owner in the United States.

'Come On, Hit Me'

American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) is also dealing with its own potential pr nightmare; a male flight attendant allegedly welcomed a fight with a male passenger after coming to the defense of a female passenger who was upset with the attendant.

Surain Adyanthaya, a passenger on the American Airlines flight from San Francisco to Dallas, uploaded a video to Facebook.

The video doesn't show an incident involving a stroller, but does show a clearly distressed woman in tears holding her baby and pleaded "just give me back my stroller, please." A man's voice in the video says he can't just sit by and watch a woman in distress.

The alleged flight attendant is then seeing telling the man: "Hit me. Come on, hit me!"

Another witness, Olivia Morgan, was quoted as describing the situation: "The flight attendant wrestled the stroller away from the woman, who was sobbing, holding one baby, with the second baby in a car seat on the ground next to her. He stormed by me with the stroller and I said something like, ‘What are you doing? You almost hit that baby!' And he yelled at me to ‘stay out of it!'

The Worst Of Them All?

Needless to say, these situations are uncomfortable for passengers and reflects poorly on the airline. But few would argue that this is worse than the unfortunate incident when United passenger, David Dao, was forcibly dragged out of a flight for allegedly refusing to give up his seat after being involuntarily bumped.

A video of his bloodied face went viral across social media and the company's initial response was seen by some to be unacceptable and insulting.

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