WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) — A young man with Tourette’s Syndrome said he was prevented from boarding a flight in Washington, D.C., for repeatedly saying the word “bomb.”
Michael Doyle, 19, was denied access to a JetBlue flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday for the outburst, although he said he informed Transportation Safety Administration authorities and the airline of his condition prior to the incident, the news website WTTG-TV, Washington, reported Monday.
“With all the stuff in the news about the Boston bombings and stuff, I started ticking ‘bomb,” because, that when I get nervous, and anything on my mind will come out,” said Doyle, who had intended to make the flight with a friend.
A JetBlue official said Doyle “was deemed a safety concern by the pilot,” although the official added the situation was later regarded as “innocuous.”
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Someone forgot to inform the pilot about this guy. And if they tried to tell him he had been cleared and he still refused to allow him on his plane, then the pilot ought to be reprimanded by suspension at the very least. I can’t believe that in this day and age no one has heard about Tourette’s Syndrome and knows what it is and the outbursts that some people have. It’s very recognizable, even if it is only physical tics.
That would be the TSA (a government agency) and not the airlines. This agency was the work of the Bush Administration.
Started by Bush and expanded under Obama.
This is what is called over reaction by the airlines. Common sense has been forgotten by these idiots.