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Pilot & Flight Attendant Get Into Fight, Leading To Broken Arm & Missing Tooth (Update)

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:22:21 +0000

While we’ve heard stories occasionally over the years of fights between airline crew members, last week I wrote about a story that was on a completely different level. There’s now an update, as Chinese authorities have taken action against the airline for the incident.

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Vaffangool — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 06:26:14 +0000

@Jkjkjk Ethnic Han call both countries home, but drawing further comparisons between Singapore and mainland China does you no favours. Singapore is wealthy, clean, safe, and civilised. One thing the two countries have in common is their poor human rights records, particularly vis-à-vis mistreatment of ethnic minorities. You'll get no argument from me that half of American travellers are savages. The other half sends Singapore our apologies.

Vaffangool — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 06:04:55 +0000

@Kendor You can continue to insist that my distaste for the prevailing culture of contemporary mainland China is racial bias, but that's just not going to make it true. Three out of the last four weeks I've been in downtown Atlanta protesting state voter disenfranchisement efforts and demonstrating against anti-Asian violence. I am totally comfortable revealing my deep antipathy toward the prevailing culture of the Republican South, does that make me racist against white folk? If I say I'm okay with the people of limited enclaves like Austin, Atlanta, Miami, Nashville, and Birmingham, but generally despise the attitudes of Alabama-, Mississippi-, Georgia- Louisiana- and Floriduhh shìtkickers, does that make me an equivocator? If you're as progressive and as well-travelled as you seem, I would imagine there were times between 2016 and 2020 when you felt ashamed and apologetic that American voters put Trump into office, just like cultured and well-educated mainland Chinese are ashamed of the behaviour of their nouveau-middle class in their hundreds of millions. If it's elitist to say that half of Americans are total shìtbags and deplorables, I'm fine with that. If it's elitist to align myself with the urbane mainland Chinese who complain that the colossal majority of their countrymen have no idea how to behave in public, I'm okay with that, too. Racist? Not even close.

Azamaraal — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:29:39 +0000

@jkjkjk You must be very young, or not Singaporean. Every night when TV closed in the mid 80's the National Anthem was sung and towards the end was always "Majulah Singapora, Majulah Singapora". I will never forget it and used to be able to sing it alone. Singapore had just separated from Malaysia and was a blend of Chinese and Malay. Perhaps things have changed but they used to claim to be the country with the most religious holidays in the world as they celebrated almost every major religions holiday. I might check with my Singaporean friends to see if my memory is faulty. I hope not.

Jkjkjk — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:36:26 +0000

@Azamaraal Are you Malay descent? No. Singapore uses majulah singapura as anthem and have female malay president rn. Also, I was exaggerating that problem to prove a point. A white men claimed that there are chinese outside mainland like singapore that’s civil. I said I agree. In Singapore the uncivil ones are usually angmoh. Do you see singaporean spray paint an MRT? I’m just glad that Singaporean PAP is the model government for CCP.

Kendor — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 03:59:07 +0000

@Azamaraal Vancouver is a beautiful city. I lived for 30+ years in Seattle, and when we were poor we would go up to Vancouver for our "exotic international vacation." I ate at Le Crocodile with my future wife on Robson the first time in 1997. I've run the Vancouver Marathon four or five times and rode my bicycle from Seattle to Vancouver at least five times. At the end of the two-day, 200-mile ride, the green glass towers of Vancouver's peninsula gleamed like Oz. I dream of going back. That all said, I'm genuinely curious what aspect of my positive experiences at Chinese airports and my comments about anti-Chinese racism make me somehow racist. You describe bad experiences with Chinese tour groups. I think what your saying is that tour groups suck. Agreed 100%, no matter what the nationality. We've had four Chinese people come stay with us in coastal SoCal without the tour group in tow, and low and behold we've invariably had lovely experiences. Set and setting matters.

Azamaraal — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:18:03 +0000

@Kendor The first post I read above that was racist was this one: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Kendor says: March 8, 2021 at 6:40 pm I’ve flown lots of Chinese airlines out of lots of nice Chinese airports. All of them were good experiences, with near-new equipment and extremely professional flight attendants and staff. It’s pretty sad to watch this generation of racists try to rationalize their racism: you see it in the comments section of almost every article that touches China. If you’re generalizing about an entire people or place based on specifics, might be time to take a hard look in the mirror. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ I have travelled by road in the US from Seattle to Bangor Main to New Orleans to Huston to San Diego to Seattle. I have crossed the US at least 5 times via the north, the south and the middle. I have driven as far south as Cabo San Lucas and also as far north as Alaska. Universally I find Americans to be friendly, helpful and fun people (with the exception of the time I got lost in a ghetto in Detroit in 1970 looking for gas where a helpful person told me I was in grave danger and should get my white bottom out of there). But internationally American tourists have a a bad reputation. The common phrase is "the Ugly American". I have travelled to China many times since living in Singapore and our most recent visit was in the fall of 2019 for over three weeks in Shanghai, Yichang, Chongqing, and Shenzen (we have a 10 year visa). We thought it was one of our best travel experiences in years and plan to return when the health concerns are over and travel is reestablished. Universally I found the Chinese to be friendly, helpful and fun people. But internationally Chinese tourists have a a bad reputation. This has even been mentioned by their own government. Most of the comments I heard in places like Australia, New Zealand and South Africa is that the Chinese tourists tend to travel in a totally organized tour, controlled by a local Chinese tour company, staying in Chinese owned facilities etc. and thus never seem to mix with the residents of the countries they are visiting. So probably some of the resentment is economic? So the basic question - "is this racist"? (As an aside - I grew up in a Vancouver which, as of 2016, was 48% of European ethnicity. The remaining 52% was mainly Asian and South Asian. Consider myself totally 'colour blind').

Azamaraal — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:59:57 +0000

@Turkfresser The Ben I referred to (who was not racist) was Lucky (Ben) just writing this article. I see that another Ben commented. Perhaps you misunderstood my reference and for that I apologize,

Azamaraal — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:57:41 +0000

@jkkjkjk I lived and worked in Singapore for two years (in Singaporean housing, not a western mansion). I thoroughly loved my time there and often find myself humming Majula Singapora. However I cannot agree with you that all of the problems in Singapore with drugs and vandalism are due to foreign western devils. I can agree that bubble gum and street spitting are local problems. I found that racism does exist in Singapore and the worst I experienced was the attitude of Singaporeans towards Malaysians. If you live in Singapore enjoy life and all it he nice things about Singapore. Stay out of the back streets.

Erick — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:09:31 +0000

@Kendor I love your comment. Indeed do not give up. I totally share your view and I certainly do not see or feel any racism in it. Our education, origin and whatever we went through is never enough to open our mind in a way that we make no mistake. In the last 6 years I traveled quite a lot to China. Deep inside but also the big cities as well as Harbin (I indeed recommend too). People were fantastic. Apps to translate were great as very few speak any English or any other Western languages. I felt safe everywhere. Actually better than in many places on our planet :D Trains (even night trains), buses, public transportations in the cities. Safe and great experiences. People naturally interacting with me despite obvious language barrier. Friendly. Flight experience? local airlines were absolutely great. Excellent service. Good food on short 2 hours trips. Much better than in the US or in Europe. No doubt at all about that. Now yes they can and will be loud and I definitely prefer the delicate and raffinate Japanese way of doing things and interacting. But it is doing no justice to them and to others reading poor uneducated comments to reduce them all to some terribly wrong biased clichés. Pathetically shocking. Sorry.