[News] World Junior Russians Disrupt Flight

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

We don't exactly have a lot of freedoms here at the moment,

0.o

[calgaryred]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Who the hell smokes still?

I work in a hospital and I know plenty of Healthcare workers that smoke.

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[btimbit]

I miss smoking, really wish we still had flavoured tobacco here

[dino7c]

Lol this wasn't a spring break trip...they are representing their country at the highest level tournament for their age.

Smoking on a plane? You're ####ed guy that doesn't fly anywhere. They can stay in Russia when they get back...enjoy the "freedom"

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Who the hell smokes still?

If you ever venture out of the Canadian bubble you'll notice that it's a habit that still lingers around the world. Canada has done a pretty good job of squashing cigarette smoking overall. People have shifted to vapes and weed smoking which isn't as noticable. Cigarettes have been shifted out for the most part and big kudos to that.

Hop over the pond to Europe however and it's a different story. Where I live in the EU it's the opposite; very few vapers and cigarettes are still going strong.

[sekimet]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Well, not specifically that activity on an enclosed airplane. But in general.

We don't exactly have a lot of freedoms here at the moment, even with omicron being about as harmful as a moderate cold and most of us being double vaxxed.

People want to let loose here and not have it be a huge problem like it is. It's natural they would hate on the care-free recklessness of the Russians, as opposed to just calling it dumb and moving on.

There is clearly a bit of emotional charge and snideness in responses here.

I am just going to throw this out there since maybe i'm misunderstanding your point, but we are degrees more "free" here in canada, even with all the restrictions, than they are in russia.


Showing respect for other people isn't a cultural issue imo.

[camm13]

Originally Posted by PugnaciousIntern

I’m shocked they managed to get a lighter into the plane, unless it was just all vaping

You're allowed disposable and non torch lighters in your carry on.

[PugnaciousIntern]

Originally Posted by camm13

You're allowed disposable and non torch lighters in your carry on.

Had no idea, thanks.

Assumed if I couldn’t take a full tube of toothpaste on the plane that a lighter wouldn’t be cool.

[jammies]

Haha, less freedom than Russia. Now I've heard everything.

Try asking gay or trans people how they love that Russian freedom. Or anyone publicly opposed to Putin. So long as you can smoke cigarettes and harass flight attendants, though, that's the real measure of liberty!

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[OldDutch]

Originally Posted by RT14

In mother Russia, plane flies you!

I once rode a chair lift in 92 with Yakov and my Dad during the celebrity ski thing they did at Louise.

Super nice and funny guy, oh and very well behaved, but then again he’s Ukrainian.

[Acey]

Airport employee here. There was a lot of yelling in the boarding lounge and it was hard to figure out what was going on at the time. No idea exactly what happened on the plane but her account is likely correct given that it was probably the worst behaviour I can personally recall seeing from a sports group at YYC or YEG.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Well, not specifically that activity on an enclosed airplane. But in general.

We don't exactly have a lot of freedoms here at the moment, even with omicron being about as harmful as a moderate cold and most of us being double vaxxed.

People want to let loose here and not have it be a huge problem like it is. It's natural they would hate on the care-free recklessness of the Russians, as opposed to just calling it dumb and moving on.

There is clearly a bit of emotional charge and snideness in responses here.

You've used a story about people being A holes in a plane to go into a rant about freedoms & your inability to "let lose" in society.

But yeah, other people are emotionally charged

[Yamer]

Calling out objective d-baggery is a measure of how jealous we are as Canadians of Russian freedoms and societal norms is certainly...a unique take.

[afc wimbledon]

The irony is if most Russians pulled any of that kind of #### they would be hauled off the plane/train/bus and be eating the shoe leather of a police officer with the bleeding remains of their teeth in 2 seconds flat, ordinary Russians have no freedom, elite Russians can do what they want

[Dion]

Team Czech was removed by mistake....

Team Czechia was also removed from the flight, but according to GM Otakar Černý, they were wrongly accused and later received an apology from Air Canada.

The cabinn crew was unable to distinguish the inscriptions "Russia" and "Czechia" on the same gray IIHF sweatshirts. AirCanada apologized for the expulsion of the Czech team and, at its own expense, secured the hotel and tickets for the next plane.

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/russian-wo...204028328.html

[transplant99]

The cabinn crew was unable to distinguish the inscriptions "Russia" and "Czechia" on the same gray IIHF sweatshirts. AirCanada apologized for the expulsion of the Czech team and, at its own expense, secured the hotel and tickets for the next plane.

Ahhh...the old "they all look the same to me" reasoning.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

The irony is if most Russians pulled any of that kind of #### they would be hauled off the plane/train/bus and be eating the shoe leather of a police officer with the bleeding remains of their teeth in 2 seconds flat, ordinary Russians have no freedom, elite Russians can do what they want

For smoking on a plane or bus? I’ve seen people drink themselves into stupefication on public transit in Europe, floor littered with empty bottles and cans. And nobody bats an eyelid.

We live in one of the most law-abiding, upright, uptight countries in the world. Which is nice in a lot of ways. But people don’t realize unless they leave North America just how different most of the rest of the world is.

[Monahammer]

This would have been ######bag behavior pre covid, now it is pretty mad. Dj what is with the defense here lol

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

For smoking on a plane or bus? I’ve seen people drink themselves into stupefication on public transit in Europe, floor littered with empty bottles and cans. And nobody bats an eyelid.

We live in one of the most law-abiding, upright, uptight countries in the world. Which is nice in a lot of ways. But people don’t realize unless they leave North America just how different most of the rest of the world is.

A PLANE

its not the same...nowhere in the world can you smoke on a plane these days

drunk idiots on public transit is nothing new. You can't act like a dip#### at the airport or on a plane these days or this is what happens. Hope they enjoyed the extra night in Calgary at their own expense only to tuck tail today and follow all the rules or spend yet another night at your own expense. Way to stick it to the man!

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

We're all jealous we can't live in a corrupt kleptocracy.

Do you mean "rule", not live? Why the flying #### would anybody want to live in a corrupt hellhole?