Alec Baldwin tweets about American Airlines |
He began his tirade via his account, @AlecBaldwin, explaining the situation and taking a dig at American Airlines' financial woes:
He then coined the trend #theresalwaysunited, in reference to the airline carrier's US rival United Airlines. , the Scrabble-like game he was playing on his iPad, also began trending. The game has attracted numerous celebrity followers including the guitarist John Mayer and The Office actor Rainn Wilson.
Some of Baldwin's other Tweet highlights included:
Now on the 3 o'clock American flight. The flight attendants already look.....smarter.
Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's find jobs as flight attendants.
Twitter@AlecBaldwin United shud hav app onboard where u can play WWF w other passengers. American shud have app where u read the new testament w flt attendants
A spokesman for American Airlines refused to comment due to “privacy concerns”, however, reports in the US suggested that air stewards had thrown the actor off for “abusive conduct”. Baldwin has denied he was abusive.