A Spirit Airline employee at a Florida airport snapped at a passenger during a dispute in the latest incident of misconduct at the airport.
The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport employee sparked backlash online after she “lost the moral high ground” in a video shared on TikTok on Tuesday.
A video from April 9 shows the employee harshly requesting to see the flyer boarding. The two had an argument that included them walking shoulder to shoulder using their weight against the other person. He ended it with the employee telling the wheel. ‘Fuck you too.’
According to the TikTok poster, the flyer was the person who started the incident.
“The airline employee came back and kind of didn’t let the passenger leave. This is a very bad look for #spiritairlines but what do I know,” he wrote.
The employee’s outburst comes after a series of bad behavior on planes and airports by customers and often directed at staff and police.
The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport employee sparked reactions online after she “lost the moral high ground” in a video shared on TikTok on Tuesday.
The video, which received almost 8 million views in two days, shows the employee saying ‘fuck you too’ to the traveler with whom she had a dispute.
The filmer claimed that the traveler said something rude to the Spirit Airline employee, leading her to turn into a ‘Karen.’
“Okay, so this Spirit employee was very offended because this lady said something rude to her,” the TikToker narrated. But I think she’s going too far. I think she’ll stop him from being on the plane, which I think is a bit abusive. [of power].’
As the employee began typing information, she repeatedly told the passenger that she wanted to see his boarding pass. The worker walks with the traveler who says that she won’t miss her plane thanks to the worker.
The worker continues walking along the path while the employee writes down the pass numbers. The confrontation ends with the worker cursing at the customer and walking away.
“I understand that passengers can be VERY rude, but 99% of the people who saw this were not aware of what the passenger may have said initially,” the TikTok description reads.
While some claim the customer said something to the employee, nothing is heard in the video before the curse. The filmer then asks the woman what she said, the customer simply smiles, scoffs and walks away from her.
The filmer claimed the employee initiated the confrontation and it is unclear what happened before the video began.
Daily Mail has contacted Spirit Airlines for comment.
Airport officials said they were unable to view the TikTok video due to Florida regulations. The state has banned the social media app on government devices.
According to the video taker, the passenger allegedly started the argument, which resulted in the Spirit Airlines employee becoming angry with her.
Social media users have debated the matter. Some users have supported the employee while others have criticized her
Several TikTok users have criticized the Spirit Airline employee for her actions, with some critics claiming that they used to be an agent themselves.
‘I worked as an agent for five years. I had to resign. Definitely not for this week,” wrote one TikToker.
Others have been supporting the traveler and have even written about her ‘good looks’.
‘That woman is beautiful!!!!! And she stayed calm! She is amazing!’ one person wrote.
They added: “That little look from 9 seconds to 13 seconds, and then towards the end… it’s beautiful!”
One user apparently didn’t care to comment on the video and instead decided to disparage Spirit Airlines as a whole.
‘I can’t fly spirit. “All my anger management classes have not prepared me for it,” they wrote.
The viral incident is the latest airport confrontation to make headlines. Many times these are passengers who blow up the workers or the police who come to arrest them.
A woman aboard a Spirit Airlines flight out of Las Vegas had a mad meltdown on board and screamed the n-word as police officers removed her from the plane.
It’s unclear what caused the meltdown, but the flight had not yet taken off when the passenger began causing a scene.
Last month, a woman aboard a Spirit Airlines flight out of Las Vegas had a mad meltdown on board and screamed the n-word as police officers tried to remove her from the plane.
In a March 23 video that went viral online, a passenger sitting on a Spirit Airlines plane had an explosive outburst that caused those around her to film and laugh.
At the beginning of the footage, the frantic woman screams ‘let it go’ and ‘can I do that freely?’ while the police try to calm the situation. “The only thing I care about is freedom,” she screeched.
The explosive blast occurred after he allegedly tried to bite the person sitting next to him.
When one of the officers informed her that she was under arrest, the passenger said ‘okay! I’ve been there before.’
She then scanned the surrounding passengers with crazy eyes before shouting chaotically, ‘I’m not afraid! I’ve been there before,” as she stood up to look at the people sitting in the row behind her.
Suddenly, the woman turned up the volume even more to tell the passengers that the police officer, whom she surprisingly called the n-word, was twisting her elbows.
“It’s hurting my wrist,” he lamented.
‘You’re hurting me, sheriff. You’re hurting me, sheriff,’ she screamed as the cops tried to handcuff her.
The frantic passenger threw her head back and screamed in anguish.
She then proceeded to say “I can’t breathe” twice, even though the officers barely touched her.
It is unclear what caused the meltdown, but the flight had not yet taken off when the passenger began causing a scene. The man who posted the video said all passengers had to get off the plane so police could deal with the woman.
Tiffany Gomas, 38, was flying to join her family on holiday in July when she lost her on the flight due to an ‘altercation’ in what she had now described as ‘the worst moment’ of her entire life.
‘It wasn’t my best moment… it was actually a horrible moment. Absolutely mortifying. How terribly mortifying!’ she said.
There was also the viral Tiffany Gomas incident on an American Airlines flight in 2003.
Gomas, 38, was flying to join his family on holiday in July when he lost him on the flight due to an “altercation” in what he had now described as “the worst moment” of his entire life.
The Dallas marketing executive told Inside Edition that when she said the other passenger “wasn’t real,” she meant it as a figure of speech, meaning “he’s not being real.”
Gomas revealed that she stayed home for more than four weeks after her crazy breakdown.
“I stayed home for over four weeks because I was so embarrassed I didn’t want to do it in public,” Gomas told Inside Edition.
When asked what caused the sudden outburst, Gomas said: “I had an altercation and I felt very strongly that I needed to get off the plane.”
He explained that he believed other people on the flight were in danger “due to the altercation” but said he could not say anything more for “legal reasons.”
Gomas has shown that he has a good sense of humor since his episode. “I went through all of this laughing at myself,” she said.
While watching the viral video of her breakdown, she joked, “I can’t hear that voice.”
The star of the famous video said, “I’m actually a big homebody” while showing Inside Edition her luxurious Dallas home, complete with a stunning home office and movie theater.
But despite being a self-proclaimed “homebody,” she said, “I love to travel, but not on American,” because American Airlines banned her after the incident.