According to Fox News.com, a Delta employee ordered 60 pizzas for delayed passengers on an
Atlanta-bound flight from Tennessee
after the plane was stranded on the tarmac for three hours on Monday.
Michele Carson-Vaughn, Delta Director of Field Services for the Southeast,
says the airline's Knoxville
station manager who has not been named was behind the idea, reports the Atlanta
Business Chronicle.
Department of Transportation rules require airlines to let passengers leave
a plane after a three-hour tarmac delay and to provide food and water after two
hours. Pizza, on the other hand, is not required --and neither is a police
escort for the food.
Delta reportedly worked with TSA to clear the delivery through security and
the pizzas were delivered to the plane by a police car that had its lights
flashing, reports the Chronicle.
One passenger told NBC
she and her fellow passengers were pretty excited to see the Pizza Hut
pizza.
"Everyone appeared happy after the pizza feed -- "but they just
wouldn't serve us beer," said Vazmina. "And yes we asked a bunch of
times."
Let's just hope they gave the delivery guy more than a $10 tip for his
efforts.
Courtesy of Fox News.com
