ICANN official kicked off flight for unruly behaviour
As an ombudsman at ICANN, Frank Fowlie is in charge of handling complaints against the domain name agency. After being kicked off an Air Canada flight for unruly behavior, however, Fowlie himself has lodged a complaint with the Canada Transportation Agency (CTA) in an ironic twist of events.
The official was flying a connection to Montreal en route to Vancouver. According to the Ottawa Citizen, he became “physically imposing” after a flight attendant forgot to serve him a meal. The employee offered to work out the issue, but after continuing his confrontational behaviour, was moved to a different seat. After landing in Montreal, Fowlie was not allowed to board his flight to Vancouver.
The ICANN ombudsman stated, “They basically treated me like a child and gave me a time out. I was not going to fly home that night because I had the audacity to complain about the fact I didn’t get supper.” However, he admits that he was verbally abusive to the flight attendant– at one point calling the 5’6″ individual “the little man.”
After a review, the CTA dismissed Fowlie’s complaint, ruling that he had engaged in inappropriate conduct. Hopefully this guy doesn’t run around ICANN like he does on Air Canada.
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