LOS ANGELES Sep 28, 2005 — Three groups representing flight attendants are calling for a boycott of the box-office hit "Flightplan."
In the Jodie Foster thriller about a mother looking for her missing daughter aboard a plane, a flight attendant colludes with an air marshal as part of a plot to extort a ransom from the airline.
Other flight attendants are shown treating passengers rudely and being unsympathetic to Foster's character, whom they think might be delusional.
The groups contend that the Disney film could breed distrust of their members among real airline passengers.
"Should there be another 9/11, it would be critical for the cabin crew to have the support of their passengers, not the distrust that this movie may engender," said Tommie Hutto-Blake, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. "Our fellow crew members who perished in the line of duty deserve more respect."
Two other organizations the Association of Flight Attendants and Transport Workers Union, Local 556 also called for a "Flightplan" boycott.
Combined, the three groups represent more than 80,000 flight attendants at 23 airlines.
A call to Disney seeking comment was not immediately returned Wednesday.
The film was No. 1 at the box office last weekend, collecting $24.6 million.
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In the Jodie Foster thriller about a mother looking for her missing daughter aboard a plane, a flight attendant colludes with an air marshal as part of a plot to extort a ransom from the airline.
Other flight attendants are shown treating passengers rudely and being unsympathetic to Foster's character, whom they think might be delusional.
The groups contend that the Disney film could breed distrust of their members among real airline passengers.
"Should there be another 9/11, it would be critical for the cabin crew to have the support of their passengers, not the distrust that this movie may engender," said Tommie Hutto-Blake, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. "Our fellow crew members who perished in the line of duty deserve more respect."
Two other organizations the Association of Flight Attendants and Transport Workers Union, Local 556 also called for a "Flightplan" boycott.
Combined, the three groups represent more than 80,000 flight attendants at 23 airlines.
A call to Disney seeking comment was not immediately returned Wednesday.
The film was No. 1 at the box office last weekend, collecting $24.6 million.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
