Luton man Garry Rogers criticises easyJet for leaving him ‘stranded’ in Ibiza with no medication
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Posted: June 27, 2015
Mr Rogers was denied entry onto his flight home when he arrived at the check-in desk
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A HOLIDAYMAKER was left stranded without his heart medication for two days after easyJet cancelled his return flight from Ibiza.
Garry Rogers, 42, of Poynter’s Road, Luton, was escorted off the outgoing flight from Luton Airport on June 2 when it arrived in Ibiza after he had a bit too much to drink.
As a result, Mr Rogers was told he would be denied entry onto his flight home when he arrived at the check-in desk.
Mr Rogers said: “I was tipsy at the airport and I went through security and the head of security let me through, so I could not have been that bad.
“Then we got into the bar and had a couple of shots.
“The mad thing is that they took all my gear off me and then said I had to buy it from Boots.
“Then we got on the plane after we’ve had a couple of shots, then there were some guys drinking through a funnel and then I was swinging the bottle with them.
“And because I am not much of a drinker, I turned into a giggling idiot to be honest with you, and then I was a bit stupid, but I was not aggressive in any way, I was loud and laughing.
“They told me to be quiet a few times and the next I knew I was being dragged off the plane when I landed and being searched.
“I assumed that because I was let through security afterwards there was no problem.”
However, when he came back to the airport on June 11 he was refused entry onto the flight, which saw him stuck in Ibiza for two extra days.
Mr Rogers, who is unemployed, said: “The thing is that I take heart medication.
“I’m on 13 tablets a day and the tablets I had only catered for nine days.
“I could have had a heart attack or anything but they have not shown any sympathy.
“The staff could not understand what I was trying to say and I was begging them to let me on the flight.
“It caused a massive strain on my 11-year-old son because he was expecting me home.”
Mr Rogers spent £170 on a flight home with Monarch and £35 on accommodation as a result of the prolonged stay on the Mediterranean island.
A spokesman for easyJet said: “The passenger was notified at the time by the Captain that his return flight would be cancelled.
“We would advise passengers travelling with medication to bring sufficient quantities to allow for any unforeseen circumstances.
“Passengers with any questions on travelling with medication can email or call our dedicated Customer Service Team for advice.
“Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard.”
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June 28 2015, 1:03PM
I can’t believe that this made the front page of LoS!
I think it’s ridiculous that we have to hear about some muppet on the ‘dog’s bowl’ who is upset to find that ‘drinking through a funnel’ and being drunk on a flight carries consequences! Perhaps if he went out and earned his money, he would have more respect for it and take more responsibility for his actions.
As for 13 tablets a day: surely the advice from his GP would have been not to drink with medication – this wasn’t at the front of his thinking while he was getting hammered was it?
Shame on you Mr Gogers.
Hope you enjoyed the holiday that myself and my friends paid for by the way – my family and I can’t afford to go away this year despite the fact that we both work. Maybe we’ll join you on the dole!
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