Reading: Sentence Completion - 2021 őszi

CANADIAN MAN KICKED OFF WESTJET FLIGHT FOR BEING ASLEEP BEFORE TAKE-OFF Mr Bennett, his wife and their son were taking a WestJet flight from Toronto to Cuba on 13 October. Mr Bennet hadn't slept well the night before, so before the flight he took a sleeping pill which he had been given by his doctor. He fell asleep immediately after boarding the plane. The trouble began when a flight attendant couldn't wake him up as the plane was preparing to take off. He became worried that there was something medically wrong with the passenger. WestJet requires all passengers to be awake during take-off for safety reasons. Mr Bennet's wife, whose first language is not English, couldn't tell the crew why he needed a rest. She was eventually able to wake her husband up, who explained he had taken medication. However, the cabin crew wanted him to get off the plane. Paramedics were called, removed him from the plane, checked him and said he was medically fit to fly. Bennett also got an email from his doctor saying he was healthy enough to fly. However, they were not allowed back on the flight. The family, who had booked an all-inclusive vacation in Cuba, were told by WestJet they could take the next flight the following week. The Bennets didn't want to miss a week of the family vacation, so instead of waiting for another WestJet flight, they paid more than $2,000 to buy a plane ticket from another airline. They had to cut their vacation short by two days. The family would like to receive compensation from the airline.