Flight attendant groups calling for boycott of ‘Flightplan’

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, flight attendants are shown treating passengers rudely and being unsympathetic to Foster’s character – not to mention a more sinister plot twist involving one attendant.

“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.

The Association of Flight Attendants and Transport Workers Union, Local 556 also have called for a boycott.

In a statement, distributor Disney said: “We are confident that the public will be able to discern the difference between fiction and the incredible job that real-life flight attendants perform on a daily basis.”

The film was No. 1 at the box office last weekend, collecting $24.6 million.