Airline uses Facebook to explain Baldwin boot

American Airlines says its flight attendants were following federal safety regulations when they booted Alec Baldwin from a plane. Without naming the "30 Rock" actor, the airline said on its Facebook page that an "extremely vocal customer" declined to turn off his phone when asked to do so Tuesday. The customer then stood up "with the seat belt light still on for departure" and took his phone into a restroom, the company said. "He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed," the airline's post said. AP