Two other blog reports corroborate at least in part the testimony of Tedd Petruna as reported by Rebecca Bynum at New English review. The reports can be found at:
http://oldnfo.blogspot.com/2009/11/testing-testing.html
which includes the following additional information about Petruna:
This has been a subject of discussion amongst a few of us for a couple of weeks. The person's account below is known to three of our group, and he is NOT a whiner or complainer...
He's an ex-Navy diver, working for a government organization; he has travelled extensively world-wide. This is his account of what happened on Flight 297 on the taxiway and at the gate in Atlanta...
and
http://newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/24487
Chaplain Dr. Keith A. Robinson is another eyewitness to the incident we reported last night about Air Tran flight 292 from Atlanta to Houston on November 17th.
Follow the link to the pdf file for Robinson's account.