If you watch Arrested Development then you will know that the stair car is one of the few remaining modes of transport available to the Bluth family, and is frequently driven by Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman). This story would certainly do the Bluth family proud, as a airport worker takes his stair truck out for a slice of pizza in NYC.



The NYPost reports that the grinning driver, a regular at a nearby pizza joint, was spotted cruising in the Southwest Airlines vehicle on 19th Avenue and Hazen Street at 12:30 pm on Saturday.

But just because Michael Bluth rolls in a staircase-on-wheels, doesn’t mean normal people can.

“It is not legal to drive on a public street,” a DMV spokeswoman said.

The vehicle displays a Port Authority license plate marked “A 3537” — which permits driving only on airport premises.

“This is not acceptable behavior,” Steve Coleman, a Port Authority spokesman. “We will immediately begin to identify the offending vehicle and driver and will take appropriate action.”

Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz apparently disagreed, saying, “Nothing unusual or out of protocol on this one.”

The NYPost reached out to Bateman, who plays Michael Bluth in the hit show, saw no humor in the life imitating art, and declined to comment.