Commuting, thunderstorms, flight attendants, et al

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You're riding in the back of the aircraft and you're in an area of continuous light turbulence.

The flight attendants are milling about the cabin serving beverages and the turbulence goes from continuous light, to occasional moderate to a few jolts of severe.

The jolts of severe turbulence sends everything that isn't strapped down flying into the air, including a passenger that struck her head on the passenger service unit overhead.

The flight attendants shrug and say "Well, the captain hasn't turned on the fasten seatbelt sign so we'll keep serving."

Meanwhile the turbulence progresses to "continuous moderate" and drinks are being spilled, people are screaming and the plane reeks of alcohol and vomit.

The flight attendant asks "Would you like a beverage?"

You're an experienced flight crew member riding in uniform.

What do you say?

Anything?

Nothing?
 
You say "Absolutely! Give me a few Baileys, some Bacardi and (insert favorite mini-bottle here) and put it in a sick sack for me" and take it home!
 
I would absolutley say something. The Captain/FO may be busy with something and had an oversight that they did not turn on the sign. I would suggest that the FA contact the pilots if there was any questions. Maybe the pilots do not think it is as bad as you see it in the cabin.
 
:yeahthat: There could be something somewhat severe going on up front that took their attention away from turning it on.
 
Well, since I didn't identify the airline, I'll say what happened.

The pilot said, "You know what? Sit down. it's not going to get any better and they both thanked me, had a seat and thanked me again after the flight."

At first he thought he kinda overstepped his bounds, but the turbulence on the arrival was nasty and actually a little worse.

So some may say that he might be bossy, but A LOT of flight attendents get seriously injured in turbulence and the medical benefits aren't that great to risk getting an OJI in moderate turbulence because grandma wants a Diet Rite.
 
You took a chance there Doug, unless it was Delta.

I flew with many captains who would cause trouble for you in that situation "just because they could." They wouldn't do it to their own airline (at least I hope not) but I saw it happen before.

One Midway pilot tried to help out the FAs on a United flight. He offered to carry their bags out for them and thanked them for the great cabin service.

He got a letter from the HR department claiming that the captain and crew had witnessed "sexual harassment of the FAs."

No it wasn't me LOL - his name was Danny. He was in my new hire class, and we still stay in touch. He's flying BE1900s for a corporate outfit in Norfolk right now.
 
Doug Taylor said:
You're riding in the back of the aircraft and you're in an area of continuous light turbulence.

The flight attendants are milling about the cabin serving beverages and the turbulence goes from continuous light, to occasional moderate to a few jolts of severe.

The jolts of severe turbulence sends everything that isn't strapped down flying into the air, including a passenger that struck her head on the passenger service unit overhead.

The flight attendants shrug and say "Well, the captain hasn't turned on the fasten seatbelt sign so we'll keep serving."

Meanwhile the turbulence progresses to "continuous moderate" and drinks are being spilled, people are screaming and the plane reeks of alcohol and vomit.

The flight attendant asks "Would you like a beverage?"

You're an experienced flight crew member riding in uniform.

What do you say?

Anything?

Nothing?
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put the serving cart up,if its not already stowed, make an announcement that cabin service is being suspended until weather improves, all flight crew members strap themselves in their jumpseats. You might want to call the captain and ask him to politely turn the seatbelt sign on.
 
jettison IT said:
put the serving cart up,if its not already stowed, make an announcement that cabin service is being suspended until weather improves, all flight crew members strap themselves in their jumpseats. You might want to call the captain and ask him to politely turn the seatbelt sign on.
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remeber that you are not a part of the flight crew for that specific flight so you can only make suggestion to the flight crew members. You actually can not take action unless you feel the plane is going into a nose dive.
 
Aero_Engineer said:
remeber that you are not a part of the flight crew for that specific flight so you can only make suggestion to the flight crew members. You actually can not take action unless you feel the plane is going into a nose dive.
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I agree.....

Otherwise: Tell the F/A, I did not grab,pat, molest or grope you, I was thrown around by the turbulence and was bracing myself.
 
Doug Taylor said:
You're riding in the back of the aircraft and you're in an area of continuous light turbulence.

The flight attendants are milling about the cabin serving beverages and the turbulence goes from continuous light, to occasional moderate to a few jolts of severe.

The jolts of severe turbulence sends everything that isn't strapped down flying into the air, including a passenger that struck her head on the passenger service unit overhead.

The flight attendants shrug and say "Well, the captain hasn't turned on the fasten seatbelt sign so we'll keep serving."

Meanwhile the turbulence progresses to "continuous moderate" and drinks are being spilled, people are screaming and the plane reeks of alcohol and vomit.

The flight attendant asks "Would you like a beverage?"

You're an experienced flight crew member riding in uniform.

What do you say?

Anything?

Nothing?
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In my best Borat voice:

"Hey pus sycat, you may want to take a seat!"
 
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