Letter to the Editor from an AA Flight Attendant

[Sprint100]

LOL I love that last letter. When I was finished reading it I heard a door slam in somebodies face and a muffled female voice LOL

 

[Bumblebee]

She probably believes that aliens built the pyramids also.

they did!

 

[PositionAndHold]

F/As get breaks on the long-hauls too.

:yeahthat:

Depends on the aircraft.

She may not want higher pressure and less remixed air up there for those rotten pilots, but if there's ever a fire onboard, she'll sure appreciate getting on the ground safely because it evacuated smoke from the cockpit

Hey Doug, I always had a question about the recycled air thing. Isn't it more of a constant flow, IN one end and OUT the out flow valves. It's this way in the smaller jets that I have flown, I just assumed it to be the same in the bigger ones.

Sorry for the Hijack

Back to our program already in progress.....Crazy Cat Rancher, A true story..

 

[ready2fly]

Whatever.

 

[mpenguin1]

They also have better quality air in the cockpit and can take oxygen if tired.

Sounds like the pilots have a Spa in the cockpit:nana2:

 

[mpenguin1]

More FAs need to understand exactly what goes on up there! Put 'em in the sim a couple times and see just how 'easy' it is too!

Amber, we do that with our Corporate Flight Attendant Course...:rawk:

 

[Toria]

Anyway, after we took off, dodged thunderstorms for about an hour and shot a turbulence, rainy "River Visual 19" into DCA

Been on that flight about 50 times. Only as pax though.

 

[Toria]

Sounds like the pilots have a Spa in the cockpit:nana2:

I have a sauna in my C-172 (in the summer)!

 

[MQAAord]

Amber, we do that with our Corporate Flight Attendant Course...:rawk:

Excellent!


If/when I ever go back to being a F/A, it's probably going to be in the corporate arena.

 

[TechFlyer]

the poor guy seemed ecstaticf he had just been deflowered by Jennifer Love Hewitt, followed by a free fall skydive and wanted to call and tell all of his friends about it.

Are you a writer for Family Guy???

 

[bunghole]

I would be like that if I had been a cart tart for 41 years - my mum did it for 3, sounds like hard work.

The main difference though is a pilot is a professional job, a FA is more skilled labour.....

Haa! I love the title 'Cart Tart' I gotta remember that one next time Im ordering up my dehydrated gourmet coffee on AA. Friggin cheapos!

 

[Italianaviator]

I would be like that if I had been a cart tart for 41 years - my mum did it for 3, sounds like hard work.

The main difference though is a pilot is a professional job, a FA is more skilled labour.....

I agree with this quote, the training, expertise, time commitment, etc. is no where close to what it is for a pilot. The work that we have done had to have been started years before we get to that point. It's just not logical for them to receive the same ammenities that pilots receive.

 

[B767Driver]

I think a lot of the problem lies with us though:

"These things can fly themselves!"

"It's just like riding a bike!"

...etc...

For the most part, the flight attendants only see us when we're not doing a heck of a lot so the impression is that we're pretty much sitting around talking about the quality of airline coffee or cracking some joke about (local colloquialism from your largest base).

I think if we were able to bring back the program where we gave flight attendants an opportunity to ride the jumpseat once a year, it'd give a whole new perspective on what pilots actually do.

True story. We had the VP of "something or rather" ride the jumpseat to DCA one day. Nice guy, just a little full of himself which is typical of that social circle of upper management.

A non-pilot.

Anyway, after we took off, dodged thunderstorms for about an hour and shot a turbulence, rainy "River Visual 19" into DCA, the poor guy seemed ecstatic as if he had just been deflowered by Jennifer Love Hewitt, followed by a free fall skydive and wanted to call and tell all of his friends about it.

We told him that it was just a regular leg and he oughta be on the jumpseat to see what happens when things go bad.

Had a management type on the jumpseat of a 757 a year or so ago during a divert and eventual landing in ATL in some of the crummiest weather you've ever seen. The rain hitting the window was loud, the ride was bad, the vis was low. Greased on the landing (of course it's pretty easy when the runway's wet as you get a little hydroplane soft touchdown). It was good for a non-pilot to witness.

 

[derg]

Reminds me of a time I barked at a flight attendant about not picking up the interphone when I rang the flight attendant call button three times during a 5 minute period.

I said, "You know, what if it was an emergency?" and she laughed at me.

The very next morning, the captain rings the flight attendant call button, gets the same flight attendant and notifes her that we've lost an engine and heading back to ORD.

I bet sugarpie'll pick up the interphone next time!

 

[bunghole]

Reminds me of a time I barked at a flight attendant about not picking up the interphone when I rang the flight attendant call button three times during a 5 minute period.

I said, "You know, what if it was an emergency?" and she laughed at me.

The very next morning, the captain rings the flight attendant call button, gets the same flight attendant and notifes her that we've lost an engine and heading back to ORD.

I bet sugarpie'll pick upo the interphone next time!

Sounds like a love-hate relationship. Just wish there was more love like the FA joining Ralph Fiennes in the restroom! Yeeehaaa!

 

[tonyw]

I have a sauna in my C-172 (in the summer)!

You've got two seasons there in Arizona, right? Summer and the rainy season?