Cruise
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First some background on the situation:
I was on my 6th day of a 4 day trip. I had had enough B.S. to last me for the rest of the month by this time. So, I'm DHD'ing home (in uniform) from LGA to PHL which is about a 20 -30 minute flight. We were still on the climb-out all the way up
to 8000 ft (final cruise)....when I hear music coming from behind me. I shrugged it off thinking perhaps it was coming from some part of the plane.....I don't know....it was day 6 after all. Anyway, to continue w/ the story. We've reached cruise and because of the short duration of the flight, the announcement regarding the use of electronic devices was never made.....the captain never turned off the lighted placard....duh! However, I'm still hearing this music and I realize this is someone using a portable music device. I looked around a bit behind me and realized it was a girl in her early 20's (estimate) directly in the seat behind me just jamming away.
Now, just a bit more background before I continue.
On my first day of the trip I was DHD'ing to work (again in uniform) and the girl next to me was using her laptop during the flight. No big deal....I had been using mine as well. However, when we began our decent and the announcement to put away electronic devices was made, I buttoned mine up and stowed it. She did not. The FA came through the cabin and didn't notice that this woman was still using her computer. After another pass by the FA, I pointed out the fact that this woman was still using the comp. and the FA asked her to put it away. Again, she continued to ignore the announcement and the FA's request. To make a long story shorter, the FA asked her a second time and then again a third time to please put her computer away. This woman was amazing, she just kept right on using the comp. and finally put it away when we were on about a 1/2 mile final just moments before touchdown.
This really pissed me off! Who the he!l did she think she was? Here I was, in uniform and she was just going to completely ignore a federal regulation. I don't usually let stuff like this bother me and I try not to get involved when DHD'ing.......it's not my place to intervene.
So, now we morph back to the music.......
I was thinking about the computer girl and I decided to say something this time. It was a short flight.....why couldn't she go w/out her music? No one else was allowed. So, I unbuckled my seatbelt, turned around and got this girl's attention. "Excuse me, but your going to have to turn that off!" I pointed to the "Please turn off electronic device" lighted placard. She looked at me and said "NO, it's not an FM tuner." I asked again, and then said your telling me your refusing to turn off the device. She said "yes." Now I was pretty pissed. I'm not certain if she could tell that I was in uniform or not. I let it go for a couple minutes until the FA came through the cabin. I proceded to discretely point to her and the fact she was using a music device. He asked her to turn it off and she got all pissy saying if it mean that much to him (meaning me). I heard this and got up out of my seat, turned around, removing all doubt to the fact that I was in uniform and said yes, it does mean that much to me! It is a Federal Regulation and you need to turn it off now. She told the FA "it's off already."
After we'd reached the gate, I waited to be the last person off the flight and talked to the FA about the situation. I appologized about getting involved stating that I don't normally get involved in things like that but it was day #6 and I'd had it. I then told him that this girl gave me a hard time and he said I should've mentioned that to him when I pointed the situation out intially. He would have taken a more aggressive attitude w/ her. Also, I told him about the computer story and how that guided my desicion to interviene.
So, sorry for the long story but I'm curious what others would have done in this situation. Don't know, maybe this is a "Your the Captain" topic......nevertheless, here it is.
What would you have done?
I was on my 6th day of a 4 day trip. I had had enough B.S. to last me for the rest of the month by this time. So, I'm DHD'ing home (in uniform) from LGA to PHL which is about a 20 -30 minute flight. We were still on the climb-out all the way up
to 8000 ft (final cruise)....when I hear music coming from behind me. I shrugged it off thinking perhaps it was coming from some part of the plane.....I don't know....it was day 6 after all. Anyway, to continue w/ the story. We've reached cruise and because of the short duration of the flight, the announcement regarding the use of electronic devices was never made.....the captain never turned off the lighted placard....duh! However, I'm still hearing this music and I realize this is someone using a portable music device. I looked around a bit behind me and realized it was a girl in her early 20's (estimate) directly in the seat behind me just jamming away.Now, just a bit more background before I continue.
On my first day of the trip I was DHD'ing to work (again in uniform) and the girl next to me was using her laptop during the flight. No big deal....I had been using mine as well. However, when we began our decent and the announcement to put away electronic devices was made, I buttoned mine up and stowed it. She did not. The FA came through the cabin and didn't notice that this woman was still using her computer. After another pass by the FA, I pointed out the fact that this woman was still using the comp. and the FA asked her to put it away. Again, she continued to ignore the announcement and the FA's request. To make a long story shorter, the FA asked her a second time and then again a third time to please put her computer away. This woman was amazing, she just kept right on using the comp. and finally put it away when we were on about a 1/2 mile final just moments before touchdown.
This really pissed me off! Who the he!l did she think she was? Here I was, in uniform and she was just going to completely ignore a federal regulation. I don't usually let stuff like this bother me and I try not to get involved when DHD'ing.......it's not my place to intervene.
So, now we morph back to the music.......
I was thinking about the computer girl and I decided to say something this time. It was a short flight.....why couldn't she go w/out her music? No one else was allowed. So, I unbuckled my seatbelt, turned around and got this girl's attention. "Excuse me, but your going to have to turn that off!" I pointed to the "Please turn off electronic device" lighted placard. She looked at me and said "NO, it's not an FM tuner." I asked again, and then said your telling me your refusing to turn off the device. She said "yes." Now I was pretty pissed. I'm not certain if she could tell that I was in uniform or not. I let it go for a couple minutes until the FA came through the cabin. I proceded to discretely point to her and the fact she was using a music device. He asked her to turn it off and she got all pissy saying if it mean that much to him (meaning me). I heard this and got up out of my seat, turned around, removing all doubt to the fact that I was in uniform and said yes, it does mean that much to me! It is a Federal Regulation and you need to turn it off now. She told the FA "it's off already."
After we'd reached the gate, I waited to be the last person off the flight and talked to the FA about the situation. I appologized about getting involved stating that I don't normally get involved in things like that but it was day #6 and I'd had it. I then told him that this girl gave me a hard time and he said I should've mentioned that to him when I pointed the situation out intially. He would have taken a more aggressive attitude w/ her. Also, I told him about the computer story and how that guided my desicion to interviene.
So, sorry for the long story but I'm curious what others would have done in this situation. Don't know, maybe this is a "Your the Captain" topic......nevertheless, here it is.
What would you have done?
