More Proof That Southwest Has the Best Flight Attendants

PJ Media ^ | April 3, 2017 | By Lauren Spagnolett

[Hojczyk]

Occasionally, when flying with kids who are melting down, a stranger shows a parent some much-needed mercy. We've all heard stories -- there was that one man who walked a toddler up and down the plane's aisle so the pregnant mom could get a little rest. Or the woman who let a baby sleep on her when the dad couldn't stop him from crawling all over her in her window seat. Most recently, a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines stepped up and helped a parent whose baby girl couldn't get calm.

, a mother traveling with her two small daughters didn't know what to do when the baby had a crying fit that nothing could calm.

This Southwest employee asked the mother to come to the back of the plane with him. I looked back and saw him blowing bubbles for the little girl until she stopped crying as he was also giving tissues to the mother and consoling her as she was crying too.

Carrie Jaboor, who was seated behind the family and who posted the update, spoke with Scary Mommy:

“When I saw the flight attendant ask her to step to the back, I could tell the mother (and myself) thought she was going to get in trouble but then I looked back and couldn’t believe that he was blowing bubbles. It just made me so happy to see a flight attendant take a situation that could be construed as annoying/disturbing for some people and handle it with love.” Jaboor said the flight attendant’s bubble trick made her day too. She was moving away from Orlando with that flight, and says seeing flight attendant’s kindness helped lift her spirits.

Sometimes all it takes is a stranger to make a flight a pleasant experience.

[tflabo]

Yes I fly alot and there is a generality IMO that Southwest has the best, friendliest flight attendants overall. The worst in my opinion is Spirit and United in a general sense. Always exceptions though not to lump them all together. The corporate culture has a lot to do with it too.

[garyb]

In the last 18 months I have had three round trips and the daughter has had one on Southwest from Flint or Grand Rapids, and we have been very pleased with the cost/performance of Southwest Airlines.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Just realize that the flight is just a short time. Just relax and make the best of it. Sometimes they are wild and sometimes they are as smooth as butter. But just remember, it will be over soon.

[PGR88]

I would happily sit next to a crying baby or toddler. The sound doesn’t bother me at all.

Have been through it all with my kids

[AlmaKing]

And the worst advertising ever.

Fly to Florida for only $199 !!!1 *

* one way

Southwest has hardly ever been competitive in price even when I lived near Love Field.

I know some love them. But they’re gimmicky like every other airline.

[dfwgator]

I'd like to fly Air Asia sometime.

[albie]

Jet Blue is my favorite! Very accomodating.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I used to fly Northwest a couple times a month when we lived in the Twin Cities. One stewardess I recall wore a name tag that said “O. Miss.”

[Paved Paradise]

Oh, boy, I could not disagree MORE.

[Psalm 73]

I fly Delta a lot - have often seen stewardesses calming fussing babies by walking up and down the aisle with them.
Very heartening to see.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

I was on a Southwest flight from Denver to Las Vegas and they pulled off the runway and back into the terminal to kick off a lady with a child who wouldn’t calm down. The entire section she was in clapped as she was led off the plane.

[Moonman62]

Yes I fly alot and there is a generality IMO that Southwest has the best, friendliest flight attendants overall.

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The company has a history of hiring people with good personalities, and then promote a good attitude.

[Mears]

“I would happily sit next to a crying baby or toddler. The sound doesn’t bother me at all.

Have been through it all with my kids”

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I’d prefer peace and quiet-—and I had kids too.

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[dfwgator]

Reminds of Cosby’s “Jeffrey” routine.

[Rusty0604]

I’ve four kids. I actually got off a flight when it stopped in Vegas because of an obnoxious kid. I ended up getting a different connecting flight that got me home faster and saner:-)

[60Gunner]

I had to laugh (in a good way) when I read your post. it reminded me of my dad, who was an aircrewman aboard old A3D Skywarriors in the Navy.

He would say, "Every flight ends, one way or another."

Damn, I miss him. He was- and still is- my biggest hero.

[CivilWarBrewing]

I would go down on a plane with any one of those gals.. Wait..

[Slyfox]

Why do babies cry when the plane takes off?

I purposely did not "pop" my ears one time as the plane ascended just so I could feel what a baby feels because they don't know how to "pop" their ears.

I gotta say, it hurt like hell. It felt like someone was jabbing sharp pencils in both my ears, at the same time.

So, next time you hear a baby cry at take-off just remember it hurts like hell.

[yldstrk]

Southwest is hugely expensive. No bargain.