Why the flight attendant is wrong

Toronto Star ^ | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 | Cathal Kelly

[Willie Green]

On another planet, it sounds like Steven Slater and I could have been friends.

He likes swearing, beer and rubber slides. Me, too!

But Slater is an airline attendant, or steward, or whatever

[Willie Green]

Belligerent flight attendants... ANOTHER good reason to relax and travel with the friendly service of Amtrak!!!

[kingu]

The Toronto Star printing an editorial that makes sense? Did the world invert while I was working?

[kbennkc]

Belligerent flight attendants... ANOTHER good reason to relax and travel with the friendly service of Amtrak!!!

Willie scores! GOOOOOAAAAAALLLL!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Hey, Willie, did you know Freddy Krueger started out working for Amtrak ?

[alarm rider]

I hate commercial flying anymore. Like many other things in our safety-consciencous, touchy PC world, it's just not worth the irritation these days.

Anyone remember freedom? Remember when flying was fun and not a totalitarian nightmare?

I have never been in jail, but it seems like flying is just that. No thanks.

[Hodar]

I’m not an airline employee, but let’s look at what we KNOW to be true.

This plane is now out of commission. The inflatable life raft was opened and inflated - so until the old raft is removed and a new one installed, and inspected, and signed off - that plane is out of commission.

That plane could not go to the jetway with the raft dragging - that raft could dislodge and cause damage to this, or other aircraft. So, there were some delays.

Delays mean missed flights, or missed connections.

I think this flight attendant shoudl be laible for every dime that his little hissy-fit cost the airline; and that’s not including fines for tampering with safety equipment.

[bill1952]

Willie, do you work for, or are you in any way connected to, AMTRAC and/or other lobby groups that promote public transit?

I suspect that you are.

Amtrac is a bankrupt pit to throw taxpayer dollars into and your post is the FR non sequitur of the day.

Service in general is a forgotten concept as the work ethic spirals downward into entitlement mentality.
Personally, if he said that about me, he would be picking up his teeth.

[Huebolt]

AMTRAK... only regularly serves the vital east coast corridor from new york city to washington dc.

The rest of country only gets to PAY FOR IT!

[DManA]

Going Stew = Going Postal.

[Ann Archy]

AMEN!! AMEN!! AMEN!!! Only PUNK KIDS think what he did was funny and great!!

[trumandogz]

ANOTHER good reason to relax and travel with the friendly service of Amtrak!!! Government Welfare Subsidy Track!!!

[Yo-Yo]

Separated at birth?

[RobRoy]

I went to the first link in the article about everybody praising him, and found this GEM of a link:

http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/

It is absolutely awesome!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

So Steven Slater, sit the hell down and leave Mr. I’m In A Huge Hurry alone. Your problem wasn’t with safety. It was with Mr. I-I-A-H-H disobeying one of your pointless directives.

Bingo. I never have a problem with flight attendants. I sit down, shut up, obey the seat-belt signs and try to get the flight over with ASAP. But since 9/11 I've seen my share of flight attendants with a chip on their shoulders, looking for an excuse to impress passengers with their authority.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Willie, do you work for, or are you in any way connected to, AMTRAC and/or other lobby groups that promote public transit?

No, but he does have a model train set in his garage that always runs on time.

[marron]

Good post.

Air travel has become something you endure. If there is any way I can get where I’m going by car, I will.

I used to enjoy it, but those days are long gone.

[RobRoy]

Actually, I see both sides of this story. Both are right and both are wrong.

[chae]

Try taking Amtrak to Hawaii.

[pnh102]

You know, I am so sick of uppity people in the service industry who develop a god-complex and take it out on the customers. I hate being a prick to people like that, but sometimes, just sometimes, they need to be reminded of their position on the totem pole.

[trisham]

I second that.