"phone number 18"
"phone number 18"
After reading this, my only thought was: “Get another job, you bunch of whiners.”
There are choices in life. You folks CHOSE this, it wasn’t foisted on you. Damn, I HATE listening to crap like that.
My job occasionally sucks, as it does right now. But nobody is holding a gun to my head to do it.
You might get a chuckle out of this.
I don't know about that - (many times) I've seen flight attendants pick up crying babies and soothe them as they walk them up and down the aisle. It's a pretty cool sight.
These folks are mediocre waitstaff at a crappy restaurant at 40,000 feet.
There is a booked named “Air Babylon,” published in 2005, which basically says all the same things.
No, never. I've always treated flight attendants politely, and they've always behaved professionally around me. That is all that is required of either of us in the situation.
It's not necessary to overthink employee-customer relations if everyone acts with good manners and/or professionalism.
TWo things - $5,00 atarbucks gift cards and chocolates ensure thant one will be treated like like a god......
TWo things - $5,00 atarbucks gift cards and chocolates ensure thant one will be treated like like a god......
3. Our airline used to pay us when we showed up for duty at the airport. That was eons ago. Then we got paid our measly hourly wage when the cabin doors closed. Then it was when the plane’s brakes were released. Now we get paid only when the wheels leave the ground (“wheels up” in airline parlance). We don’t even get paid when we’re taxiing! There can sometimes be hours of delay between the time we show up for work and when we’re airborne. Different airlines have different policies, but it’s a way for them to save money. So when we greet you at the door, we do that for free. When we serve you your pre-flight drink, we do that for free, too. No wonder our smiles are so fake.
4. If a flight is late, the airline might have to pay us overtime. If the flight is going to be late anyway, we’ve been known to delay it even further in order make sure overtime kicks in, which on our airline means up to double the hourly pay. We might find some minor defect in the aircraft or use some other ruse to make up for the money we don’t get paid waiting for take off.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/01/02/17-things-your-flight-attendant-wont-tell/#ixzz2HIeTQKDQ
Why would you delay take off if you aren’t getting paid for it? This makes no sense?
All the whining about poor service on airline flights just validates the fact that air travel has become a commodity.
There are no, or anyway not enough, people willing to pay even a little bit more for a less stressful travel experience. With rare exceptions, when they’re spending their own money for a flight people take the lowest available price. This has resulted in air travel declining in price by around 40% in constant dollars since 1978, despite massive increases in the cost of fuel, the airlines’ second greatest expense.
In such a business environment, the entire cost of any amenities at all comes directly out of the profits of the airline, which means all airlines are eventually forced down to the lowest common or regulated service denominator.
IOW, travelers are getting exactly what they, as a group, are demanding from the market by their buying behavior. What they will NOT get is a low-stress, high-amenity experience when they insist on paying the lowest possible price.
Given the fact that within the US most flights are only a few hours in length, IMO it doesn’t make sense to pay for a bunch of frills. If you want a nice meal, bring it with you.
BTW, many foreign airlines have much higher levels of service. AFAIK every one of them is heavily subsidized by tax dollars, as are the “wonderful” train services in Europe, Japan and China.
#18: Your fly is open
#19: You've got toothpaste on your nose
#20: I see you just had tabouli for lunch
#21: Your pants are too short
#22: Your socks are mismatched......
It’s a shame that the term “flight attendant” has replaced “steward” or “stewardess,” terms that connoted authority and responsibility. “Flight attendant” is akin to “gas station attendant.”
Given how obnoxious most passengers are and how ridiculous the TSA rules are and how many ATC delays there are the flight attendants I come in contact with are pretty much saints. This list is actually pretty tame. the real one is probably a lot worse.
One of my friends recently started dating a Cathay Pacific flight attendant. She has to travel non-rev on US carriers to come from the West Coast to see him. She expressed utter disbelief at the quality of individuals US airlines hire as flight attendants. None of them would last five minutes working for any Asian airline.