[cherry]

this is my fear: the plane having engine trouble or fire and I'm going to get some gumby moving @1mph or a prissy little nitwit grabbing her makeup bag....

I don't mind dying when I'm due but I hate thinking I would die due to some nincompoops...

[who_would_fardels_bear]

If the guy spent a good five minutes making sure that he laid his coat down properly so it wouldn't wrinkle, then even in the case of massive fire I think it would only be polite to allow him the time he needs to carefully remove it from the overhead compartment and put it on while blocking the aisle.

/sarc

[max americana]

One of my college buds was a flight attendant for Virgin for a time.

He told me the reason why airlines “require” a dude attendant is because if/when the shiite hits the fan, passengers will be too panicky to listen to a woman so a guy has to be there to take command. And it’s somewhere supposedly written that no one really pays attention to the safety instructions about flotation devices etc.

[dfwgator]

Whenever I fly, I take a good look around the plane and realize that if the plane crashes, these are the schmucks I’m going to most likely wind up spending eternity with.