Posted on 05/28/2026 9:45:48 AM PDT by Ahithophel
Michelle Montez, a flight attendant for 20 years, said barely a flight goes by where someone doesn’t poke, tap, prod or otherwise touch her.
“It’s almost a rare occurrence when it doesn’t happen,” she said.
In a video clip from the “Jumpseat Chronicles Podcast,” which she co-hosts with colleagues Joshua Boyd and Darion Foy, the trio said they have heard the complaint from multiple people in the industry and experienced it themselves: getting poked in the arm, the side, the rear end. Many consider it a violation, even if passengers aren’t acting maliciously.
“You can talk to any flight attendant for any airline, and they will all agree that that’s something that we cannot stand and that we deal with so often, it’s insane,” said Foy, who said he’s been pinched on his butt multiple times.
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Or widen the seat so that our shoulders aren’t in the aisle.
Maybe flight attendants can be replaced with humanoid robots.
Many stewardesses are quite helpful and pleasant in their job.
They are touching you not the other way.
Give some credit to passengers for outgrowing seats and aisles.
>> Or widen the seat so that our shoulders aren’t in the aisle.
Or get flight attendants with narrower butts. And less seniority. You can achieve both of those things at the same time (hint hint).
Washington compost article... Must be slow news day.
People are getting larger, while seats are getting smaller:
https://www.popsci.com/science/why-are-airline-seats-so-small/
Darion is just mad the pincher didn’t follow thru in the men’s lavatory.
Well, I would rather get bumped by the stewardess than the beverage cart.
“You can talk to any flight attendant for any airline, and they will all agree that that’s something that we cannot stand and that we deal with so often, it’s insane,” said Foy, who said he’s been pinched on his butt multiple times. Some frequent fliers must like boys.
My son is a flight attendant and he says the lack of respect towards attendants serving these customers is blatant! More people have “entitlement attitudes” instead of being thankful to be served. Symptom of our whole society and lack of common courtesy!
Uh.. no. Make them narrower !
And I wish they would keep their bodies from rubbing against my shoulders when I am trying to type. I’d guess 75% of this contact is related to space constraints, not intentional feels. What vanity. They could avoid this by not doing that silly cart service. Just let people pay for something and bring it to them upon request. The current system is designed to give the staff something to do to pass the time. A net pour of 3 ounces of diet coke is a silly waste of time.
Only when they ignore an obvious attempt to get their attention. Happens a lot.
The level of flight attendant attentiveness has declined dramatically, as has the amount of service they actually provide.
Or when I am trying to operate my lathe!
Can you imagine how frustrating it is, putting the finishing touches on a handsome workpiece - say, a chair leg made of fine, seasoned Cherry wood - carefully alternating the pummels and round sections - only to have some flight attendant bump into me and spoil all my hard work?
My brother, a sculptor, says that flying First Class isn't any better.
Regards,
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