FA threatened to kick me off because I had my Kindle on while still at the gate
Nov 25, 2013, 12:20 pm
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FA threatened to kick me off because I had my Kindle on while still at the gate
I'm confused. I thought electronic gadgets are now permitted from gate to gate, as long as I put it in airplane mode.
My flight was still sitting at the gate(door closed) when the FA walked by and saw me reading on my Kindle. She startled me by yelling "you need to turn that off or I will have the airport police escort you off MY plane!"(imagine a mad Mike Tyson's yelling in a woman's voice)
Being the obedient gutless chicken, I complied. I turned it off(which is technically not possible because I have the special edition Kindle reader). She demanded that I hand it over to her to verify that it was off. She threw it back to me and missed. Fortunately, my seatmate caught it just before it landed on the floor.
Hasn't the ruled changed? Or does it not apply to US Airways?
My flight was still sitting at the gate(door closed) when the FA walked by and saw me reading on my Kindle. She startled me by yelling "you need to turn that off or I will have the airport police escort you off MY plane!"(imagine a mad Mike Tyson's yelling in a woman's voice)
Being the obedient gutless chicken, I complied. I turned it off(which is technically not possible because I have the special edition Kindle reader). She demanded that I hand it over to her to verify that it was off. She threw it back to me and missed. Fortunately, my seatmate caught it just before it landed on the floor.
Hasn't the ruled changed? Or does it not apply to US Airways?
Nov 25, 2013, 12:34 pm
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I'm confused. I thought electronic gadgets are now permitted from gate to gate, as long as I put it in airplane mode.
My flight was still sitting at the gate(door closed) when the FA walked by and saw me reading on my Kindle. She startled me by yelling "you need to turn that off or I will have the airport police escort you off MY plane!"(imagine a mad Mike Tyson's yelling in a woman's voice)
Being the obedient gutless chicken, I complied. I turned it off(which is technically not possible because I have the special edition Kindle reader). She demanded that I hand it over to her to verify that it was off. She threw it back to me and missed. Fortunately, my seatmate caught it just before it landed on the floor.
Hasn't the ruled changed? Or does it not apply to US Airways?
My flight was still sitting at the gate(door closed) when the FA walked by and saw me reading on my Kindle. She startled me by yelling "you need to turn that off or I will have the airport police escort you off MY plane!"(imagine a mad Mike Tyson's yelling in a woman's voice)
Being the obedient gutless chicken, I complied. I turned it off(which is technically not possible because I have the special edition Kindle reader). She demanded that I hand it over to her to verify that it was off. She threw it back to me and missed. Fortunately, my seatmate caught it just before it landed on the floor.
Hasn't the ruled changed? Or does it not apply to US Airways?
Were you on a mainline flight or express?
Nov 25, 2013, 12:53 pm
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I'm confused. I thought electronic gadgets are now permitted from gate to gate, as long as I put it in airplane mode.
My flight was still sitting at the gate(door closed) when the FA walked by and saw me reading on my Kindle. She startled me by yelling "you need to turn that off or I will have the airport police escort you off MY plane!"(imagine a mad Mike Tyson's yelling in a woman's voice)
Being the obedient gutless chicken, I complied. I turned it off(which is technically not possible because I have the special edition Kindle reader). She demanded that I hand it over to her to verify that it was off. She threw it back to me and missed. Fortunately, my seatmate caught it just before it landed on the floor.
Hasn't the ruled changed? Or does it not apply to US Airways?
My flight was still sitting at the gate(door closed) when the FA walked by and saw me reading on my Kindle. She startled me by yelling "you need to turn that off or I will have the airport police escort you off MY plane!"(imagine a mad Mike Tyson's yelling in a woman's voice)
Being the obedient gutless chicken, I complied. I turned it off(which is technically not possible because I have the special edition Kindle reader). She demanded that I hand it over to her to verify that it was off. She threw it back to me and missed. Fortunately, my seatmate caught it just before it landed on the floor.
Hasn't the ruled changed? Or does it not apply to US Airways?
Nov 25, 2013, 12:57 pm
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wait... mainline and express have DIFFERENT policies?
Nov 25, 2013, 12:59 pm
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None of the Express carriers have FAA approval for their revised policies yet. US does.
Nov 25, 2013, 1:00 pm
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http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/8/50...ases-of-flight
Nov 25, 2013, 1:02 pm
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Wow.
This is the type of thing that infuriates me. I would be spending the next week trying to get her fired.
This is the type of thing that infuriates me. I would be spending the next week trying to get her fired.
Nov 25, 2013, 1:09 pm
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ummm... NO... I do not want anybody fired. Besides, she's way too hot to be fired. She was probably the 3rd hottest FA that I had ever encountered in the last 25 years.
Nov 25, 2013, 1:17 pm
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Nov 25, 2013, 1:25 pm
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Most likely she was new.
Nov 25, 2013, 1:29 pm
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I flew Piedmont last week and they let us keep devices on gate to gate as well.
Anyway, I'd be complaining to US about this. Too hot to fire? Please. There are good looking people everywhere and some of them won't throw a kindle at you
Anyway, I'd be complaining to US about this. Too hot to fire? Please. There are good looking people everywhere and some of them won't throw a kindle at you
Nov 25, 2013, 1:30 pm
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Nov 25, 2013, 1:31 pm
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If you were on an A321, you were definitely on mainline and she should know better! Geez, I get so tired of some of our f/a's not getting informed. I was personally in the CLT crew room like all US Airways crew rooms part of a team reminding f/a's of the new rules.
She may be pretty, but obviously dumb as rocks, needs anger management, and an attitude adjustment.
She may be pretty, but obviously dumb as rocks, needs anger management, and an attitude adjustment.
Nov 25, 2013, 1:32 pm
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There's always that 1% that doesn't get the word right away. Sounds like you got one.
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