Originally Posted by
lensman
I think I might have reported it as well. There supposedly a woman on AQ 243 who noticed a small crack in the fuselage on boarding but didn't report it.
At 500 knots there's liable to be little warning between "trouble" and "catastrophic failure".
I wonder the FA would've even bothered to take it seriously/report it to the captain both in the case of AQ243 and in the OP's case. FA's get kind of used to dealing with people who don't know anything about aircraft and would probably just shoot off the usual "it's normal" response without even a second thought.
It's like when I call the IT person at work and tell them exactly what the problem is to save them the hassle of diagnosing the issue but still start off with the classic "is it plugged in?" bit only to eventually reach the same conclusion several hours later.