Originally Posted by
davie355
Couldn't she have been wearing her uniform over her clothes, but taken off the uniform after boarding?
I'd disagree with Mike Jacoubowsky re: "security risk." Professionalism risk, sure, but pilots don't undergo security screening no matter what they wear.
"Security risk" under the category of someone who might not appear to have it together. You have to wonder, has a pilot, when part of the crew, ever entered an aircraft in civilian clothes before? How many chances did the pilot have to realize she wasn't quite normal today?
OK, but you're saying perhaps she took the uniform off. Maybe. Obviously there are people who know if that's true or not. But once she was in civilian garb and using the PA... well right, who's going to stop her at that point? You're just going to be watching to see how it plays out, not wanting to aggravate someone who might be in a bad way. Then again, as a passenger, you're drilled with see something, say something. Not for crew?
As I said before, you have to feel really bad for her.
Originally Posted by
wendySFO
This made the top news on the local Channel 5 news at 11:00PM.
Sad to hear that passengers stated they felt they are unsafe under the care of the pilot...
Not sure if you're saying you would have been OK with it or that it's sad for passengers to be put in that situation?