Originally Posted by Teacher49
Hey, Marsha,
As you point out, this thread has digressed. Several people claiming to be FAM's came on like Bruce Willis "Die Hard" wannabes with bullsh*t rhetoric about saving us all, and nonsense about "there are things nobody knows about except some kind of brotherhood of 'rough men'"
Yawn.
So, if the thread got into a broader area regarding the need/justification for FAMs in the first place, look no further than your own.
Haven't seen any heroics yet specifically by a FAM ... or do you have some specific examples?
As to your request for specifics, there are many threads on this site in different forums about FAMs and others in the "security" world interfering with passengers and other regular citizens without cause. One example was the poster who was detained and challenged to explain why he was traveling "mileage run style" on the same plane in both directions without luggage. Other stories about people being stopped from snapping pictures in departure areas, on trains, etc. You can do the research yourself, they are easy enough to find.
Thanks for your concerns for my students - insincere as they many be. As a teacher in private adult education whose students pay directly and who will only pay for an education with which they are satisfied, feedback about their satisfaction is always direct and specific. In my travel to three continents to work with hundreds of students, they do keep on coming back over a multiple year training. So, not to worry about them.
It is only some others who get a paycheck to be part of huge apparatus which first fans our fears then exists to baby sit them and who do get paid regardless of their productivity. But you are correct, you are being paid to maybe, one day, perhaps, we all hope not, have to perform to try to save your own behind as well as those of the folks in first class you so obviously detest. I guess we all need to count on the former motivation.
In the ulikely event that you may be needed professionally, may your aim be better than your logic and may your emotional equilibrium under stress be more reliable than the fussiness you have shown here - for all our sakes.
Best wishes,
Teacher49
Dont know where you got Marsha there "babe", but your post is exactly what I thought it would be, a rambling discertation. Maybe you have mixed some of my posts up with the other's, I don't recall saying I "detested" people who sit in first class.
I didnt think you would answer any of my questions with specifics. I bet you have none. Just rhetoric. You listed a bunch of stuff, most of which did not involve FAMS.
And in quickly reviewing some of the other posts, even the more "colorful" ones I dont recall seeing anything about how only a "brotherhood of rough men" know it all, or will save everyone.
Of course I shouldnt neglect the fact that from what I have seen, your posts tend to take on a derogatory, inflaming sort of quality.
Oh, and by the way, who said anything about heroics? By the way in the past couple of years FAMS have been involved in legitimate situations where individuals violated the law, perpetrated violence, and caused concern for those travelling with them. Heroics, not in my book.. Just doing their job. Was it a hi-jacking, not yet.
I am sure you will have some well thought out response, that not only insults, but deviates from the discussion at hand. Oh, and I shouldnt forget that my logic is questionable. I'm sure you will touch on that again.
