Use the following scenario to answer the questions below:
You are on a Boeing 737-200 flying from ATL - CLT. The aircraft has 8F seats and 6F seats are occupied. Flight time is 37 minutes. There are 2 soldiers flying home from Iraq and they are on the final leg of their journey (Hint: 2F seats = 2 seats that could be occupied by soldiers).
Question 1:
You are the GA or FA on an unnamed airline headquartered in ATL who is on the verge of bankruptcy. What do you do?
A) Announce over the PA system how honored the airline is to be taking them home and immediately upgrade them complimentary.
B) Sit them in the rear of the aircraft and don't even offer them bottled water.
What do you think happened? (Hint - A is the wrong answer)
Question 2:
You are one of approximately 25 passengers on this flight. The pilot makes an announcement acknowleding the soldiers and asks all passengers if they would be courteous enough to let the soldiers off first - in case there is a camera crew to welcome them home. What do you think happened?
A) Immediately after the announcement, all passengers broke out into gracious applause.
B) When the plane landed the passengers waited for the soldiers to collect their belongings and applauded as they walked down the aisle.
C) Both of the above.
D) Neither of the above.
(Hint: A, B, and C are incorrect)