Originally Posted by Bostom
The Awful: There's always one: an FA in J who, when asked for clarification of forms/deplaning replies snappishly "So what's your question" and proceeds to berate me with less than useful "so you're just doing it for the miles" and, having repeated "I'm booked in this seat, last night and this morning, Chicago to Shannon via Dublin, then back to Chicago, this afternoon. I can't go through US Immigration to re-enter the US unless I get off somewhere in Ireland. Where should I do this, Dublin or Shannon?" says "You didn't say that." Yes, I did, thinking You didn't listen to anything I've said. Bad attitudes piss me off.
I beg to differ. I've done MR turns at LHR, NRT and LIM (among other places) without having entered those countries. What to say to US Immigration upon return home? The truth - I did it for the miles and never went thru immigration in those foreign lands. And thinking to myself: "now that I'm back - as an American Citizen - once you're satisfied that I am indeed a citizen, your only job is to stamp my passport and welcome me back."
Originally Posted by formeraa
Unfortunately, bad attitudes seem to come hand-in-hand with 23% paycuts.
Let's not get carried away - the FAs took no such paycuts; theirs was a mere 17.5%. The pilots, whose concessions were front-loaded in 2003, took a 23% slashing in that year followed by a 9% restoration in 2004, placing them in the same 17.5% boat as everyone else.