On my return flight today, I observed even more crew members with excess baggage, some on vacation. One told me, "It is impossible for a female flight attendant to fly without a rollaboard, attachable and purse".
Now if it is impossible for them, how can it be possible for me? I am flying as much, if not more, than many of them and would have far greater problems checking my baggage than they would have checking theirs. At least they have a pretty good idea which flight they will be working. I am often, because of my status (Thank God), rebooked several times during the course of a single trip and travel so fast that any bag that missed a single connection on a transcon or international flight, would never catch up with me until a week or two after I returned home.
NoStressHere writes:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Remember, this is their "office", "transportation" and sometimes their "home".</font>
and?????????? The rest of us who fly as much as they and pay their salaries are what, already? Chopped liver?
If it is absolutely necessary that female FAs must have a rollaboard, a personal bag and a purse, then it is equally absolutely necessary for female top status flyers.
We need an exemption every bit as much as they.
Flight crews should be the pros and give an example of how it is done.