I'm going to start using the FA call button. Why not?!
Apr 23, 17, 11:37 am
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I'm going to start using the FA call button. Why not?!
In the past, I've always considered the FA call button a last resort, primarily for dire situations, safety or health. But in the past, inflight service particularly on long haul flights was far more attentive. Now we have situations where passengers are left to their own devices for hours on end. Even in J and F.
So, the times they are a changing and so will I:
The moment I feel abandoned or poorly serviced, rather than sit there annoyed, the call button is getting pushed. I literally will be pushier to get the service I desire.
Why not!?
So, the times they are a changing and so will I:
The moment I feel abandoned or poorly serviced, rather than sit there annoyed, the call button is getting pushed. I literally will be pushier to get the service I desire.
Why not!?
Apr 23, 17, 11:42 am
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I just go to the bathroom and ask for something on my way back to my seat...works every time and let's them know I am awake and would like to be checked on.
Apr 23, 17, 12:06 pm
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I was flying DFW-GRU and I was actually told after pushing the Flight Attendant Call Button that it was exclusively for Emergencies ONLY and that otherwise I should wait patiently and that was in F.
So, since then I have avoided it like the plague and only contemplated using when an actual emergency occurred.
So, since then I have avoided it like the plague and only contemplated using when an actual emergency occurred.
Apr 23, 17, 12:11 pm
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Originally Posted by kmersh
I was flying DFW-GRU and I was actually told after pushing the Flight Attendant Call Button that it was exclusively for Emergencies ONLY and that otherwise I should wait patiently and that was in F.
So, since then I have avoided it like the plague and only contemplated using when an actual emergency occurred.
So, since then I have avoided it like the plague and only contemplated using when an actual emergency occurred.
Apr 23, 17, 12:21 pm
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I think there is a 1 out of 3 chance that you will be warned about not using the call button as it is "interfering with a flight crew" while they are trying to gossip, read or play games in the galley.
If you were to ring it twice in one flight, I feel sure that there is a 2 out of 3 chance you will be threatened with an air marshal, the Chicago airport police, or a male SFO based flight attendant with the latter threat scaring me the most.
If you were to ring it twice in one flight, I feel sure that there is a 2 out of 3 chance you will be threatened with an air marshal, the Chicago airport police, or a male SFO based flight attendant with the latter threat scaring me the most.
Apr 23, 17, 12:23 pm
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Originally Posted by abk
I think there is a 1 out of 3 chance that you will be warned about not using the call button as it is "interfering with a flight crew" while they are trying to gossip, read or play games in the galley.
If you were to ring it twice in one flight, I feel sure that there is a 2 out of 3 chance you will be threatened with an air marshal, the Chicago airport police, or a male SFO based flight attendant with the latter threat scaring me the most.
If you were to ring it twice in one flight, I feel sure that there is a 2 out of 3 chance you will be threatened with an air marshal, the Chicago airport police, or a male SFO based flight attendant with the latter threat scaring me the most.
Apr 23, 17, 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by footballfanatic
thats insane. i use it and haven't once had an issue when asking for a second of something.
Apr 23, 17, 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by kmersh
I was flying DFW-GRU and I was actually told after pushing the Flight Attendant Call Button that it was exclusively for Emergencies ONLY and that otherwise I should wait patiently and that was in F.
So, since then I have avoided it like the plague and only contemplated using when an actual emergency occurred.
So, since then I have avoided it like the plague and only contemplated using when an actual emergency occurred.
Apr 23, 17, 12:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Doc Savage
Yeah, any lazy FA who told me that would get summoned via call button for many things that flight.
