FA lied to captain (claims I directed obscene language at him)
May 13, 2018, 4:07 pm
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These FA's are becoming out of control. Unfortunately they can't be fired on the spot either, further making them ballsy and hostile towards someone not bowing down to them. Maybe they forget we live in a time where almost every electronic device has a camera on it.
May 13, 2018, 4:07 pm
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OP: Just curious, when you said that he was rude for the entire flight, what did that entail?
May 13, 2018, 4:22 pm
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If I were a passenger in earshot I'd have loved to say "Captain, what that FA just said is a lie."
May 13, 2018, 5:50 pm
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May 13, 2018, 6:10 pm
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When the FA asked (told) OP to step back, that should have been the end of the incident. OP steps back.
If OP believes that the FA was rude, OP should then file a complaint with AA. Telling the FA how to behave, as OP admits he did, escalated the incident and that could have had some real and bad consequences for OP, which luckily it did not.
If OP believes that the FA was rude, OP should then file a complaint with AA. Telling the FA how to behave, as OP admits he did, escalated the incident and that could have had some real and bad consequences for OP, which luckily it did not.
May 13, 2018, 6:35 pm
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When the FA asked (told) OP to step back, that should have been the end of the incident. OP steps back.
If OP believes that the FA was rude, OP should then file a complaint with AA. Telling the FA how to behave, as OP admits he did, escalated the incident and that could have had some real and bad consequences for OP, which luckily it did not.
If OP believes that the FA was rude, OP should then file a complaint with AA. Telling the FA how to behave, as OP admits he did, escalated the incident and that could have had some real and bad consequences for OP, which luckily it did not.
May 13, 2018, 8:05 pm
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You cannot win with AA, waste of time.
May 13, 2018, 8:24 pm
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My approach in these situations (in fact, in many situations), is not to win the fight; it's to avoid the fight. Your reaction, while understandable, may have escalated the situation unnecessarily. Happy to hear that it worked out in your favor; but given the climate these days, that's hardly something on which one can count when having a disagreement with a flight attendant.
May 13, 2018, 9:02 pm
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sitting in first. Bulkhead aisle and was first to deplane. FA who had been rude all flight rudely again told me to “step back” I told him it wouldn’t hurt to say please and he said he did. I politely but firmly said no you didn’t and after going back and forth asked for his name.
May 13, 2018, 9:39 pm
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De-escalate is the name of the game
not the easiest thing to do in the high stress world of travel through airports.
I wish it came naturally to me but it doesn't. Probably doesn't come naturally to anyone. There is training that police obviously go through that gives them the patience of Job dealing with DYKWIA individuals.
We all ought to go though the kind of training these guys must have gone thru...made them keep cool heads when confronted with insults and attitude of one lady caught on their dash cam in NJ at a traffic stop. By the way when her video was released by the police, she lost her job LOL.
Maybe the FA on this flight could too...IF ONLY you had evidence! Some people are just a piece of work.
How and where the cops I'm talking about on video were trained, I don't know, but, mad respect for them...8 mins of entertainment awaits:
not the easiest thing to do in the high stress world of travel through airports.
I wish it came naturally to me but it doesn't. Probably doesn't come naturally to anyone. There is training that police obviously go through that gives them the patience of Job dealing with DYKWIA individuals.
We all ought to go though the kind of training these guys must have gone thru...made them keep cool heads when confronted with insults and attitude of one lady caught on their dash cam in NJ at a traffic stop. By the way when her video was released by the police, she lost her job LOL.
Maybe the FA on this flight could too...IF ONLY you had evidence! Some people are just a piece of work.
How and where the cops I'm talking about on video were trained, I don't know, but, mad respect for them...8 mins of entertainment awaits:
May 14, 2018, 12:36 am
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By the way when her video was released by the police, she lost her job LOL....8 mins of entertainment awaits:https://youtu.be/S6vlu1FRaic
May 14, 2018, 12:39 am
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When the FA asked (told) OP to step back, that should have been the end of the incident. OP steps back.
If OP believes that the FA was rude, OP should then file a complaint with AA. Telling the FA how to behave, as OP admits he did, escalated the incident and that could have had some real and bad consequences for OP, which luckily it did not.
If OP believes that the FA was rude, OP should then file a complaint with AA. Telling the FA how to behave, as OP admits he did, escalated the incident and that could have had some real and bad consequences for OP, which luckily it did not.
May 14, 2018, 6:25 am
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May 14, 2018, 8:09 am
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The OP requested advice whilst “on the spot”, and the time is long past for that. The thread’s topic has wandered considerably, from direct advice to a video (of a possible demonstration of Verbal Judo or similar training).this thread is past its useful “use by” date and is closed.
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