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Old Nov 5, 2013, 7:24 am
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Originally Posted by SteveF
Oh good, this has turned into yet another DM bashing thread.
Why not. It is so easy!
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 8:13 am
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A female passenger found herself trapped in the lavatory on board a British Airways plane as it hurtled down the runway and took off.
"Hurtle" - a word you never get outside of newspapers... but note how it adds an extra air of panic compared to "as it took off."
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 9:16 am
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Glad the girl did not get injured! FAs should have checked....
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 9:17 am
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Originally Posted by paulwuk
Sexist headline, ridiculous hyperbole, idiotic passenger who went to the toilet while the seatbelt sign was on. It must be the daily mail.
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 10:48 am
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Bottom line: Cabin crew are responsible for making sure that the cabin and passengers are secure for take off. They weren't.
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 11:55 am
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Originally Posted by NoTiersForMe
I'm afraid I knew this was a DM article from the OP's subject line

[willing Frank van der Post to question YET AGAIN why the DM is distributed for the greater passenger experience when its BA take is so abysmal, amongst its other views]
Maybe because flyertalk is a very small part of the people who fly BA.
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 12:07 pm
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It is more impressive when ryanair do it

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0723/52601-ryanair/


Oops sorry, not DM enough of a story. Here we go

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/ar...let-seats.html
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 1:03 pm
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Originally Posted by HilFly
Bottom line: Cabin crew are responsible for making sure that the cabin and passengers are secure for take off. They weren't.
Passengers also have a responsibility in this too.
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 1:08 pm
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Originally Posted by bertuzzi
Glad the girl did not get injured! FAs should have checked....
According to the article it wasn't a girl, but an adult woman in her early 20s. We even have the added important piece of information that she was 'dark-haired'. Unfortunately the DM couldn't source a picture of her to see if she was brazenly showing 'side-boob' (with inset photo zoomed in on offending flesh, possibly even circled to ensure you didn't miss how obscene it was).
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 1:30 pm
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A couple of years ago I was flying MIA - SCL in business class and an elderly passenger seated next to me went to the lavatory as the cabin was getting ready to land, they didn't make it out in time and the flight attendant opened the door and told them to hold on and not come out until after landing. I am pretty sure the crew could have gotten in trouble for that, but I also realize the flight attendant didn't really have much if an option, I imagine she couldn't just call the cockpit to abort a landing just seconds prior to touchdown.
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Old Nov 5, 2013, 10:08 pm
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Originally Posted by SteveF
Without knowing the full facts it is impossible to say whose fault this was. I've often seen people duck into the WC at the last possible moment, well after the seatbelt signs have gone on at both take-off and landing.
Undoubtedly the case. What a classy newspaper this seems to be.
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