Three Passengers Removed From Flight....
May 17, 2013 | 4:56 am
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When you sit in bulkhead seats, you cannot have any luggage at your feet, for both take-off and landing, but once airborne you are (supposed) to be able to retrieve your luggage (which might have a laptop) for use during the flight--if bulkhead pax can retrieve items from the overhead compartments, why shouldn't other pax be allowed do it too?
[From a comment in one of the "news" feeds, you are supposed to ask "permission" from a FA when retrieving items from the overhead bin.
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Quoted from abcnews: "If there is something you need then by all means you have to talk to the flight attendant, don't touch them," said Schiavo.
[From a comment in one of the "news" feeds, you are supposed to ask "permission" from a FA when retrieving items from the overhead bin.
]Quoted from abcnews: "If there is something you need then by all means you have to talk to the flight attendant, don't touch them," said Schiavo.
Last edited by nrr; May 17, 2013 at 5:05 am
May 17, 2013 | 7:08 am
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When you sit in bulkhead seats, you cannot have any luggage at your feet, for both take-off and landing, but once airborne you are (supposed) to be able to retrieve your luggage (which might have a laptop) for use during the flight--if bulkhead pax can retrieve items from the overhead compartments, why shouldn't other pax be allowed do it too?
[From a comment in one of the "news" feeds, you are supposed to ask "permission" from a FA when retrieving items from the overhead bin.]
Quoted from abcnews: "If there is something you need then by all means you have to talk to the flight attendant, don't touch them," said Schiavo.
[From a comment in one of the "news" feeds, you are supposed to ask "permission" from a FA when retrieving items from the overhead bin.
]Quoted from abcnews: "If there is something you need then by all means you have to talk to the flight attendant, don't touch them," said Schiavo.
What a fool. Has she really ever set foot on a plane?
I'd like to see a rational FA weigh in on the matter; unfortunately, we have a few out there who might partially agree with this author about pax accessing the overhead bins during flight.
May 17, 2013 | 12:27 pm
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Guys, it's really not worth it to even comment on that article beyond it's stupidity. Of course you can get up and get things out of the overhead during a flight. Any suggestion by anyone that you can't, or that you need to ask permission, or have an FA get it for you, is 100% ridiculous.
May 17, 2013 | 12:53 pm
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May 17, 2013 | 3:19 pm
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Guys, it's really not worth it to even comment on that article beyond it's stupidity. Of course you can get up and get things out of the overhead during a flight. Any suggestion by anyone that you can't, or that you need to ask permission, or have an FA get it for you, is 100% ridiculous.