USirritated

OP should write the letter, and put the information in it as he sees fit, and let the chips fall as they may. You never know, this could either be the first incident in this employees jacket, or it could be the fifth incident in this employees jacket, and the final straw. Whichever case it is, you can be sure that this one incident will not cause this employee to be fired, but taken together with other incidents, it might....

JayPS

IMO such misbehavior is absolutely worth writing a letter of complain. But suprisingly the FT thread has already done the work even better. I come here because I saw the topic on USA Today. It is the "power of Internet"

USirritated

This thread was actually referenced in USA Today? Good Golly Miss Molly!

avidflyer

You would be surprised how much "juice" we have here. I have been personally interviewed by the NY Times and Wash Post 4 times based on my posts on FT. 2 of those phone interviews resulted in articles in which I was quoted. I know a lot of people minimize the "FT effect" but the reality is many orgs beyond the airlines themselves see the value in a highly knowledgeable focus group.

TheMoose

To be honest I've always felt that reporters just coming to Flyertalk for sources is a bit of a cop-out. Of course they're going to get plenty of quotes and feedback from Flyertalk where many users have thousands of post about airline travel. Most of us could be considered fringe, and I don't mean that in a bad way. Just statistically.

Canarsie

Are you referring to this article, or was there a different reference at www.usatoday.com which you saw?

JayPS

I think this was the one. The link took me to *Boarding Area* and from there the other link here.

mnredfox

Maybe if they catch the bandit they should make her wear a sign that says "I stole an F pax's banana" similar to the way they make gas drive off thieves wear those signs and stand on the corner of the gas station they stole from.

nwacked

>>>>"I stole an F pax's banana"

But a sign saying that could be so HIGHLY prone to misinterpretation.

USirritated

How about just a scarlet letter B?

wbl-mn-flyer

JayPS

I can imagine the banana bandit walking around departure hall with such banner on... ROTFLOL )) it would probably be the most effective punishment

Moebius01

Shouldn't it be a yellow letter?

PepeBorja

The only difference is those people were accused and were presumed innocent unless the state could prove their wrongdoing.

Here everyone already pulled out the rope to string her up based on an allegation provided by 1 passenger’s observations and his perception of what he believes happened.

I am not saying the OP fabricated the story. All I am saying is there could be other explanations for the FA’s removal of a banana from the basket. All we know is his assumption that the "FA stole my banana". It may likely be true but there could be circumstances that could help explain why she took it.

But ya’ll don’t wanna hear none of that because for the most part ya’ll don’t like Delta and its employees. Anytime one of them messes up it gives you a chance to jump in the bandwagon and paint the bunch of them with the same brush: inept, corrupt, lazy, mean, uninterested, inconsiderate, etc.

For the last 3 years I have been flying every week and have got to know so many of them and the vast majority are nice and go out of their way to please our cheap upgraded A$$es time over time. So the day one of them does something wrong, real or alleged, we want them written up, reprimanded and fired.

Good Grief!

DLdweeb

Excellent post, and finally a voice of sanity. I continue to be amazed at the things people on this forum complain about.

I know, I know, I can hear the arguments.....if she'd steal a banana, she steal a 777.

Why don't you give the FA the benefit of the doubt and not let a bleeping banana get your knickers in a twist.