“Do You Know Who I Am?”: The Definitive Thread of DYKWIA Stories
Jul 13, 2017, 1:44 am
#8341
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You called it.
We still don't have a jetway, but there's a choice of two lounges: "Aspire" (popular with the bucket and spade crowd, and allows kids) and "AspirePlus" which is generally used by status PAX.
We still don't have a jetway, but there's a choice of two lounges: "Aspire" (popular with the bucket and spade crowd, and allows kids) and "AspirePlus" which is generally used by status PAX.
Jul 13, 2017, 7:14 am
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Jul 16, 2017, 11:58 am
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Jul 16, 2017, 12:09 pm
#8344
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Jul 16, 2017, 10:47 pm
#8345
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Ann Coulter had to switch seats on a Delta flight. Then came the tirade.
All this for being moved from an exit row aisle to an exit row window. Perhaps daylight is too much for her.
And... news flash... Delta's wifi is always "fritzy".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ame-the-tirade
And... news flash... Delta's wifi is always "fritzy".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ame-the-tirade
Jul 16, 2017, 10:51 pm
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All this for being moved from an exit row aisle to an exit row window. Perhaps daylight is too much for her.
And... news flash... Delta's wifi is always "fritzy".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ame-the-tirade
And... news flash... Delta's wifi is always "fritzy".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ame-the-tirade
Ann Coulter's seat involuntary changed; posts angry Delta rant on twitter
Jul 16, 2017, 11:55 pm
#8347
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Thanks! Sorry - didn't mean to double post. Was on mobile so I just searched for the DYKWIA thread. Mods - pls delete if needed.
This has its own thread, now locked, but still on the first page of the forum:
Ann Coulter's seat involuntary changed; posts angry Delta rant on twitter
Ann Coulter's seat involuntary changed; posts angry Delta rant on twitter
Jul 17, 2017, 4:41 pm
#8348
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Numerous announcements were made by FA and pilot to sit down but he ignored it so the pilot came to a complete stop and announce we where going to stay there until he either sat down or police are ready to board.
Pax started yelling at him to sit down, which he finally did.
We were one of the first out so dont know what happened after that.
Jul 17, 2017, 6:04 pm
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I dont know if I posted this when it happened but in March, we flew ATL>LAX and plane landed and was taxiing (is that the correct spelling?) and a guy stood up, got his overhead bag and was standing at the exit doors while the plane was still making its way to the gate.
Numerous announcements were made by FA and pilot to sit down but he ignored it so the pilot came to a complete stop and announce we where going to stay there until he either sat down or police are ready to board.
Pax started yelling at him to sit down, which he finally did.
We were one of the first out so dont know what happened after that.
Numerous announcements were made by FA and pilot to sit down but he ignored it so the pilot came to a complete stop and announce we where going to stay there until he either sat down or police are ready to board.
Pax started yelling at him to sit down, which he finally did.
We were one of the first out so dont know what happened after that.
Jul 18, 2017, 10:00 am
#8350
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I dont know if I posted this when it happened but in March, we flew ATL>LAX and plane landed and was taxiing (is that the correct spelling?) and a guy stood up, got his overhead bag and was standing at the exit doors while the plane was still making its way to the gate.
Numerous announcements were made by FA and pilot to sit down but he ignored it so the pilot came to a complete stop and announce we where going to stay there until he either sat down or police are ready to board.
Pax started yelling at him to sit down, which he finally did.
We were one of the first out so dont know what happened after that.
Numerous announcements were made by FA and pilot to sit down but he ignored it so the pilot came to a complete stop and announce we where going to stay there until he either sat down or police are ready to board.
Pax started yelling at him to sit down, which he finally did.
We were one of the first out so dont know what happened after that.
We had something similar on a recent ATL-JFK flight happen three times with three different pax.
- Coming in to land, FAs are in Jump seats, someone stands up and grabs their coat. FA made an annoucement.
- Taxing. Someone else stands up (couldnt see). FA makes a second announcement.
- Still Taxing. Another person stands up and grabs their coat. FA makes a third announcement.
... people.
Jul 18, 2017, 10:32 am
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We had something similar on a recent ATL-JFK flight happen three times with three different pax.
- Coming in to land, FAs are in Jump seats, someone stands up and grabs their coat. FA made an annoucement.
- Taxing. Someone else stands up (couldnt see). FA makes a second announcement.
- Still Taxing. Another person stands up and grabs their coat. FA makes a third announcement.
... people.
- Coming in to land, FAs are in Jump seats, someone stands up and grabs their coat. FA made an annoucement.
- Taxing. Someone else stands up (couldnt see). FA makes a second announcement.
- Still Taxing. Another person stands up and grabs their coat. FA makes a third announcement.
... people.
Jul 18, 2017, 11:28 am
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Once took an easyjet flight from Geneva to Rome, to catch a FCO-ATL-MIA flight. As the plane was reaching to the gate, most of the passengers were standing. I couldn't believe my eyes at the horror. The FAs did not make any announcement and by the time the plane had come to a full stop, I was the only person still sitting!!
I once flew AMS/FCO on KLM. It was the rowdiest flight I was EVER on!
There was a bunch of college guyz on board. They were running up and down the aisles the entire flight, kinda sorta pretending to help the FAs, INCLUDING wearing the KLM uniform scarves over their heads like babushkas, helping the FAs clean up after their service, etc. The FAs seemed to deal with it, and not try to stop them! I've never seen anything like it!
Jul 18, 2017, 11:47 am
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Not just Italian. There's the old joke about a flight (let's say it was DL 468 for this forum) that just landed at TLV in April. Taxiing to the gate, the pilot says over the intercom "To those sitting down: Happy Easter. To those standing in the aisle: Happy Passover."
Jul 18, 2017, 3:17 pm
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Flying intra-china mostly on MU, I cannot recall a single flight where most passengers didn't stand up during taxi. But pilots were busy smoking one last cigarette before arriving to the gate, so they didn't worry about it.
Jul 18, 2017, 11:07 pm
#8355
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I was on a flight a few years ago which had a several middle-aged Japanese passengers who didn't appear to speak English seated a few rows ahead of me. There were no announcements in Japanese.
Upon landing, the plane came to a halt well before the gate. The pilot requested in English that everyone stay seated. As I feared, the Japanese folks rose en masse. So I called out in Japanese asking them to remain seated. Some of them started to sit down but looked back in bewilderment -- I really don't look like the typical Japanese speaker. Then a flight attendant arrived.
Upon landing, the plane came to a halt well before the gate. The pilot requested in English that everyone stay seated. As I feared, the Japanese folks rose en masse. So I called out in Japanese asking them to remain seated. Some of them started to sit down but looked back in bewilderment -- I really don't look like the typical Japanese speaker. Then a flight attendant arrived.