"We're going to crash!"
Mar 2, 2006 | 8:10 pm
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[QUOTE=Bart]
Or that this so-called 'news' organization managed to spell turbulence incorrectly three times. Kind of detracts from their credibility. Oh wait...,it's Sky, they don't have any 
Originally Posted by Bart
I'm curious why nothing was said about the archaic use of the term "stewardess."
Mar 2, 2006 | 11:00 pm
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[QUOTE=Wally Bird]
Perhaps it's a British spelling?
Originally Posted by Bart
Or that this so-called 'news' organization managed to spell turbulence incorrectly three times. Kind of detracts from their credibility. Oh wait...,it's Sky, they don't have any
Mar 3, 2006 | 8:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Bart
Aw, c'mon now. She didn't mean anything by that. She was just expressing an opinion. The person next to her may have believed that they weren't going to crash. She happened to believe they were. Everyone's free to speak his or her mind, aren't they?
I'm curious why nothing was said about the archaic use of the term "stewardess." I thought they were all flight attendants. Obviously the article's author is blatantly sexist. We should boycott the skynews website for its insensitivity towards the flight attendant profession. After all, as we all know, flight attendants are clearly better-educated and socially superior to us screener low-lifes who lean forward in the foxholes of freedom valiantly fighting the war on terror with our hand-wands and ETD swabs. Flight attendants are the ones whose lives are now jeapardized by the small scissors and computer geek screwdrivers we now allow at checkpoints. With the additional pressure they now face with the unrestricted threat of being jabed with a pair of manicure scissors, it's no wonder a flight attendant would scream, "we're going to crash!"
I'm curious why nothing was said about the archaic use of the term "stewardess." I thought they were all flight attendants. Obviously the article's author is blatantly sexist. We should boycott the skynews website for its insensitivity towards the flight attendant profession. After all, as we all know, flight attendants are clearly better-educated and socially superior to us screener low-lifes who lean forward in the foxholes of freedom valiantly fighting the war on terror with our hand-wands and ETD swabs. Flight attendants are the ones whose lives are now jeapardized by the small scissors and computer geek screwdrivers we now allow at checkpoints. With the additional pressure they now face with the unrestricted threat of being jabed with a pair of manicure scissors, it's no wonder a flight attendant would scream, "we're going to crash!"
Mar 4, 2006 | 7:43 am
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Originally Posted by Bart
The FAMs responded with their Second Amendment rights. I don't see the problem here.
Many sovereign nations do not have a Second Amendment, and law-enforcement officials carry firearms. What's the deal with the novelty with FAMs havign weapons?
Mar 6, 2006 | 4:59 pm
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Originally Posted by whirledtraveler
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...511193,00.html
This is pretty disheartening. I wonder how often crews just freak under stressful conditions?
This is pretty disheartening. I wonder how often crews just freak under stressful conditions?
Mar 7, 2006 | 10:18 am
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Originally Posted by cur
Assuming this isn't the British Media blowing things out of proportion (because they NEVER do that)... she probably didn't take her medication. Any (properly) trained FA will know the facts about turbulence and will have seen the video where they bend the 747 wing 130 degrees before it snaps.
Mar 7, 2006 | 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by Bart
Aw, c'mon now. She didn't mean anything by that. She was just expressing an opinion. The person next to her may have believed that they weren't going to crash. She happened to believe they were. Everyone's free to speak his or her mind, aren't they?
I'm curious why nothing was said about the archaic use of the term "stewardess." I thought they were all flight attendants. Obviously the article's author is blatantly sexist. We should boycott the skynews website for its insensitivity towards the flight attendant profession. After all, as we all know, flight attendants are clearly better-educated and socially superior to us screener low-lifes who lean forward in the foxholes of freedom valiantly fighting the war on terror with our hand-wands and ETD swabs. Flight attendants are the ones whose lives are now jeapardized by the small scissors and computer geek screwdrivers we now allow at checkpoints. With the additional pressure they now face with the unrestricted threat of being jabed with a pair of manicure scissors, it's no wonder a flight attendant would scream, "we're going to crash!"
I'm curious why nothing was said about the archaic use of the term "stewardess." I thought they were all flight attendants. Obviously the article's author is blatantly sexist. We should boycott the skynews website for its insensitivity towards the flight attendant profession. After all, as we all know, flight attendants are clearly better-educated and socially superior to us screener low-lifes who lean forward in the foxholes of freedom valiantly fighting the war on terror with our hand-wands and ETD swabs. Flight attendants are the ones whose lives are now jeapardized by the small scissors and computer geek screwdrivers we now allow at checkpoints. With the additional pressure they now face with the unrestricted threat of being jabed with a pair of manicure scissors, it's no wonder a flight attendant would scream, "we're going to crash!"
Originally Posted by Bart
You're taking this way too seriously. I'm just having fun with this thread.
Seriously, she certainly should have shown more professionalism. Not cut out for the job ...
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Now a bin handler? That she could do!