To the passenger in 3C
Dec 10, 2011 | 11:19 pm
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Mass
Programs: Independent
Posts: 4,863
To the passenger in 3C
To the gentleman in 3C
Or perhaps the woman, sitting so smug. Yes, I get that you are a frequent flyer, that you feel you are above the rules and above the odds. I see you hiding your bag under your legs so that the FA doesn't see it; or perhaps she sees it, and tells you that you need to put it under the seat in front of you, so you comply, but just until she goes away, and you pull it back out. You close your eyes to pretend to sleep so she doesn't bother you, but I see the little smirk on your face. Or perhaps it's you computer, which you are always int he state of just closing down, but never actually get to fully closing the lid. Maybe it's your mp3 player or smartphone, which you turn off and then turn on again, or turn over so that the FA doesn't see you have it on.
I, too, have spent a good deal of time flying. I know the plane isn't going to drop out of the sky because your bag is out, or that the sensors in the plane will not keep the pilot endlessly circling until e very last phone is switched off. That is not the point.
These rules are there for safety. I don't have the right to tell you what chances to take with your life. But, you also don't have that same right to decide what chances to take with mine. If you want to keep your bag out, or distract yourself with your email, then please be kind enough to choose a window seat so that you do not put other passengers at risk if there is a sudden emergency and they are tripping over bags in the way or dealing with some dazed passenger who has no clue what just happened.
I know that the chances of an incident are slim. But they ARE there, and physics does not give one hoot about how frequently you fly. And the more I (and you as well) fly, the more likely that you are going to be involved in at least one incident. So, please, don't try to impress me with your coolness on the plane. Impress me with your concern for others.
Thank you for the rant.
Or perhaps the woman, sitting so smug. Yes, I get that you are a frequent flyer, that you feel you are above the rules and above the odds. I see you hiding your bag under your legs so that the FA doesn't see it; or perhaps she sees it, and tells you that you need to put it under the seat in front of you, so you comply, but just until she goes away, and you pull it back out. You close your eyes to pretend to sleep so she doesn't bother you, but I see the little smirk on your face. Or perhaps it's you computer, which you are always int he state of just closing down, but never actually get to fully closing the lid. Maybe it's your mp3 player or smartphone, which you turn off and then turn on again, or turn over so that the FA doesn't see you have it on.
I, too, have spent a good deal of time flying. I know the plane isn't going to drop out of the sky because your bag is out, or that the sensors in the plane will not keep the pilot endlessly circling until e very last phone is switched off. That is not the point.
These rules are there for safety. I don't have the right to tell you what chances to take with your life. But, you also don't have that same right to decide what chances to take with mine. If you want to keep your bag out, or distract yourself with your email, then please be kind enough to choose a window seat so that you do not put other passengers at risk if there is a sudden emergency and they are tripping over bags in the way or dealing with some dazed passenger who has no clue what just happened.
I know that the chances of an incident are slim. But they ARE there, and physics does not give one hoot about how frequently you fly. And the more I (and you as well) fly, the more likely that you are going to be involved in at least one incident. So, please, don't try to impress me with your coolness on the plane. Impress me with your concern for others.
Thank you for the rant.
Dec 11, 2011 | 2:09 am
#2
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: BNE / LHR
Programs: QF Silver / TG *G
Posts: 1,654
Rules lag behind reality.
Airplane mode = no radios are operational, any effect the device would have barely would make it through its casing.
UA was funny on my last trip, need to turn off noise canceling headphones ... haha.
EDIT: Wooo 757 posts
Airplane mode = no radios are operational, any effect the device would have barely would make it through its casing.
UA was funny on my last trip, need to turn off noise canceling headphones ... haha.
EDIT: Wooo 757 posts