Cell phone FA call buttoned!!!
Oct 19, 2005 | 1:01 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
After reading Ari's comment to me and the one made by mbstone in which I filled in whatever he or she held I have a question to ask. Where have we come as a society where we are irked when the rules are enforced? I am the son of two lawyers and I believe that if something is against the law and/or the rules, which is enough of a reason to refrain from doing it. Using logic like "the rule is stupid" or "I was going to do it in a minute anyway" doesn't apply. What the people in front of me were doing was against the rules as far as the FA who told them to turn off the phone, which was not a PDA or Blackberry but a Sprint cell phone I believe and I shouldn't be attacked for making sure the rule was enforced.
I take it you ONLY cross a street in a crosswalk, too?
Oct 19, 2005 | 1:28 pm
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Originally Posted by PremEx
This week I had a United FA tell me to turn off my laptop before the door was even shut. "Sir, you'll have to shut down your laptop now." I pointed out that the door was still open and she said, "You'll have to shut it down now and store it in the overhead." I said, "But I'm storing it underneath the seat in front of me. That's okay right?" She shot back, "You can't store it in the seatback!" Ugh. I shot back, "I'm NOT storing it in the seatback, I'm storing it down there [pointing] in my laptop bag underneath the seat." She gave me a dirty look and walked away. Guy across the aisle said, "Christ...what's her problem?" I just shrugged my shoulders and continued on with work on the laptop for another 10 minutes or so, until the doors were finally shut and then I powered it down.
Obviously this FA does not have enough legitimate tasks to perform and should have been given several more assignments to occupy her time.
Obviously this FA does not have enough legitimate tasks to perform and should have been given several more assignments to occupy her time.
Oct 19, 2005 | 1:30 pm
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Originally Posted by kokonutz
I thanked the lady in front of me for reminding me of the rules and told her I would try really, really hard not to kick the back of her seat for the next 5 hours. Sadly, after she asked me how old I was....
Oct 20, 2005 | 1:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Jamarynn1
Just out of curiosity...what would have happened if he hadn't come out of the lav right away? Would the take-off have been aborted?
While I was in, the aircraft started to move and the captain began making announcements to the effect that we were now really ready to go. So basically my being in the lav didn't change any plans.
It took another ~45mins, before we were airborne.
Oct 20, 2005 | 2:08 pm
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Originally Posted by AllanJ
(I did not read all the replies so this can be repetitive)
Do laptops power down instantly when the power button is pushed?
Do laptops power down instantly when the power button is pushed?
I also did not read all the replies so this may be repetitive, but if you want to shut down a BlackBerry right away (or Laptop), just take out the battery. I've done this many times over many years and have had no adverse effects.
Oct 20, 2005 | 2:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Wallstreet10006
I also did not read all the replies so this may be repetitive, but if you want to shut down a BlackBerry right away (or Laptop), just take out the battery. I've done this many times over many years and have had no adverse effects.
Oct 21, 2005 | 7:10 am
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I was on a flight this week and when the FAs were giving their safety announcements the person next to me did NOT, as instructed pull out the safety information card and follow along!!!!! As you ALL know, 'FAA regulations require that passengers comply with all lighted signs, placards and crew member instructions!!!!!'
I was FREAKING OUT!
So I rang my call button and told the FA that this rule-breaking joker was compromising my safety and the safety of the entire flight and demanded that she make him pull out the safety information card and follow along!
Thanks to my heroic action, UA 7942 was a safe flight.
I was FREAKING OUT!
So I rang my call button and told the FA that this rule-breaking joker was compromising my safety and the safety of the entire flight and demanded that she make him pull out the safety information card and follow along!
Thanks to my heroic action, UA 7942 was a safe flight.
Oct 21, 2005 | 8:01 am
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Originally Posted by kokonutz
I was on a flight this week and when the FAs were giving their safety announcements the person next to me did NOT, as instructed pull out the safety information card and follow along!!!!! As you ALL know, 'FAA regulations require that passengers comply with all lighted signs, placards and crew member instructions!!!!!'
I was FREAKING OUT!
So I rang my call button and told the FA that this rule-breaking joker was compromising my safety and the safety of the entire flight and demanded that she make him pull out the safety information card and follow along!
Thanks to my heroic action, UA 7942 was a safe flight.
I was FREAKING OUT!
So I rang my call button and told the FA that this rule-breaking joker was compromising my safety and the safety of the entire flight and demanded that she make him pull out the safety information card and follow along!
Thanks to my heroic action, UA 7942 was a safe flight.
Oct 21, 2005 | 8:21 am
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Originally Posted by kokonutz
I was on a flight this week and when the FAs were giving their safety announcements the person next to me did NOT, as instructed pull out the safety information card and follow along!!!!! As you ALL know, 'FAA regulations require that passengers comply with all lighted signs, placards and crew member instructions!!!!!'
I was FREAKING OUT!
So I rang my call button and told the FA that this rule-breaking joker was compromising my safety and the safety of the entire flight and demanded that she make him pull out the safety information card and follow along!
Thanks to my heroic action, UA 7942 was a safe flight.
I was FREAKING OUT!
So I rang my call button and told the FA that this rule-breaking joker was compromising my safety and the safety of the entire flight and demanded that she make him pull out the safety information card and follow along!
Thanks to my heroic action, UA 7942 was a safe flight.
bwahahahahaha!
Oct 21, 2005 | 11:43 am
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Originally Posted by kokonutz
I was on a flight this week and when the FAs were giving their safety announcements the person next to me did NOT, as instructed pull out the safety information card and follow along!!!!! As you ALL know, 'FAA regulations require that passengers comply with all lighted signs, placards and crew member instructions!!!!!'
I was FREAKING OUT!
So I rang my call button and told the FA that this rule-breaking joker was compromising my safety and the safety of the entire flight and demanded that she make him pull out the safety information card and follow along!
Thanks to my heroic action, UA 7942 was a safe flight.
I was FREAKING OUT!
So I rang my call button and told the FA that this rule-breaking joker was compromising my safety and the safety of the entire flight and demanded that she make him pull out the safety information card and follow along!
Thanks to my heroic action, UA 7942 was a safe flight.
This is what is known as a character arc in writing. You start at one place and end in another, and during the journey, you change!
Oct 25, 2005 | 8:22 am
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Originally Posted by jrblack
Better yet would be to pull out the phone, say "Oops, forgot to turn it off..." then hold it up to my ear and say, incredulously, "Geezus... you're still there??"
Oct 25, 2005 | 9:01 am
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Originally Posted by ExecDecisions
As a United Sates Air Marshall I have seen worse and arrested people for less.
Censorship in any form is oppressive
So with that said I still think kicking the backs of seats is childish.
Censorship in any form is oppressive
So with that said I still think kicking the backs of seats is childish.