Got angry at another passenger, FA reported me to pilots. Now what?
I couldn't help it. I got mad at the mother of a baby that squealed the entirety of a 10-hour flight. She complained to the FA. The FA told me he had reported me to the pilots, "because United takes harassment very seriously." Now I am waiting for the other shoe to drop: Banned from UA and lose everything? Or some sort of warning or investigation? Or ...
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Are you still in-flight?
Popcorn :cool: |
Not that particular flight, no. Transferred to *G partner.
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Could have just been a ploy to ensure things didn’t escalate further, but that’s pure speculation on my part. How bad was it? What did you say?
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I was pretty mean. No swear words, but ... The FA got real prissy, as they tend to do.
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Since you are out of the flight, I think that nothing will happen. Next time, preempt the whole thing and complain to the FA about the mother not taking care of the baby.
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Originally Posted by StuckinITH
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Since you are out of the flight, I think that nothing will happen. Next time, preempt the whole thing and complain to the FA about the mother not taking care of the baby.
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Originally Posted by dgdevil
(Post 29306006)
I couldn't help it. I got mad at the mother of a baby that squealed the entirety of a 10-hour flight. She complained to the FA. The FA told me he had reported me to the pilots, "because United takes harassment very seriously."
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Originally Posted by StuckinITH
(Post 29306072)
Since you are out of the flight, I think that nothing will happen.
I’m sure others will weigh in. |
Originally Posted by dmurphynj
(Post 29306089)
Do you have a child? I suspect not; if you did, you’d understand. |
Originally Posted by dmurphynj
(Post 29306089)
Do you have a child? I suspect not; if you did, you’d understand. I feel that having had kids is no excuse for needing to just tolerate anything. IMHO a flight is a time to do whatever possible as a parent to keep kids behaving. I am SUPER patient when it’s clear a parent is trying and nothing is working, in fact, I even feel badly for them. I get frustrated when the parent is checked out (eg watching a movie) and the kid is being a nuisance; or baby is crying and they are not even attempting to soothe it. I was recently on a hop SEA-YEG. Parent of a kid just under 2 (was a lap infant but not really a small baby anymore) had ZERO plan for the kid - no snacks, no games, nothing. Kid screamed the whole flight and the dad did nothing and the mom tried nothing. Poor FA tried to help, but mom was a disaster. It was a painful 90 minutes for most of the Q400 pax within screaming distance. |
This lady was right near business class. I felt bad for the guys in there. It was all very Larry David. Anyway, I should have bit my tongue, but I was just so sleep-deprived.
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Originally Posted by jmcintosh
(Post 29306151)
Not a fair assumptions. I have raised 6 and I still get miffed when I see parents with kids who are not even attempting anything, or are just letting their kids run amuck on a flight.
But every kid is different. Some are low maintenance, and others are high maintenance. Sometimes even when parents come prepared with snacks, games, everything, the kid can still not cooperate. What's a parent to do if you have to go from point A to point B? It is an incredibly stressful situation for the parents and last thing they need is passengers yelling at them. I understand it's frustrating and even unfair to other pax, but best thing to do imho is to put on headphones (hopefully noise cancelling) and turn up the music or movie to block it out. |
Originally Posted by dmurphynj
(Post 29306089)
Do you have a child? I suspect not; if you did, you’d understand. |
Originally Posted by dgdevil
(Post 29306159)
This lady was right near business class. I felt bad for the guys in there. It was all very Larry David. Anyway, I should have bit my tongue, but I was just so sleep-deprived.
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