My trivial gripe. What's yours?
May 30, 2018, 5:23 pm
#136
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Maybe you can see it and decide to follow it, but the fact that I have to remind people the light is on while they're tarzaning their way down the aisle (using seatbacks instead of vines) in moderate turbulence frequently means that the average flier cannot or will not.
May 30, 2018, 5:29 pm
#137
Join Date: Mar 2009
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This is pretty trivial... almost petty...
When boarding in Hawaii destination LAX, I ask for a vodka, club soda, and lemon for PDB, but they can't give out lemon until the plane is in the air.
I asked, and the (illogical) explanation is that if for some reason I should deplane, there's a risk of an insect or something coming off the plane with me. Whatever the risk, I can't see how it's any different than when I deplane upon arrival in Hawaii.
When boarding in Hawaii destination LAX, I ask for a vodka, club soda, and lemon for PDB, but they can't give out lemon until the plane is in the air.
I asked, and the (illogical) explanation is that if for some reason I should deplane, there's a risk of an insect or something coming off the plane with me. Whatever the risk, I can't see how it's any different than when I deplane upon arrival in Hawaii.
May 30, 2018, 5:40 pm
#138
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: SFO
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Fun thread. Orange juice or water versus PDB pick. It’s happened quite a lot recently even on domestic flights (I know Polaris had a service change where this is the new norm).
May 30, 2018, 9:08 pm
#139
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The phone’s battery
It’s part of the announcement about dropping phones and not moving seats, presumably to avoid starting a battery fire. Fine, I suppose. However, while smart phones are remarkable, they’re not (yet) sentient. Inanimate objects shouldn’t take a possessive “s.”
May 30, 2018, 10:50 pm
#141
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My PDB experience in the last week resulted in "anything you want from the cart" the whole way (OGG-LAX, LAX-IAH, LAS-LAX, LAX-OGG). I rode in coach IAH-LAS, so not sure what happened up front on that flight.
May 31, 2018, 1:30 am
#142
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May 31, 2018, 8:22 am
#146
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Interesting. So should it instead be 'the phone battery'? Or 'the battery of the phone'? Or ...?
May 31, 2018, 8:58 am
#148
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May 31, 2018, 9:18 am
#149
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Colorado
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My trivial gripe is opening up the boarding pass on the iPhone app in a dark room, only to be blinded because it goes to full bright!