Just feel uncomfortable Flying

OldMan, the airline was Southwest. The FA wasn’t young and I would say she was in her 40’s. I wondered if she quit after that.
 

Teacher Terry said:
OldMan, the airline was Southwest. The FA wasn’t young and I would say she was in her 40’s. I wondered if she quit after that.
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If she didn't quit, she should strongly consider it. The last thing a passenger wants to hear from a flight attendant is "We're all going to die." That is just plain stupid.

American had a Flight Attendant that did a similar thing. Another F/A overheard her and told the Captain who reported it to his supervisor. She admitted to saying it and was terminated on the spot. Our flight attendants go through a lot of training on how to make the passengers relax.

Flight Attendants are trained to remain calm and to calm the passengers and give them reassurance. When I flew, I talked to my passengers over the intercom. "Ladies and Gentlemen: From the flight deck, we are experiencing some above average turbulence. Our radar shows that the turbulence should quell in about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, we are going to change flight levels to try and find some smoother air, so please do not become alarmed because the plane is either going up or down. It's just the pilots looking for smoother air. Also, be assured that we are in no risks at this time. It's just very uncomfortable for all of us. Thank you." That usually helped give the passengers some assurance that everything was OK.
 
An old friend of my wife is a retired stewardess. Her husband, another airline employee, was killed in a famous crash, but this hasn’t slowed her down. She can fly almost anywhere anytime for next to nothing, gets deals on hotels, and has taken my wife along to Europe and Asia, First Class.
 

Without us being there and hearing the entire conversation, it's hard to know what happened. Once, a middle East pilot told me, though I think he was joking, that I should ignore the safety warnings because although flying was very safe, if we crashed we would most likely die.

A rather more amusing one was told to me by a former KLM stewardess. Apparently a colleague was being given a hard time by an angry woman passenger . She asked 'How long have KLM been employing farm girls? to which the stewardess replied, 'just as long as we've been transporting cows'
 
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Without us being there and hearing the entire conversation, it's hard to know what happened. Once, a middle East pilot told me, though I think he was joking, that I should ignore the safety warnings because although flying was very safe, if we crashed we would most likely die.

A rather more amusing one was told to me by a former KLM stewardess. Apparently a colleague was being given a hard time by an angry woman passenger . She asked 'How long have KLM been employing farm girls? to which the stewardess replied, 'just as long as we've been transporting cows'
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I remember while sitting at the gate in San Diego, another United flight was being pushed back from the gate and the marshal turned the tug the wrong way causing the plane sitting next to it to clip wings. Even if there is no damage seen by the eye, the planes have to be examined and cleared and the planes need to be flown without any passengers to make sure the plane is airworthy. The planes were both Boeing 757's. I never heard anymore about it, so I would guess by saying both planes were OK for flying.

I was landing in Miami on a very warm August night in 2000 when the landing lights went out and came back on and went out and came back on and kept doing this until we touched down. The Captain in an American plane waiting to take off on the same runway saw our lights going off and on and said over the radio, "Hey United, when did they put 4-way flashers on your planes?" I retorted "About the same time American put rookies in their cockpits." The Air Traffic Controller said, "OK, boys, play nice."
 
I rather put my foot in it one night when I was having dinner with a couple of American pilots. I mentioned that for the first time I had arrived by plane with an all female crew. One of the pilots was very dismissive and said that he wouldn't trust an all female crew, and without thinking, I said that I wouldn't trust a crew that couldn't use a knife and fork.
 
The week of 9-11 was the last time I flew. Haven't flown since and have no plans of doing so in the near or distant future. I logged a lot of air miles during my time in the military and the years leading up to 9-11, that's enough, I'm done. Plan on spending what precious time I have left with my feet firmly planted on terra firma :coffee:. Don...
 
My feelings when flying are sort of like being outdoors during thunderstorms with lightning ground strikes occurring. I know the likelihood of being struck by bolts is very low with modest common sense actions but am also aware planes still do crash much like collisions when driving on freeways, so am never fully relaxed. As someone with good geography knowledge, I am fascinated watching below from window seats, especially areas of the West.
 
The U.S. hasn’t had a fatal plane crash with passengers onboard in 15 years. I believe the crash was attributed to pilot fatigue. After that, the FAA lowered the number of hours a pilot could fly. I believe pilots can fly a total of 10 hours when two pilots are able to fly.
 
Has anyone been treated badly when asking for assistance at the airline check in desk? We were both in chairs this week and could easily hear the workers complaining about how horrible their hand arthritis is for them, as boarding time neared, their complaints shifted to four people requesting assistance going up the ramp. My husband also has arthritis in his knees so he understand how painful it can be. Another passenger is an Army vet who had been shot in V.N.. My heart and lung issues don't appear to be obvious but it was insulting when someone brought over a photo of the ramp asking whether I could walk to the aircraft door.

At boarding time, their snarky remarks increased and they complained that they saw my husband walk to the restroom earlier, which is not the same as going up the steep ramp. This was at Alaska Air, PDX.
 
I guess it helps that I am not afraid of death, and wonder what comes next. (In NO way do I want this to become a religious conversation
 

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