Virgin Sacks Flight Attendant
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Sounds like a joke gone wrong.
Crying for days on? There has got to be more to this.
"I was devastated. I was absolutely devastated. "I was crying. My husband was in shock. For days on end I was crying."
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This was a skit in BBC's 'Come Fly With Me'. Obviously the FA was just trying to have a joke.
Although it's not the most sensible thing to do, I'm suprised this woman is carrying on the way she is and her son is having problems after being put in the locker for 'a full ten seconds'. I would understand if the kid was hung outside of an emergency exit...
Obviously the FA wasn't a popular boy in the first place and this was an opportunity to kick him out.
Although it's not the most sensible thing to do, I'm suprised this woman is carrying on the way she is and her son is having problems after being put in the locker for 'a full ten seconds'. I would understand if the kid was hung outside of an emergency exit...
"The manager on board came up to me later and said: 'I need you to complain, I need you to do something. Write or ring. Do whatever you can',"
The FA involved and subsequently dismissed was a very competent and well liked staff member. From what I was told the kid and parents were being an absolute pain in the arse and the FA was trying to humour the boy, maybe not the smartest idea to put him in the overhead locker, as for 10 sec closed in there...rubbish, I don't actually believe the locker latched closed it was just moved down then straight up - the father thought it was a great lark, however the mother did not...boohoo!
As for crying for days afterwards, farken hell get a grip.
As for crying for days afterwards, farken hell get a grip.
Nunc est bibendum
Perhaps the boys anxiety issues and desire to sleep in Mum's bed are more to do with the fact that Mum and Dad are no longer together- something that the poor kid is reminded of every time he wakes up- than any lingering memory of a few moments in an overhead locker.
The shame is that this is reported as 'news' rather than someone 'calling' the woman on it and telling her that being separated is far more likely to be affecting her child than anything what happened on an aeroplane.
It reads as though the CSM may have been wanting something on the F/A to make their job easier- or that they thought that if they made the pax do the leg work that they wouldn't bother and we all would be none the wiser about what is a pretty insignificant event. Let's be honest, what parent out there hasn't playfully thought about and/or pretended to put their toddler in an overhead bin?
The shame is that this is reported as 'news' rather than someone 'calling' the woman on it and telling her that being separated is far more likely to be affecting her child than anything what happened on an aeroplane.
It reads as though the CSM may have been wanting something on the F/A to make their job easier- or that they thought that if they made the pax do the leg work that they wouldn't bother and we all would be none the wiser about what is a pretty insignificant event. Let's be honest, what parent out there hasn't playfully thought about and/or pretended to put their toddler in an overhead bin?
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Class action Possible?
I hope she gets zillions.
Then all the traumatised kids who got put under a blanket in the back of the car by mum and dad so they didn't have to pay for us to get into the drive-in might get a few bucks!
Honestly, the flight attendants in that organisation have been encouraged to do some weird things to make the "Virgin experience" a fun one. THis bloke just joined in and got carried away. Or, maybe he is plant from Ryanair trialling a new seating arrangement for the "little people"
Then all the traumatised kids who got put under a blanket in the back of the car by mum and dad so they didn't have to pay for us to get into the drive-in might get a few bucks!
Honestly, the flight attendants in that organisation have been encouraged to do some weird things to make the "Virgin experience" a fun one. THis bloke just joined in and got carried away. Or, maybe he is plant from Ryanair trialling a new seating arrangement for the "little people"
Let's be honest, what parent out there hasn't playfully thought about and/or pretended to put their toddler in an overhead bin?
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Big Deal
.....I can recall going on a BOM-LHR flight on the 743 classic when we discovered a "parent" had made a bed, with blankets, pillows etc in the O/H locker (above the HJK row).
The kid was as snug as a bug in a rug.......'been there for hours when we found it.
When we told her ....it was not kosher......she ranted and raved like a trooper.
Oh...times have changed.
Leave the little bugger up there.....make him appreciate mums(dad-less bed) a bit more.
As for the F/A in this sorry saga. He's obviously been lined up and been on the hit list.
The kid was as snug as a bug in a rug.......'been there for hours when we found it.
When we told her ....it was not kosher......she ranted and raved like a trooper.
Oh...times have changed.
Leave the little bugger up there.....make him appreciate mums(dad-less bed) a bit more.
As for the F/A in this sorry saga. He's obviously been lined up and been on the hit list.
Don't any of you buggers let that ol' blackfella that used to climb in the pod of the 206 know about this. 
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?......now 20 months, had seen various specialists since the incident after suffering from anxiety and withdrawal.
We are done.
Finished.
Global warming will be the last thing to kill us.
Our grandfathers and great grandfathers, fought hand to hand to the death on many a battlefield. Their grandchildren were bombed from great height. Survived to rebuild societies and become our parents who overcame great adversity...
Now look what we are producing. After 10 seconds in a dark area...
As a friend quoted to me...
To quote Eric Cartman, "..well clearly I don't belong on this planet. I'm gonna go home and kill myself".
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Flight Attendant Sackings
CC get the pink slip for a number of reasons
Safety breaches
Theft
Behaviour that brings the company name into disrepute
A CC member at Qantas was rissoled recently for allegedly slagging off Cabin services management on a privateCrew website.Turns out they got the wrong bloke.No recourse for him
Crew are a soft target.
This situation sounds like a setup.
The mother definitely swims in the shallow end of the gene pool.No wonder hubby left
Safety breaches
Theft
Behaviour that brings the company name into disrepute
A CC member at Qantas was rissoled recently for allegedly slagging off Cabin services management on a privateCrew website.Turns out they got the wrong bloke.No recourse for him
Crew are a soft target.
This situation sounds like a setup.
The mother definitely swims in the shallow end of the gene pool.No wonder hubby left