Originally Posted by
Pif Paf
So latest stupidity at Ek:
pursers stopping flight crew going on leave, traveling as pax, showing ID and going to flight deck on ground pre flight to say quick hello!
purser stopping flight crew (on ULR or augmenting trip) from having beef from business class because one of other pilots had crew meal beef - reason being beef was cooked in same kitchen!
cabin crew uniform standards stopping pilots about uniform!
Discuss
Doesn’t happen on my flights; but them again I don’t take sh1t. Doesn’t mean I don’t look after my crew either before the usual ‘you must be a joy to fly with’ bollocks…
Many years ago had a purser (my pre EK days) asking me what I was doing in ‘his’ galley while I was getting a Coke so my reply was what are YOU doing on MY aeroplane. He got it very quickly….
Simple answer; Be nice but if they need putting in their place so be it…. And anyone who has to say ‘I’m the Captain’ has, quite frankly, already lost their authority!
Edited to add: I haven’t yet heard of a ‘uniform standards person’ challenge a pilot. It’s like a Staff Sergeant challenging the Colonel….