Originally Posted by EC Does It
Flew a woman tonight, bleeding all over the shop. Smelt of sh!t, p1ss, and looked as though she hadn't had a wash in ages............... Then I remembered that I'm a Helivac pilot and that she had been knocked over and eviscerated.
Things aren't always what they seem. Could be that your pax was in dire straits and just needed to get back home for treatment without being able to afford a medevac. There is always a reason for the way that people present themselves.
Try not to be too judgemental, it may be difficult to deal with, but it's not forever. It may just be that you made her day and brightened up her very sad and painful life. We aren't all lucky enough to be able to afford or to be afforded POD healthcare.
I appreciate that, but...surely it's not the other passengers or crews problem whatever problems she may or may not have. Sureley, if you could potentially catch something from her (often small children crawl about) coats on floor in her pus. But I understand what you are saying. I would have thought that someone who literally couldn't stand up at all and "collapsed on to the floor" and who is leaking fluids from blisters is not fit to fly and is a hazard to others. Or am I being too harsh?? You have to balance one person's problems with the potential problems caused by that passenger to the rest of the passengers.