This forum is generating fascinating e-mails...
> During a recent Haj contract, one of our stewardesses fell ill. We were
> based in the Middle-East and life’s never easy for women there, especially
> if you’re from Europe. Skyjet called a doctor (paid by the company) who
> diagnozed an illness that could be very serious –even fatal- if not treated
> in time (don’t ask me what she had, I can’t remember). She was not well at
> all, very worried, and looking forward to go home asap, so she asked to be
> sent back to Belgium. I guess anybody would have done the same thing in a
> situation like that ! Anyway... Skyjet said they were ready to let her go
> but there was one condition: that she was ON DUTY on our next flight to
> Paris and that she paid her ticket on the train to Brussels (Skyjet would
> not refund it)!
> She agreed (what choice did she have ?), but fortunately once on board the
> Senior Purser put her on a jump-seat in the cockpit and that’s where she
> spent the whole flight, totally knocked-out by her illness and the
> medication she received before leaving.