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Old 10th Jan 2008, 21:26
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CityofFlight
 
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I fly frequently enough and do as many of you mention. Keep my seat belt on, loosely for this exact reason. But I have to question this "wandering around the cabin" statements....there's no place to wander! There's barely enough room for the beverage cart in the aisles, God help anyone if they have to wait to get back to their seat if the cart is blocking it by several rows. Since coach isn't allowed to use a vacant 1st class lav, we must stand in line quite often. I have often waited and waited to find an open time, then could wait no more.

From my experiences, this could easily be the factor that would cause a passenger to hit their head. And like another post mentioned, air is clear, the turbulence often hits first, THEN the pilot makes an annoucement.(unless there's been mention of such from another a/c passing through)

In appreciating the value of our roles in flight, please consider the factors that make many SLF's feel like more and more like freight and less like customers.

I feel better now....you may "go about the cabin..."
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