In previous times
Ansett had the same problem. An ex colleague told stories of the days AN rotated F/A's in VLI for a month at a time. Often they'd get on the turps & on a couple of occasions one would fall over & get injured. One Christmas a taxi accident hurt 4 during the airport transfer, that created a major drama. He'd have to offload pax (usually contacted prior to check-in) to get numbers down to legal levels. The union only permitted a 27:1 ratio (5 F/A's to a full 732 cabin) back then.
On a 2 sector flight you only have to have a bit of turbulence outbound to have this problem occur on the return leg.
Last edited by Kwaj mate; 24th Jan 2008 at 22:36.