Last week, finished boarding somewhere in France, closed doors, did safety demo, taxiing to the runway the a/c stops and the CP calls me to tell me there is smoke coming out of the left engine, disarm slides, open doors... Anyway, after he got out, had a look, talked to OPS and so on, we decided we had to wait for an engineer coming in another flight later in the day to fix the bird. And so my dear CP makes a PA to the pax, apologizes for any inconvenience caused, ..............
I start disembarking, saying to each pax "i am ever so sorry, hopefully we'll see eachother soon, it won't take long, thank you, see you soon" smile, be simpathetic, help the older pax, smile again...
Then this "gent" stops, starts shouting at me "you're not sorry at all, how dare you say you're sorry when i clearly see you're not doing anything to fix it?!"
ermmmm..... WHAT???
"I am ever so sorry, i happened to forget my toolbox at home but i assure you i have some good surviving into the woods skills i picked up from a tv programme, so you'll be safe in case we crash! "
Seriously, do you wanna take off with a faulty engine and maybe crash and die or do you think you can accept that even airplanes brake down, have a minor delay but land safely, just on time for East Enders??
