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Old 2nd Nov 2009, 04:24
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ozangel
 
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This is just silly!

Spent a few years as an FA on FIFO jobs, and these guys are generally the best behaved, decent guys you could find.

Sure there were one or two exceptions to the rule, but they were usually dealt with by the others quicksmart.

Used to work on the BNE-ISA-Telfer return - on the way out it was dry.

On the way back, they knew that so long as they behaved and were catching a cab/not driving at the other end, we would look after them within reason.

We looked after them - lowered the window shades down the back and raised the armrests to create a sleeping section, and sat down with the rest up the front, playing cards with them, chatting, watching dvd's and other funny stuff on their laptops, and making sure they were fed and watered (or 'spirited').

On one occasion, we were not catered properly, and with the help of the guys up front, we managed to get steak burgers from a roadhouse near the airport in ISA delivered in a few milk crates to the aircraft door- 'who ordered the works minus the egg' was much more fun to say than 'steak or fish'.

We looked after them, they looked after us.

Was a stark contrast to the time when a gung-ho bunch of rule nazis enforced one drink per hour and insisted (wrongly) on charging them. Needless to say, few were amused when they 'revolted' in ISA and found their way into the terminal via the baggage carousel.

Am still friends with a few of them, as are a number of my other former colleagues.

Passengers who address you by name with a slap on the back/shoulder, and in some cases buy you a birthday card/shout the crew to drinks after the flight at christmas time - give me that any day over some red wine guzzling, suit wearing cityflyer knob!
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