... it never ceases to amaze me how many SLF think that they have the right to stand up as soon as the aircraft touches down.
Good point, though in the past few years, I have noticed that the cabin crew and the flight deck crew communicate very clearly to the pax the need to stay in the seat/seat belt until all motion stops. If the plane has to stop suddenly, injury if folks aren't in the seats with seat belts on. Just like in a car ... which some passengers don't make the linkage to.
This chap maybe was pushed a little too far, and his actions were a little OTT, but I do think cabin crew are pushed to the limit. People just don't seem to be able to stick to the rules anymore!
The FA did something unprofessional. That said, I certainly understand his frustration with passengers who won't stick to the basics of safety regs.
But here is an interesting point from a related article ...
The 38-year-old airline veteran, who lives steps from the beach in Queens a few miles from the airport, had been flying long enough to see much of the gleam of the air travel experience tarnished by frayed nerves, rising fees, plummeting airline profits and packed cabins.
"One by one all of these niceties have been removed from the customer experience. I think subconsciously, it's causing passengers to be very angry," said Pauline Frommer, creator of the Pauline Frommer Guides and daughter of Arthur Frommer. "There's an us-versus-them mentality."
That mentality is nicely illustrated by the use of the term "Self Loading Freight" by
industry professionals on these forums ...
but there has already been a thread about that over in the SLF forum.
