ANZ/QF Airlines' children policy 'insane'
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A (not so) fairy story for Gaunty
A not so long time ago, in a far off land (some where over the GAFFA) a mother was seated in the cabin of a (sort of) high speed aluminium tube. She had a toddler daughter and a babe-at-the-breast.
Seated next to her was a big nasty MAN.
Mum was doing what mums do with babies-at-the-breast, when toddler daughter says "mummy I need go toily, MUMMY, I need go".
So that big nasty MAN person in the same row, offered to take the little girl to the toily, to allow mum to keep doing what she was doing.
The big nasty MAN wasn't really nasty, in fact he was quite nice. He led the little toddler girl to the toily, and stood at the door, with the door just pushed-to, so that in the event of any problems, he'd have access to the toily, to assist. (Must've been one of those strange big bad men with children of his own! )
Now some shiela on the flight took umbrige at this unrelate big nasty man, taking a little child, not his own, to the toily, and standing by the door while the little kid did what little kids do on the toily. I believe that said shiela wanted to make a real issue of this inappropriate and deviant behaviour and it took some talking by the sensible CC to resolve the issue.
The End
Bloody PC gone wrong but if you look at it from the airline's perspective, they're buggered which ever way they go. If they do nothing and a child is interfered with, they'll be sued. If they don't use tact with seating, they'll upset big bad men. And even when a mother is gratefull for some assistance from a fellow passenger, even if he is a big bad man, some bloody shiela'll want to stick her nose in and complain!
Seated next to her was a big nasty MAN.
Mum was doing what mums do with babies-at-the-breast, when toddler daughter says "mummy I need go toily, MUMMY, I need go".
So that big nasty MAN person in the same row, offered to take the little girl to the toily, to allow mum to keep doing what she was doing.
The big nasty MAN wasn't really nasty, in fact he was quite nice. He led the little toddler girl to the toily, and stood at the door, with the door just pushed-to, so that in the event of any problems, he'd have access to the toily, to assist. (Must've been one of those strange big bad men with children of his own! )
Now some shiela on the flight took umbrige at this unrelate big nasty man, taking a little child, not his own, to the toily, and standing by the door while the little kid did what little kids do on the toily. I believe that said shiela wanted to make a real issue of this inappropriate and deviant behaviour and it took some talking by the sensible CC to resolve the issue.
The End
Bloody PC gone wrong but if you look at it from the airline's perspective, they're buggered which ever way they go. If they do nothing and a child is interfered with, they'll be sued. If they don't use tact with seating, they'll upset big bad men. And even when a mother is gratefull for some assistance from a fellow passenger, even if he is a big bad man, some bloody shiela'll want to stick her nose in and complain!
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You're right Capt Claret, the airlines are between a rock and a hard place. Re PC - You can keep some of the people happy all the time, all the people happy some of the time but not all the people happy all the time. Can you imagine the to do if you had had to make entry to assist?
As a daughter bottom wiper I remember the days with nostalga - and not for the reasons the PC out there might think.
As a daughter bottom wiper I remember the days with nostalga - and not for the reasons the PC out there might think.
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I had an unpleasant experience in the pre-Politically Correct era, some 20 something years ago as a F27 Captain in Australia. We had an unnacompanied 12 year old quadraplegic male passenger 'busting to go' on a turn-round, with the 2 female cabin crew unwilling to assist (they must have been pre-warned that the PC era was coming). The F/O wanted no part in it (must have been pre-warned also), and nor did I, 'cos I really wanted nothing to do with boy's "things".
Mercy had it's day, we couldn't let the poor bugger burst his bladder, so I bravely took on the role as his assistant. God!, he was heavy, a dead weight. Literally dragged him to the loo, with the F/O briefed to stay close as witness, held him up under the shoulders with one arm, unzipped him and pulled down his underdaks with the other without looking, and, hoping that "it" was aimed properly, told him to let fly. He did a good job of spray painting the loo, but I couldn't have cared less. God must have heard my prayers, because he didn't want to do a No.2 as well. During the whole event, had to make sure that my hips were arched backwards to avoid any contact, got a back sprain for the trouble, and, when the ordeal was over pulled up his underdaks, pulled up his fly, thankfully without zipping anything personal, and returned him to the seat. The F/O now asked if he could help, to which I replied, "Yeah, clean up the toilet".
I found later, from his thankful parents, that he'd waited 10 hours to go to the loo.
Nowadays, in our politically correct world, where ALL men, without exception, are paedophiles, the only solution would be to let him sit in his own mess.
Some posters here have mentioned a wish to avoid seating next to children, I can go along with that, a good idea. Much higher on my list of priorities would be the ability to choose to not have to sit next to a Politically Correct loser.
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Old Smokey (who loves grown up ladies)
Mercy had it's day, we couldn't let the poor bugger burst his bladder, so I bravely took on the role as his assistant. God!, he was heavy, a dead weight. Literally dragged him to the loo, with the F/O briefed to stay close as witness, held him up under the shoulders with one arm, unzipped him and pulled down his underdaks with the other without looking, and, hoping that "it" was aimed properly, told him to let fly. He did a good job of spray painting the loo, but I couldn't have cared less. God must have heard my prayers, because he didn't want to do a No.2 as well. During the whole event, had to make sure that my hips were arched backwards to avoid any contact, got a back sprain for the trouble, and, when the ordeal was over pulled up his underdaks, pulled up his fly, thankfully without zipping anything personal, and returned him to the seat. The F/O now asked if he could help, to which I replied, "Yeah, clean up the toilet".
I found later, from his thankful parents, that he'd waited 10 hours to go to the loo.
Nowadays, in our politically correct world, where ALL men, without exception, are paedophiles, the only solution would be to let him sit in his own mess.
Some posters here have mentioned a wish to avoid seating next to children, I can go along with that, a good idea. Much higher on my list of priorities would be the ability to choose to not have to sit next to a Politically Correct loser.
Regards,
Old Smokey (who loves grown up ladies)
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will be interesting to see if the policy changes or disappears altogether. If they do remove it (which i highly doubt) then they'll probably have the pro-policy protesters on their back then aswell. Like always, you just can't win. Must admit though, as i said, a little bit of tact by the F/A would've gone a long way, however we don't know the exact situation to be able to accurately comment on what they should have and should not have done.
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