Inappropriate Pax Comments
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bloke -
Where have you been flying? All I have done is SYD-OOL and SYD-MCY and the pax have been lovely. I have had a handfull of very scary people who shouldn't be out in public on their own. But the bulk of pax have been lovely. I don't think I have had a complaint yet!
I have had terrible dramas with GateGourmet and their hideous staff and two run ins with a nasty Turn Around Co-ordinator at OOL.
But the pax have been much nicer than Qantas pax. No complaints and all smiles. Not one complaint about seating.
Also I am loving our reduced workload down the back with the new service. It is like being on a holiday!
I was laughing with the girl who was OWA today about just how little we did!
Where have you been flying? All I have done is SYD-OOL and SYD-MCY and the pax have been lovely. I have had a handfull of very scary people who shouldn't be out in public on their own. But the bulk of pax have been lovely. I don't think I have had a complaint yet!
I have had terrible dramas with GateGourmet and their hideous staff and two run ins with a nasty Turn Around Co-ordinator at OOL.
But the pax have been much nicer than Qantas pax. No complaints and all smiles. Not one complaint about seating.
Also I am loving our reduced workload down the back with the new service. It is like being on a holiday!
I was laughing with the girl who was OWA today about just how little we did!
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Do you know if QF staff run the turnarounds in OOL, or have they outsourced to a different company? I believe there is a company at OOL called Oceanic aviation or something, they run OOL ground staff for Freedom Air and Virgin Blue - do you use them?
Do you know if QF staff run the turnarounds in OOL, or have they outsourced to a different company? I believe there is a company at OOL called Oceanic aviation or something, they run OOL ground staff for Freedom Air and Virgin Blue - do you use them?
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I don't know it is different in every port. Most places check in and customer srvice staff are Jetstar employees. I think the Turn Around Co ordinators are too.
Then main ports have Express Ground Handling (another QF company) for ramp operations. Gold Coast, Launceston and Hobart are all QF Staff although I heard they are contractors to QF. I thought they were QF employess though. How knows?
The Qantas Group is just one HUGE mess of shelf companies, subsideries, accounting divisions and contractors!
Then main ports have Express Ground Handling (another QF company) for ramp operations. Gold Coast, Launceston and Hobart are all QF Staff although I heard they are contractors to QF. I thought they were QF employess though. How knows?
The Qantas Group is just one HUGE mess of shelf companies, subsideries, accounting divisions and contractors!
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SINALA....thanks for that!! What colour undies do you want????
Ditzy...my flying has been mostly ex Tassie....maybe that explains it!! In all fairness there have been lots and lots of great pax and only a handful of the 'don't come backs!!', guess its just too easy to focus on the bad ones huh??
As for the workload, yes the service itself is very easy however I have been more busy than ever constantly trying to sort out the galley messes and all the paperwork we do now!!!
I too have had plenty of 'run ins' with staff, for me more the ground staff than GG. I have found GG to be very helpful(well in MEL they are, not in SYD!).
Wish we could get through a day with the PODs working! I'm sure things will get better...........
Anyway, you kinda had to be there but a guy I used to fly with(very very camp!!) had a really nice ring on one of his fingers. As he was mincing(his words) through the cabin a male pax said to him 'nice ring'. Without any hesitation he immediately put his hand on his backside and said 'ool, have I got a hole in my pants?' then just walked off!!
Well I thought it was funny anyway.....
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Ditzy...my flying has been mostly ex Tassie....maybe that explains it!! In all fairness there have been lots and lots of great pax and only a handful of the 'don't come backs!!', guess its just too easy to focus on the bad ones huh??
As for the workload, yes the service itself is very easy however I have been more busy than ever constantly trying to sort out the galley messes and all the paperwork we do now!!!
I too have had plenty of 'run ins' with staff, for me more the ground staff than GG. I have found GG to be very helpful(well in MEL they are, not in SYD!).
Wish we could get through a day with the PODs working! I'm sure things will get better...........
Anyway, you kinda had to be there but a guy I used to fly with(very very camp!!) had a really nice ring on one of his fingers. As he was mincing(his words) through the cabin a male pax said to him 'nice ring'. Without any hesitation he immediately put his hand on his backside and said 'ool, have I got a hole in my pants?' then just walked off!!
Well I thought it was funny anyway.....
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I agree that you do have to "put the pax down" when they start being personal. I remember a friday evening prg, we had a stag party of at least 45 pax being difficult, i was being accused of looking at their crotches as we had turbulence. When it came to the final cabin secure one very ugly man decided to expose himself to me and ask me if i wanted to suck it.........i had been on duty for 10 hours by now.........as he was ugly i replied......suck on what........ive seen bigger sausages on my crew meal........result.. 1 embarressed pax and 44 mates of his with ammunition for their whole stay.
I also get the feeling that we are considered as being something that the pax have stepped in and also enjoy being poked when my attention is required
One other thing, there were a couple that had they offered me a go i would have accepted.
I also get the feeling that we are considered as being something that the pax have stepped in and also enjoy being poked when my attention is required
One other thing, there were a couple that had they offered me a go i would have accepted.
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I couldnt find anywhere more appropriate for these comments - so decided to add them to this post.
A few years ago, I was working as a Travel Agent and was on an educational in Malaysia - we were seated at dinner at a very swish 5 star hotel when suddenly our tour guide announced that we had been asked to leave the hotel - much to our dismay! - It seems that the hotel staff were a little disgusted by our dinner conversation. - We had been discussing how Asian clients pronounce Qantas - the often pronounce the QA as Cu - say it out loud - Ill leave it up to you. - Imagine the amusement when they come in and ask - "How much to Bangkok with Qantas?"
At this particular time, Qantas had a number of wholsale airfares on sale - the rule reference for these fares were the CltHol the SltHol and the Tithol - as you can imagine a large group of Travel Agents - with too much alcohol in their system imitating asians asking for a "Clthol airfare to Bangkok with Qantas" etc was kinda funny and very offensive.
Another fun game I have played at work was when employed in Airlines Reservations we used to answer the phones between 2 and 6 am by saying, "F*&k for calling _________, how may I help you" - not once did anyone realise that we had not said "Thank you".
The earlier comment about saying 'bananas' when pax were not looking - we once spent an entire shift at checkin asking pax if the following, "Do you have any sharp or pointy objects in yur carry-on luggage, for example, nail files, scissors, cabbages?
The number of people that just said "no" or "Ive got an apple" was hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you've found these as amusing as what we did at the time!
A few years ago, I was working as a Travel Agent and was on an educational in Malaysia - we were seated at dinner at a very swish 5 star hotel when suddenly our tour guide announced that we had been asked to leave the hotel - much to our dismay! - It seems that the hotel staff were a little disgusted by our dinner conversation. - We had been discussing how Asian clients pronounce Qantas - the often pronounce the QA as Cu - say it out loud - Ill leave it up to you. - Imagine the amusement when they come in and ask - "How much to Bangkok with Qantas?"
At this particular time, Qantas had a number of wholsale airfares on sale - the rule reference for these fares were the CltHol the SltHol and the Tithol - as you can imagine a large group of Travel Agents - with too much alcohol in their system imitating asians asking for a "Clthol airfare to Bangkok with Qantas" etc was kinda funny and very offensive.
Another fun game I have played at work was when employed in Airlines Reservations we used to answer the phones between 2 and 6 am by saying, "F*&k for calling _________, how may I help you" - not once did anyone realise that we had not said "Thank you".
The earlier comment about saying 'bananas' when pax were not looking - we once spent an entire shift at checkin asking pax if the following, "Do you have any sharp or pointy objects in yur carry-on luggage, for example, nail files, scissors, cabbages?
The number of people that just said "no" or "Ive got an apple" was hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you've found these as amusing as what we did at the time!
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Next time a pax clicks their fingers at you, maybe offer them a tissue and when they looked bemused at you, just tell them that if every passenger flicked their bogeys around the cabin the cleaners would have a really tough job, so please use the tissue.
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Not really inappropriate pax comments, but had no where else to put it....
2 pax got on board (1 male 1 female, both probably late 20's). Male gets on first wearing EVERYTHING Louis Vuitton, and Aviator sunnies (not forgetting this is a 0830 flight). Ask for boarding pass, get glared at (I think, could not tell thru the sunnies, but could tell by the shape the lips made) as if I had asked him to show me his willy. Thrust it in my face and kept walking. Chick got on board, exact same scenario (minus aviator sunnies, plus D & G sunnies). She walked down the aisle and I looked at both of them, just to see his tag poking out of his shirt. Quickly walked down and mentioned that he had his tag poking out, just to see it was a Target Bonds shirt tag!!!
Louis Vuitton Bag x 2 - $50 (fake from thailand)
Louis Vuitton Thongs - $10 (fake from thailand)
Aviator/Gucci Sunnies - $20 (fake from Bali)
Getting caught out for the cheap arse label queen that you really are - PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!
We found it funny anyway
2 pax got on board (1 male 1 female, both probably late 20's). Male gets on first wearing EVERYTHING Louis Vuitton, and Aviator sunnies (not forgetting this is a 0830 flight). Ask for boarding pass, get glared at (I think, could not tell thru the sunnies, but could tell by the shape the lips made) as if I had asked him to show me his willy. Thrust it in my face and kept walking. Chick got on board, exact same scenario (minus aviator sunnies, plus D & G sunnies). She walked down the aisle and I looked at both of them, just to see his tag poking out of his shirt. Quickly walked down and mentioned that he had his tag poking out, just to see it was a Target Bonds shirt tag!!!
Louis Vuitton Bag x 2 - $50 (fake from thailand)
Louis Vuitton Thongs - $10 (fake from thailand)
Aviator/Gucci Sunnies - $20 (fake from Bali)
Getting caught out for the cheap arse label queen that you really are - PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!
We found it funny anyway
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Anticipation...
Hey Sinala,
Can't wait for the comments to start when this Calendar thing takes-off next year...
Quoth the Raven...
Once had a slightly, less than intelligent, NRL team on a flight to SYD one evening. During the service one of the "brighter" one's sparked-up and asked me, "So, is it true about all you male FA's?".
I replied "Absolutely! Now,what are you talking about?"
He sat perplexed for a moment, then spat it out and said, "You know, that ya's are all battin' for the other team!"
I briefly looked over he and his enterage and said, "Mate, you are spending the next couple of weeks showering in a locker room with a dozen or so blokes... ... and I work with over 1000 of the best looking girls in the country! Now you tell me who's battin' for which team?"
The rest of the team were in stiches but old-mate just didn't see the funny side of it.
Hmmm, maybe I hit a nerve?
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Can't wait for the comments to start when this Calendar thing takes-off next year...
Quoth the Raven...
Once had a slightly, less than intelligent, NRL team on a flight to SYD one evening. During the service one of the "brighter" one's sparked-up and asked me, "So, is it true about all you male FA's?".
I replied "Absolutely! Now,what are you talking about?"
He sat perplexed for a moment, then spat it out and said, "You know, that ya's are all battin' for the other team!"
I briefly looked over he and his enterage and said, "Mate, you are spending the next couple of weeks showering in a locker room with a dozen or so blokes... ... and I work with over 1000 of the best looking girls in the country! Now you tell me who's battin' for which team?"
The rest of the team were in stiches but old-mate just didn't see the funny side of it.
Hmmm, maybe I hit a nerve?
Love my Job!
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Ah yes that infamous question - "isnt it true that ALL male flight attendants are gay?"
My response usually is something to the effect of "well to be completely honest I have no way of answering your question - for me to answer on behalf of every male flight attendant in the world would be somewhat arrogant and naive don't you think?"
One chick was chatting with me telling me how she had just come from the army, and asked me if I was gay, adding that she "had a theory regarding male flight attendants". I wanted to say "yeah well sweet cheeks I got a theory about chicks in the army" but my better judgement told me not to......
My response usually is something to the effect of "well to be completely honest I have no way of answering your question - for me to answer on behalf of every male flight attendant in the world would be somewhat arrogant and naive don't you think?"
One chick was chatting with me telling me how she had just come from the army, and asked me if I was gay, adding that she "had a theory regarding male flight attendants". I wanted to say "yeah well sweet cheeks I got a theory about chicks in the army" but my better judgement told me not to......
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From a pax point of view - on Sunday night I was waiting for an aircraft tha was 90 minutes late. Finally got to the point of boarding the aircraft when the ramp agent (female) started asking people to hand of their hand baggage as the aircraft was full and there wouldn't be space for it all. The first half dozen pax all had high level FF cards that allowed them to take those particular pieces of handbaggage on board. She gave one guy a particularly hard time, but he bit back as well. This time the shoe was on the other foot (pax had the upper hand), but had her laughing when he said:
"Look, we're an hour and a half late and now you're telling me I can't bring my hand luggage on board? At this time of day I'm usually arguing with my wife but because you guys have made me an hour and a half late and I'm missing my daily row, I have to have it with you!"
There were a few guffaws from the assembled pax as well, so it all ended amicably (with Mr. pax taking his carry-on on board)
"Look, we're an hour and a half late and now you're telling me I can't bring my hand luggage on board? At this time of day I'm usually arguing with my wife but because you guys have made me an hour and a half late and I'm missing my daily row, I have to have it with you!"
There were a few guffaws from the assembled pax as well, so it all ended amicably (with Mr. pax taking his carry-on on board)
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Cheeky answers to paxs comments! (2003)
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Sixmilehigh, I LOVE that bananas thing!
It reminds me of a purser I flew with the other day. We were working in club, and there was this dude who thought he ruled the world. He made us get all the beers out and read the lable on everyone, clicked his fingers at us, the lot. So me and the purser were laughing about him, and she goes watch this! SO she went out with some coffee and goes "Some coffee for you piggy?" He turned around and goes "Oh yes please!" with a big smile on his face, then she cleared in his tray and goes "Could I take your tray for you piggy?" And again he was like oooh, yes with a big smile on his face, and through the whole flight she kept calling him piggy. Oh my god it was HILLARIOUS!!!! He had NO IDEA that she was saying piggy!
It reminds me of a purser I flew with the other day. We were working in club, and there was this dude who thought he ruled the world. He made us get all the beers out and read the lable on everyone, clicked his fingers at us, the lot. So me and the purser were laughing about him, and she goes watch this! SO she went out with some coffee and goes "Some coffee for you piggy?" He turned around and goes "Oh yes please!" with a big smile on his face, then she cleared in his tray and goes "Could I take your tray for you piggy?" And again he was like oooh, yes with a big smile on his face, and through the whole flight she kept calling him piggy. Oh my god it was HILLARIOUS!!!! He had NO IDEA that she was saying piggy!
