BA cabin crew threaten to poison pilots

[Rainboe]

I don't think newspaper articles are important. Peculiar cryptic messages from Shohraymefahlohtatedoh that are not understandable, treating the problem as a joke whilst hinting in the background some of this disgusting practice has occured, and is ongoing, is important. Rather than we all try and pretend numerous references to it by many, many cabin crew people to many other crew is all 'a joke' (some joke), perhaps we should look at how to stop it. Too many people over far too long have hinted and admitted it happens to try and pretend nobody was serious. The response appears to be 'the pilots should treat us better.....or else! Now let's shut up about this before the press gets hold of it!'.

It is a severe problem. From the comments I have heard on trips, I am of the opinion that often more than one person in a galley knows it is happening and goes along with it. So let's forget the origin of unimportant articles and go back to how to stop the problem, however cabin crew may feel they have been sleighted, insulted, treated badly or whatever?

[ChewyTheWookie]

You speak like this is a common problem and it happens every day. IT DOES NOT. I have never ever seen it happen or heard of it happening. Yes I have heard jokes made about it, yes I have made jokes about it myself but there is a big difference between saying and doing.

If I can work full time as cabin crew, doing on average 3 sectors a day for a major airliner and never see any evidence of tampering with pilots food then it is clearly not as big a problem as people are making out. I really do suggest that everyone stops overreacting about this.

If some people are gullible enough to believe everything that goes around on Galley FM then I have serious worries about them flying airliners.

[Karma-Air]

Yeah.....

Maybe you guys out there can enlighten me?

Is this stuff just paranoia? or what?


K-A

[Rainboe]

It's not paranoia when you are proudly told Bennie O, Toad of Toad Hall and Ron 'the Blade' (all from years ago) have been 'done', many times. When it comes up in conversation, occasionally over the years with assurances it has been done, but 'no names', up until just a few years ago, but then I decided I didn't want to socialise with such people. Sweep it under the carpet, but the problem doesn't go away. Maybe you are being naive in thinking because you have not indulged yourself, nobody else is, but there are a lot of spiteful people amongst the general good who quietly get on with it. They do it, and sometimes readily admit to such, but without names. I do not think I am being paranoid when it has been admitted in my hearing several times over the years. At room parties, a bit of gentle probing brings out the admissions. Maybe I am simple and too black and white, but I believe when people admit something there is robably a bit of truth in the rumour.

[Jumbo Driver]

I'm with Rainboe on this - I may even have been at the same room parties in years gone by!

It's a minority that is involved, of course, but it has happened. The classic characters he mentions unfortunately used to attract such treatment.




[Benny, Bunny, Bob, Robert, Godfrey - his name changed so often .... aaah, such nostalgia ... ]