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On my first trip to Bermuda, circa 1958, I turned up for breakfast at the hotel - Belmont Manor ? - and asked to be seated. "Are you a guest or BOAC" I was asked. Upon confirming the latter I was ushered into a side room where others of my crew were seated out of sight !

Clearly our table manners weren't suitable to be seen by regular guests, largely of USA persuasion ( maybe we held our knives and forks in the correct hands ? )

Clearly our table manners weren't suitable to be seen by regular guests, largely of USA persuasion ( maybe we held our knives and forks in the correct hands ?


Who needs knives and forks when they are with friends? :)

Best guess, so far.

My father's favorite story from 31 years at NWA: a friend of his was a relatively new flight engineer in the late sixties, walking up the aisle to the cockpit to get the plane ready to board. Two flight attendants stood in the forward galley.

He said, "Hi, I'm Mike, your flight engineer."

They just stared at him.

He said, "Well, f*ck you then, I got enough friends....." and kept walking.

I thought it was common practice not to crew partners/spouses together?

See 121.533(e) and the relevant EPI's and SAI's.

In my experience it was exactly the opposite, also saves on a room charge!

If only airlines would offload the CC prior to boarding.......

PS: speaking as PAX here.

Rumor is a cat fight in the back.

Cappt: "Rumor is a cat fight in the back. "

That fits what little is known. The captain diverts "telling ATC he wanted to hear from his flight attendants". That's leadership- understated, detached. He's not directly involved. He's doing his job.

Then three cabin crew were sent off due to "bad behaviour". One is an individual meltdown. Two is some kind of dispute. Three is a triangle.

Then the airline presser states "We expect our flight crew to be nothing but courteous and professional at all times and what you experienced was far from that." The slf are far more likely to "experience" problems between members of the cabin crew than between the cabin crew and flight deck.

It fits neatly with the catfight scenario.

Fair enough, lets assume it was a cat fight in the rear galley. I can "sort of" understand the actions of the commander in this case, as it was:
- a domestic flight in the US
- on a US airline
- with US citizens as flight/cabin crew
My point is this:
If I had a cat fight in my rear galley, I don't drop down to land at the nearest suitable airport. I dont have the luxury of a vast swath of domestic airspace! I will be creating insurmountable problems.

or a piece of advice I was given years ago, "Treat with respect, those who have the capacity to wipe your steak dinner around the toilet bowl" - it's served me well!!

Arguing over who would be spending the night with the Captain, obviously.:E

That's the story as it came to me.
If the opportunity arises, I'll recheck.

After all the negative stuff, let's remember the great trips.
I took my BiL along once and he thought it was great. It WAS one of the best crews I've flown with; the fact that the FO was engaged to the Chief DID help.
It was also the only trip on which I've used a video camera. Our young ladies laid on an 'incriminating scene' and I recollect telling BiL that I had full editorial control so he'd better be nice to me.

I took the same guy in the TriStar sim and he said it was the best Atari game he'd ever played.

He now thinks we all have a fun, easy job :rolleyes: