Friendly Skies
by Ruby Hawk on May 28, 2008 with 10 Comments
The airlines are getting ruder every day and the traveling public is no picnic either.
A man flying on a “buddy pass’ on Jet Blue Airways alleges he was forced by the pilot to go stay in the rest room when an attendant grew tired of sitting in the jump seat. Anita Creamer said,” If that’s the way they are treating their customers, we’ll all soon be frog marched down the aisle to assigned seats in the toilet, and we’ll have to pay an extra fee for that, too. I hear from fed-up airline employees that dealing with rudeness of the traveling public is no picnic either. For example, it’s become more routine than we’d like to think for passengers to hand dirty diapers to an attendant during mid-flight drink service, after having changed their babies diapers at their seat. How gross is that?
Some people berate ticket personal, let their children wander the aisles unattended, and try to cram overloaded luggage into overhead bins. Tough for us. When we board an airline we must abide with rude passengers who if we are lucky have their persons half way covered. Airlines who over charge us, pack us in seats, and charge us for snacks that used to be free.
The California Assembly recently passed an airline passenger bill of rights measure. The bill of rights would require airlines to provide basic amenities like drinking water, clean rest rooms, and snacks to passengers held up on the runway for three hours or more. You would think the airlines would want good relations with their passengers without being forced by law.
Many years ago flying was thought to be glamorous and a privilege. People dressed up and flight attendants were polite and attentive. Now you are lucky if the passenger next to you doesn’t do anything too gross and the attendant doesn’t treat you like a dumbbell.
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Rachel | May 28, 2008 | Reply
Oh dear, I suppose with so many airlines, you would think that competition will make the service better not worse!
Passengers have to be considerate as well. It’s a vicious cycle that someone has to break.
deepbluesea | May 28, 2008 | Reply
How about the charges they are adding for baggage? Things are really getting out of control! Nice article!
nobert soloria bermosa | May 28, 2008 | Reply
thanks for this informative article Ruby..
Mark Gordon Brown | May 28, 2008 | Reply
Airlines are getting worse you have to pay for more stuff that used to be included in the fair.. PLUS the fairs are higher.. now this??
Ruby Hawk | May 29, 2008 | Reply
With gas being so high and airlines expensive and rude maybe we should take to trains. Thank you all for your comments and your support.
tina | May 30, 2008 | Reply
I would take a train if we had one. I love comfortable train seats and watching the scenery passing by.
IcyCucky | May 31, 2008 | Reply
What wonderful take on this issue, Ruby!
Lucy Lockett | May 31, 2008 | Reply
Everyone is in such a hurry to get to where they are going, to do what they have to do and at the end of the day if we all took the time to be pleasant to the person standing next to us, the world would be a better place! Nice article!
PR Mace | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
Your hit the nail in the head. My husband and I fly to Disney World often and we see this with each flight.
Ruby Hawk | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
Thanks again everyone.I guess it can only get worse and not much we can do about it except stay at home.That would teach them.
Mingo | Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
If you don’t like it walk or stay at home.