How to deal with Fearful Flyers?
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:46 pm
Is there any instruction on that. You know, those people that bend the armrests, that get hysterical, that pray all the Bible psalms back and forth?
Pipe
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Salmons ? you can pray them ? I always put them on my Sushi. Can you tell me the page of the bible where I can find them ? Would save me a lot of money ...Is there any instruction on that. You know, those people that bend the armrests, that get hysterical, that pray all the Bible salmons back and forth?
Pipe
I see you have too much time in your hands, Mister.Salmons ? you can pray them ? I always put them on my Sushi. Can you tell me the page of the bible where I can find them ? Would save me a lot of money ...Is there any instruction on that. You know, those people that bend the armrests, that get hysterical, that pray all the Bible psalms back and forth?
Pipe
lol!The whole thing about salmon reminded me of an exchange between me and a fellow pilot at the crew room at JFK a few weeks back. He was eating lunch and I could tell it was fish, but I wasn't sure what kind. So I asked him. "Breaded" was the reply.
I know what they do, they give a second or third drink to calm them down.Is there any instruction on that. You know, those people that bend the armrests, that get hysterical, that pray all the Bible psalms back and forth?
Pipe
I prefer the somewhat less sensitive "Get the f*** over yourself, you pansy!"We actually had no so called "instructions" what to do with them. So I had my own method and it usually worked. Here it is:
Sumisid: "Are you a fearful flyer? Can I help you?"
PAX: "Yeah, let me outta here..."
Sumisid: "Well, that's a bit difficult right now..."
PAX: "I know we will crash!"
Sumisid: "Aha, you think you're THAT important?"
It usually took about 3 seconds until the passenger realized what I just said...
PAX: "What do you mean?"
Sumisid: "What do you think, how many hours do I spend in the air in a month?"
PAX: "Don't know..."
Sumisid: "It's something between 70 and 80 hours in the air!"
PAX: "Oh, and how long have you been doing this job?"
Sumisid: "3 years!"
PAX: "How many incidents or accidents did you have during that time?"
Sumisid: "None! And that's exactly what I mean. I spend 80 hours per month in that cabin flying all over the world for 3 years now without any problem and you think that plane is going to crash just because you are sitting in it? How often are you flying? Once a year?"
PAX: "Yeah, I think you're right, it's probably ridiculous!"
I have to totally agree with you on this one, Pipe. It's a difficult job, and people (pax) aren't getting better. In the time when not everybody could afford to fly, passengers were more cultivated. Nowadays when flying is so cheap, that even everybody and his dog can fly, I wouldn't want to be F/A.Thanks for your answer, Moni!
I guess you have to be half time nanny, half time shrink to get through the job. I cultivate the utmost respect for F/A´s.
Pipe
Love it!!pax to F.A. ' "Miss, how often do planes of this type crash?"
F.A. to pax "Only once, sir"
TDU
Which brings up the question why G&Ts in planes almost always consist of 87,6% Gin, 9% icecubes and 3,4% tonic>
Katie prefers to have her feet on the ground, but the flight from Crete back to Luxembourg the F/A gave her a Gin Tonic, this one was almost only Gin and a tiny little bit of Tonic.
Because the cups are too small to put more tonic in, I guess?Which brings up the question why G&Ts in planes almost always consist of 87,6% Gin, 9% icecubes and 3,4% tonic>
Katie prefers to have her feet on the ground, but the flight from Crete back to Luxembourg the F/A gave her a Gin Tonic, this one was almost only Gin and a tiny little bit of Tonic.