Passenger Do’s & Don’t's

Oh No He Didn’t. Oh Yes She Did!

Could a resurrected ‘Airline Ticket’ be the next revenue source for airlines?

July 31, 2010
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Fly right, or pay a fine!

By Martha Stewardess Enough with the discussion and complaints about airline fee’s. They’re here to stay. Let’s accept being “unbundled” and move forward. The *new* Airline Ticket – airline & flight attendant revenue I want to start issuing citations to passengers. We’ll call these citations “Airline Tickets” since airline bookings are now “ticketless”. This new form of “airline ticketing” has great potential, adding millions of dollars in revenues to all airlines, with the exception of Southwest. Southwest didn’t jump...

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Screaming Child Leaves Passenger “stone cold deaf”. Airline Sued.

July 23, 2010
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A woman claims she was left bleeding from the ears and deaf after a boy screamed on a Qantas flight

Screaming child lands Qantas in court after sending woman deaf By Peter Mitchell in Los Angeles, The Daily Telegraph It can be a traveller’s great fear – sitting near a screaming child on a passenger plane. US tourist Jean Barnard, who embarked on her dream holiday to Australia and New Zealand in January last year, alleges the trip became a nightmare when she boarded a Darwin-bound Qantas plane in Alice Springs, walked to her assigned seat and came face-to-face...

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Passenger Gripes “Paul DeStefano, who travels two or three times a week, has a couple of peeves. One is flatulence”~ USA Today

July 22, 2010
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The stress of traveling continues to climb as planes and airports keep getting more crowded and fliers are forced to deal with longer lines, more fees and rude passengers.

As flying gets more stressful, some passengers turn rude By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY When Mike Nugent flies, nothing annoys him more than settling into his seat, the plane taking off, and the passenger in front reclining into his lap. So he’s come up with a solution. “I put my knee right in the middle of the back of the seat,” Nugent, 66, says. “They think it’s broken. They try (to recline) two or three times, then they give...

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Passenger tries to open door on WestJet aircraft mid-flight

July 8, 2010
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"Where were you going Barbara? Needed some air? Having a hot flash?""

WINNIPEG — Passengers on a WestJet flight helped restrain a Newfoundland woman, 47, who tried to open the door of the aircraft in flight and threatened to jump out. Police said the woman was on a flight from Calgary to Halifax Tuesday afternoon and about an hour after takeoff, she got up out of her seat and said she wanted to leave. She reportedly tried to yank open an escape hatch before concerned passengers and cabin crew restrained her...

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‘Near-riot’ in the sky as delayed flyers miss World Cup semifinal

July 8, 2010
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Fans of Germany and Spain enjoy the atmosphere at the World Cup semifinal last night. But others did not make it to the game

Aircraft unable to land at Durban because of private planes clogging King Shaka airport Guradian.co.UK David Smith- African Correspondent A near-riot erupted on an aeroplane over South Africa as football fans rushed towards the cockpit to protest at missing last night’s World Cup semifinal between Germany and Spain, witnesses have claimed. The fans were among hundreds of angry ticket holders whose flights were delayed or turned back because Durban’s new King Shaka international airport was full. Some complained that...

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Bizarre Behavior by Funny Man Dave Chappelle Forces Private Jet to Make Emergency Landing

July 3, 2010
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Funny Man Dave Chappelle

From TMZ Dave Chappelle Deemed Safety Risk on board Private Jet A private jet carrying comedian Dave Chappelle made an emergency landing in Pittsburgh last night because the pilot couldn’t handle Chappelle’s erratic behavior, TMZ has learned. A source extremely familiar with the incident tells TMZ Chappelle boarded a private jet in New Jersey last night bound for Ohio — where the actor lives. During the flight, we’re told Dave “freaked out” and refused to put his seat belt on. Then —...

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Maggots Fall on Passengers, US Airways Jet Returns to Gate

June 30, 2010
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Maggots Fall on Passengers, US Airways Jet Returns to Gate

Maggots Fall From Overhead Compartment on US Airways Flight Airline Says Spoiled Meat in a Bag is to Blame Deidra Dukes Fox 5 News~ Atlanta, GA A U.S. Airways flight bound for New York City was forced to return to the gate in Atlanta on Monday after maggots fell from a bag inside an overhead luggage bin. The airline says spoiled meat in a suitcase is to blame for the mess. Passenger Dona Adamo told FOX 5 she was...

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Horrifying News From China: Making Cell Phone Calls During Flight Passes Safety Test and Awaits Approval

June 25, 2010
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From Sohu: Cnr.cn news, Beijing. According to the news reported by Voice of China “Peak Evening News” at 17:39 on June 24, Air China cabin service department vice-president Wang Xiaolun said, some passengers need to be constantly reminded by the flight attendant to turn off their cell phones before the plane takes off, this indicates people’s need of communicating with the outside world (when on a plane). Achieving communication via cellular phone in above 10,000 meters altitude will become an...

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Updated 06/25: Airline Passenger Arrested After Fight Over Carry-On Bag

June 24, 2010
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"Frontier, you've got some explaining (and damage control) to do!"

Authorities say a Frontier Airlines passenger has been arrested on suspicion of battery after fighting with a Los Angeles Airport Police officer who attempted to remove her from the flight after she refused to check an oversized carry-on bag. The officer suffered minor injuries in the incident Thursday. Los Angeles World Airports Police Sgt. Belinda Nettles says the passenger became irate when a flight attendant asked her to check her carry-on bag into the plane’s luggage compartment. Nettles says...

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“I turned and I looked, there she blows! This baby was coming! It was like, whoa!”, says American Airlines flight attendant Patricia Sund

June 19, 2010
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American Airlines Flight attendant Patricia Hund holds newborn

You guessed it, American Airlines again. Seriously, between landing planes and birthing babies, AA stews really deserve a new contract, which expired more than two years ago (see latest update further down). Baby Born On Flight From Haiti To Florida Miami (CBS)- Patricia Sund had never seen anything like it. “Another crew member said, ‘This woman’s going to have a baby!’ I was like, ‘Get out,’” said Sund. But instead, Patricia Sund got ready. As an American Airlines flight attendant...

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P’s and Q’s of Seat Backs, Elbow Room, and Knee Caps

June 16, 2010
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Yes, you paid for that seat 'rental', be a considerate neighbor.

With personal space at a premium, reclining seats isn’t always OK Ed Hewitt, IndependentTraveler.com We’ve all experienced it — mere moments after you fly over your car in the airport parking lot, the seat in front of you slams at full speed into full reclining position, bashing down against your knees. The passenger then rustles around to get comfortable, thumping against your knees again and again. Or you reach down between your feet to pull out your headache medicine,...

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A Few Bad Apples: Aeroflot Alcohol Ban Results in Fewer Drunken Incidents

June 2, 2010
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Russian Airline "Aeroflot" ticket office

Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot is citing a notable reduction in the number of on-board incidents fuelled by intoxication, after banning alcohol sales on specific flights. It has imposed the sales ban in the economy-class cabins. Aeroflot, which stopped distributing free alcoholic beverages in early 2006, started testing the tighter restriction on particular services in February. The carrier selected a number of long-haul flights for the trial, stating that these usually resulted in the highest proportion of passengers engaging in drunken...

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Texas Man Arrested For Hitting Delta Flight Attendant After Refusing Sexual Advances

May 24, 2010
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By Melissa Correa Velázquez, El Vocero – El Vocero de Puerto Rico (Note: The original article was published in Spanish, and translated for this post.) May 24, 2010 Federal authorities arrested a man, who aboard a Delta Airlines flight assaulted a flight attendant after she refused to have sex in the bathroom of the aircraft. Anthony David Watson, 38, a resident of Texas, was traveling on Flight 424 of the Delta Airlines to Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Karen...

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In The News: More Passengers Behaving Badly, Two Separate Incidents

May 24, 2010
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Delta Airlines now hiring!

N.J. Man is Charged With Sex Assault on Passenger on Continental flight from Hong Kong to Newark Joe Ryan/Star Ledger May 24, 2010 NEWARK- A Berkeley Heights man was charged in federal court in Newark today with sexually assaulting a woman who fell asleep in the seat beside him aboard a flight from Hong Kong to New Jersey, authorities said. Ramesh Advani, 63, was arrested by the FBI after the overnight Continental Airlines flight landed at Newark Liberty International...

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Airplane Lavatory Aptitude Test, Multiple Choice

April 24, 2010
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E. Flush it down the toilet?

by Martha Stewardess After using the facilities on board a commercial aircraft, it seems disposal of the paper hand towel continues to be both challenging and confusing for many travelers. Below are photos of the six main components of a typical airline lavatory (or restroom), a pic of an outstretched hand of an ever so eager flight attendant (who happens to be eating lunch in the adjacent galley), and a picture of an open window. This is the scenario....

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Man Threatens to Down Qantas Jet with Mind Power

April 7, 2010
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Superjumbo A380's grounded at least three more days.

ABC News – Australia 04/06/10 Singapore police are questioning a man who threatened to bring down a Qantas flight from Sydney to Singapore. The man was restrained by flight stewards after he made threats to disrupt QF31 using mind power. According to ABC reporter Nick Luchinelli, who was onboard the flight, it seemed the middle-aged man was either under the influence of drugs or alcohol or both. He was suffering some sort of delusion and people sitting close to...

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Mother and Daughter Attempt to Smuggle Corpse on Flight

April 6, 2010
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Accused: Gitta Jarant (left) and Anke Anusic were arrested on suspicion of failing to report a death Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263886/Two-women-caught-trying-smuggle-dead-relative-plane-Liverpool-airport

By Jaya Narain, UK Daily Mail 04/06/10 Tucked up in his wheelchair wearing a large pair of sunglasses, the elderly traveller might have looked like he was simply catching a nap as he waited for his flight. But something didn’t seem quite right. As his family tried to check in, airport staff became suspicious – and to their horror, they discovered that the 91-year-old was dead. Now Willi Jarant’s wife and step-daughter have been arrested over the bizarre episode that has...

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Travel: Adventures in Award-Winning Weirdness

March 30, 2010
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Dotty Awards are given to those entertaining people who pack their bags for distant adventures yet somehow seem to leave their common sense sitting on the kitchen counter.

Some folks, it seems, are just fools for travel… Rob Lovitt Travel Writer, MSNBC Contributor It’s that time of year again — time to celebrate baseball, cherry blossoms and, on this page at least, the boneheaded moves and buffoonish behavior of our fellow travelers. That’s right — it’s time for another round of Dotty Awards, the annual honorifics given to those entertaining people who pack their bags for distant adventures yet somehow seem to leave their common sense sitting...

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Flight attendants: We don’t like checked-bag fees, either

March 22, 2010
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"but they let me carry it on my last flight"

from ‘USA Today in the sky blog’ and AFA-CWA 22Mar2010 Fed up with airline fees for checked bags? You’re not alone. Many of the nation’s flight attendants say they feel your pain – literally. More than 80% ofattendants claim that they’ve sustained injuries from helping to handle passengers’ carry-ons. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) is using that data – which it says comes from a representative sample survey of its 50,000 members – to press Congress to set...

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Daddy Can’t Fly, Parents Who Shouldn’t be Allowed on a Plane

March 22, 2010
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"This is what I think of your travel etiquette BS!"

By Christopher Elliot, Travel columnist msnbc.com contributor During a recent 2 1/2-hour flight from Portland, Maine, to Charlotte, N.C., Tom Meador heard nothing but crying. “The baby in the back row screamed bloody murder,” he remembers. “Its mother did everything she could think of to quiet the baby. She actually was dripping with sweat because you could tell she worried about what it was doing to the other passengers. I think she had reason to worry, too, because there...

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Five Rules for Being a Good Airline Passenger

March 22, 2010
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“Five Rules for Being a Good Airline Passenger”, by Paul Eisenberg featured on FOXnews.com Flight attendants dish the dirt on what drives them crazy. If you were the world’s most frequent flier you’d likely encounter hundreds of flight attendants over the course of a year. Now consider that the average flight attendant encounters hundreds of passengers over the course of a day. Statistically that doesn’t prove much of anything. But if your job put you in contact with thousands of people...

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Palm Beach Airport Officials Complain of Passengers Stinky Feet

March 11, 2010
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Going through security stinks!

WEST PALM BEACH — There are a lot of stinky feet walking through the security checkpoints at Palm Beach International Airport. So many, in fact, that the county airport managers are considering replacing the carpet. County Airports Director Bruce Pelly told an advisory board Wednesday that security officials “are complaining of odor.” “They just want the carpeting changed,” said Casandra Davis, airport spokeswoman. Airport managers are working on plans to replace much of the carpet and tile in the terminal,...

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Man Unhappy, Airline Crew Refused to Examine Ball-Sack

March 7, 2010
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(photo unrelated to article. Just a happy guy showin off his ballsack)

Man Sues Airline for not Looking at His Scrotum By JEAN-PHILIPPE ARCAND, QMI Agency (Toronto Sun) MONTREAL - A Westmount resident’s lawsuit against Air Transat, for failure to provide him with appropriated medical attention during a flight, was dismissed in small claims court this past Tuesday. His illness? Sudden and mysterious bleeding in the area between his legs. The curious incident occurred February 15, 2008 during a flight from Montreal to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Marcel Cote was comfortably seated in business...

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The Subject “Airline Recycling” Revisited

March 3, 2010
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reuse reduce recycle

CNN — 03/03/2010  Mark Ashley watches with a weary eye whenever flight attendants walk up and down the aisles of a plane to collect the trash on his flights. Items that he would normally separate for recycling at his home and office are often dumped into a single bag on planes. So copious amounts of empty soda cans, plastic bottles and cups, as well as discarded newspapers — all of which could be salvaged — probably end up as...

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In-flight Recycling, Please Do Whatever You Can

February 25, 2010
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It's all we've got

Airline Companies, please do more Delta, Virgin, Southwest Top Airline Recycling Report Card Although the U.S. airline industry generates more than 880 million tons of waste annually, only a small percentage is recycled, according to a new report. Delta, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and Southwest topped the ranking, while United and US Airways received the worst grades, according to the recycling report card. The report, “What Goes Up Must Go Down: The Sorry State of Recycling in the Airline Industry”...

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Inflight Suppositories and First Class Face Peel

February 22, 2010
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First Class light show face peel

Flying yesterday DEN-MIA, I worked the first class cabin. We had an elderly (and rather lively) couple seated in 1C&D. Early on I noticed the unmistakable foil packaging (3-pack) of suppositories placed on the armrest console between the seats.  I don’t know why, but I do notice these things.           Odd, that they’d be left out like that, right next to the ramekin of cocktail nuts. Maybe as a reminder? I wanted to ask, but some things are better left alone. You know what I mean? I continued...

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Stinky Flyer and All That Jazz

February 17, 2010
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Air Canada 'Jazz' Passengers Line Up For Boarding

Smelly Passenger Removed From Plane, CBC News          Wednesday, February 17, 2010         An American who hoped to travel on a flight from Charlottetown to Montreal earlier this month was removed from the plane because he smelled.     ‘The safety and comfort of our passengers are certainly our top priorities.’— Manon Stuart, Air Canada Jazz             The Air Canada Jazz flight was waiting for takeoff when some passengers complained about the odour. Efforts were made to isolate the man from other passengers, but...

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Take a Number, Avoid a Line

February 8, 2010
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angrycrowd

Prior to arriving at the airport, be sure to have the airline’s toll free reservation number entered into your mobile phone ‘contacts’ list.  Or dial in the number and push “call”, ending it as soon as the call is engaged.  The number will then be registered on your call history, and at your fingertips, should your flight be delayed or canceled.   At the first sign of a problem with your flight, do not waste a hot second looking for a line to stand in.  Instead, simply push “call” and get queued in to speak with an airline...

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Keys to a New Lexus, or Wet Used Kleenex?

February 2, 2010
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In-flight Protection

 Just what are you handing me?  On all flights, passengers aggressively try handing over a wide range of items they no longer wish to keep at their seats.   These hand-outs will frequently pop out at us when we least expect them, while at the gate, during boarding, taxi out, and any time between take off and landing.    Please understand, I am not always prepared to receive a fully loaded diaper, overly ripe half eaten banana, used chewing gum, dentures, or a barf bag full of the previous nights partially digested Kung Pao Chicken.  At that particular moment, I may...

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Always Wear Shoes When Standing in Pee

January 30, 2010
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Turbulence happens!

Newsflash…..  airplane bathrooms are disgusting.  Would you wear only your socks when ”dropping the kids off at the pool“, let’s say in a public bathroom at Grand Central Station?  I don’t think so.  Why on earth do flyer’s think it’s okay to wear only socks, or naked feet, when using airplane lavatories?   That’s disgusting.  Nuff said. (Oh, it’s been brought to my attention that some readers are not familiar with the term “dropping the kids off at the pool”.  Means the same as, “pinching off a loaf”, “poppin a squat’, “dropping off a piping...

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