Dealing with annoying people (passengers and one FA)

[EDUC8-or]

You can always see people who aren't used to flying, and the larger amount of them during the holidays. I always try to commute in my civvies so people don't ask silly questions.

Yesterday as I jumped off in KnoxVegas to do my walkaround a lady got in my face and screamed at me asking where her bag was. She left it sitting in the middle of the terminal in Philly and thought we would carry it on for her since it was a carry-on. I almost felt a little sorry for her until the FA said the lady hassled her during the entire flight.

I had a buddy in college who always took Greyhound and he would drool, make weird noises, and talk to himself during boarding. He always had a seat alone and everyone in his general vicinity would be really quiet and watch him. Maybe a little over the top for the airlines.

 

[BLing]

When I was nonreving on a PCL flight about 3 months ago, there was this gehttofabluous FA that freaked out on 3 passengers and myself. I was sitting in the back row right accross from the lav with my girlfriend. All of the sudden three women start to form a line by the lav. The door was locked, so assuming that the rampers that cleaned it the night before accidently locked it, I unlocked it. Man what a mistake! According to this FA she had locked it and had the right to keep pax out of the lav because this was "HER AIRPLANE." I never saw such a display of lack of professionalsim in my life. She freaked out on all the passgeners for being out of their seats. Then she freaked out on me for being a nonrev and disrespecting her on "HER AIRPLANE." That sista sure had quite the attitude with all of her fancy hand and neck movements along with her eye rolling. What a biatch! She even called the Captian and tried to turn the plane around to get me kicked off. Atleast all the passengers on board agreed to report this woman and to stick up for me. Because I have a life, I wont get into all of the details due to my lack of time I can give to this post, but it was one of the most horrific flights I had ever been on. I'll take the screaming babies over this physco!

 

[jbDC9]

Try schmoozing with the #1 FA, and see if you can get a seat in First. If the Captain is a Captain, then maybe they will get you a seat in First.

That's a good idea in theory, but really, when was the last time you saw empty seats in First Class? Not in a loooong time...

 

[a&p cfiguy]

I'd say go get a pair of those bose noise cancelling headsets. Not the one's for GA airplanes, but the ones they sell for passengers on airlines. They'll do two things - help cancel out all that noise everyone else is making, and let others know not to bug you! Just put those big headsets on, close your eyes and tune everyone out. Never tried them, but just a thought.