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A list of "Why do they do that?" when you travel on the airlines...


Look at it this way... Do whatever it takes to get an oxygen mask on your face. Once you have done that, you can save every unconscious person on the aircraft.

What's the real deal, scoop on air turbulence???

Good question...

Reminds me of this one...

This is an absolutely TRUE STORY -- which makes me cringe even more.

A friend of mine was flying a Saab 340 into a hub airport. The airport was surrounded by a blob of nasty, nasty thunderstorms. The Captains of all of the other Saabs in the fleet, that were flying into the hub during the same inbound push, chose to hold and wait until the storms moved away from the airport.

My friend... Being young and bold, found a little corridor through the storms that he thought he could slip through and land on time at the airport. That 10 minutes shook the hell out of the airplane and resulted in some pretty wild maneuvers. Fortunately, he landed safely, and the landing was as smooth as glass.

The passengers, who only remembered that slick landing, thought they had the best pilot on the planet. When they saw that all of the other flights didn't make it in on time to make their connections, the passengers were sure that my buddy was the best pilot on Earth.

Later that evening, I'm at the bar with him and his first officer, and we are drinking heavily. My friend finally said to his first officer, "Do you realize how lucky we are to be alive?" The first officer said, "I still can't believe it. Let's NEVER do anything that stupid again."

They are both good people, and they never took a chance like that again. But all of those passengers probably still believe that their pilots took care of them and were the best.

Shit, I'm sorry I asked!

Ever see the flight attendants stand there and make suggestions while a person is trying to shove a bag that won't quite fit into the overhead bin?

Some flight attendants will shuffle the bags around a bit once they are in the bin.

Rarely, you'll see an FA actually help someone lift a bag or take it from the bin.

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Reason?

Most of the Flight Attendants are not covered by their Health Insurance with the airline, for any injuries incurred while handling baggage.