This Week in the Cabin

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Say hello to my weekly news round-up, brought to you by the crazy people who fly, flight attendant’s who probably shouldn’t be, and the twilight zone, because we all know even if things are going smoothly, crazy things do happen!

This Week in the Cabin two flight attendants in Rochester, NY got into in argument which eventually canceled their flight. A Delta Connection flight from Rochester to Atlanta, operated by Pinnacle Airlines, returned to the gate after push back when a passenger became ill. It’s unclear what prompted the fight but passengers alleged that the fight became physical, and thats when the Captain ordered everyone off the aircraft. Hopefully the more junior FA learned her lesson: not to try and take out the more senior FAs to gain seniority, in front of their passengers.

Arguments weren’t the only thing getting heated this week, just ask British Airways. Two separate reports surfaced surrounding the airlines Flight Attendants in promiscuous situations. First, pictures hit the media of flight attendants “having fun” on board the aircraft, but “fun” means taking their clothes off. Supposedly these pictures were taken to send to friends as jokes, but they were recently found on a hardcore porn website. BA is said to have launched an investigation into the photos. It seems one FA went a little bit further than just photos in India. Indian authorities claim that Shiv Myra Dwivedi, a self-styled “holy man,” ran a brothel from his temple in south Delhi, providing up to 200 prostitutes to clients in luxury hotels. He was recently arrested, along with six prostitutes, and you guessed it; one of them was a BA flight attendant. All of this comes at a time where BA and its Flight Attendants are hashing out contract negotiations. I think the Flight Attendant’s succeeded in making the point that they can’t afford to live on their salaries and are only getting by with the clothes on their back as they look to make money else where. Well, in some cases, their clothes are on the floor. Great job on trying to break that stereotype that we’re all “air mattresses.”

And in the realm of nutty news, Juliane Braren boarded a Mexicana flight back to Calgary last month, and asked the flight crew to not serve the on board snacks to passengers because she has a peanut allergy. The flight crew was unable to change the snack, and asked Braren to take another flight. She then, went nuts, saying:

“It makes me very angry — very, very angry,” she said. “It actually hurts me. It hurts me that people could be so insensitive and just not care about other people.”

I disagree, I think the flight crew DID care about other people.. the other 100 people on the plane. I wonder if she took into consideration the other passengers, who would have been without a snack because of her? Anyway, arrangements were made for Braren to return to Canada, with proper snacks on board for her safe return home. And a note to the traveling public: No airline can guarantee a nut free environment. Even if the airline doesn’t serve them, other passengers might bring their own board to eat. The Flight Attendants can request that no one eats nuts, but can’t exactly enforce it. If you have an allergy, be sure to bring your medication with you.

And on that note, that wraps up what happened in the cabin (and in the bedroom) for this week.

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