whirledtraveler

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Flight Attendants can demand passports now?

OrlandoFlyer

Got to love the way the FAs fall back on "agressive behaviour" as an excuse. That's a great line to cover themselves.

Just because our guests from overseas do not behave the same way as people in this country do (TG) our guests are picked on yet again. Shame on the FAs.

NorcrossFlyer

I found that rather odd as well. I'm guessing soon they'll want badges. Or maybe they're just happy with their current quasi-arrest powers? Insult a flight attendant..........go to jail!

"Thats cute, sweetheart........now go get me another Coke. Thanks!"

GUWonder

Flight attendants on a power-trip? Never.

fairviewroad

They can do whatever they want, because if you refuse you will be considered to be "interfering with a flight crew" or something like that. I mean, in this case, the passenger could have denied having a passport, since it's not a document that's needed on a domestic flight. But I'm sure the FA would have simply asked for a drivers license instead.

Nice to see in this case the passenger was not charged and was allowed to go on her way, but sheesh.

PTravel

Since when is swearing against the law? Unbelievable!

cpx

ID is not required for Travel in most states. They make you think it is.

dr freeze

This is a nice demonstration of insanity.

Perhaps they should have a list of restricted words printed on the emergency card and shown on the safety video. In multiple languages of course.

Downunder girl

Crikey - that is really 'out there'

Ok I am an Aussie I dont generally walk around saying "crikey, fair dinkum and streth"! Regardless, at no time, ever in our country have these sayings been interpreted as swearing! Does the FA not watch TV, did she/he not see the Steve Irwin specials, these words are used constantly by Aussie icon, Steve (now gone).

Maybe that FA needs a trip downunder to understand the lingo.......

cpx

That FA would need a translator.

sailman

The articule was quoted as saying "We witnessed agressive behavior." But they did not clarify if it was the passenger or the flight attendant that was acting in this way.

I am trying to digest the significance of this event. Reflecting back on another similar event of a few weeks ago, I mean it is not as if she repeatedly said "bye bye plane", which is by any DHS standard, clearly a threat to the well being of the valuable equipment, crew and passengers.

And why was the mother of the child asked to leave the plane as well, and not just the child? I don't recall reading anything attributing "agressive behavior" to the mother. Although she did reject the suggestion to use behavior modfying drugs on the child. But then when is it a potential crime to reject such an instruction?

So what is the solution to such misunderstandings? Some thoughts to this end;

1) Require all passengers to have a high school diploma with a knowledge of and working familairty American English. Fortunately our president uses non-commercial aircraft and doesn't have to pass this litmus test.

2) Any use of slang, idioms, colloquialisms, or local dialects will constitute a breach of these requirements and immediate ejection from the aircraft (of course below pressurized altitude)

3) With restrictions on carry ons, liquids, gels, solids, electronics, shoes, lighters, use of some toilets, and apparently some forms of conversation which are percieved by the well trained linquists to be "aggressive behavior", why not just make it illegal for passengers to have any form of intercourse while on board an aircraft.

For emergency purposes, each seat back can contain several cue cards which can be displayed to communicate with the flight crew under emergency circumstances. Of course what constitutes an "emergency" circumstance would have to be pre-determined.

Just some thoughts!

fairviewroad

Um, right, but that wouldn't have stopped the FA from asking for it, would it? And since the vast majority of people DO carry photo ID, whether required to or not, withholding it would be construed as interfering with a flight crew. A bogus claim in this case, perhaps. But entirely conceivable.

Tor Viking

I wonder what would happen if the FA asked what I wanted to drink and I answered: Oh yeah luv. Me throat`s as dry as dead dingos`s dongo so pop over a can of coke. And after that I guess I`ll be shaking hands with the unemployed.

BNA_flyer

So should I have complained about the FA who uttered the word "cluster***k" and the phrase "same s**t, different day" in front of me last night? (I sympathized with him, last night's flight was a cluster***k.)

mkt

Bloody hell