A friend reports that, while sitting as a passenger in the coach section of an MD-80 operated by a major airline which shall remain nameless, he watched the First Officer perform a somewhat cursory and rapid preflight inspection of the airplane while eating a sausage and egg breakfast sandwich! Nice multi-tasking there.
Not so humorous was the safety briefing given by the Flight Attendant on the same flight. She stood near the exit row and, rather than giving the usual safety briefing regarding the operation of the doors, looked carefully at each nearby passenger and asked, “Are any of you from the FAA?” Hearing no response to the affirmative, she gave the following door briefing, reproduced here in its entirety: “OK, there are the doors. Blah, blah, blah…”
No, I’m not kidding. That’s what she said.
Lots of funny and/or astonishing things happen on airliners. I should start collect some of my own experiences, and those of my friends. It’d make a good book.
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- Buck Wyndham
- I'm a professional pilot, videographer, writer and entrepreneur. I'm also a fan of technology used for good, not evil. I think uplifting music, photography, and video just might be able to save the world.
