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Posted: Mon 16:12, 16 Sep 2013 Post subject: My heaven and hell as an air hostess-spun2 |
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My heaven and hell being an air hostess
'Ladies and gentlemen, you're very welcome on board - except if, you are planning on killing a fellow passenger, drinking until you distribute or slapping us across the face."
An English woman residing in Ireland a week ago caused havoc on Aer Lingus flight EI-727 from Heathrow to Cork as she tried to force open the plane door at an altitude of 18,000 feet. Passengers and crew had to dive on the woman to restrain her. Yes, it's the beginning of the busy holiday season and air-rage incidents take presctiption the up. Vietnam Airlines has also banned a lady from flying on the planes again for slapping a female attendant after being told repeatedly to change off her phone.
But I'm sure there is some excuse. Stress is often blamed, as is anxiety about flying and medication. Oh yes, we've heard them all - but passengers who drunkenly disrupt flights should sober up in jail. When I first got the phone call from Aer Lingus asking if I'd like to accept my cabin-crew job I nearly screamed. They were likely to pay me to fly, but hell I'd did it for free. Imagine shopping in Ny, lounging around LA beaches and dating pilots who appeared as if Tom Cruise.
Of course,[url=http://duveticadoudoune.halod.com/][b]Femmes Doudoune Duvetica Pas Cher[/b][/url], things i didn't bank on was torturous 5am starts, being threatened by out-of-control passengers and humouring drunks as they vomited all over my lovely new navy shoes. OK, we've got to see some nice shops, swam in several hotel pools and met a lot of pilots (although sadly not one of them resembled Tom), but it wasn't all fun.
Passengers often tried to open plane doors - you got used to that. Fortunately, due to air pressure, no one is able for anybody to actually open the doors however it was scary watching psycho passengers try anyway.
That which you never got used to was the domestic violence. I remember one honeymoon couple bound for Portugal. They looked like any nice young couple jetting off for any break. Ten minutes in to the air though, the groom started punching his new bride in the face and she or he in turn bit his arm so badly she drew blood. We had to complete an urgent situation turnaround. The groom was arrested and the bride was given the choice to either stay on board or log off the plane together with her husband. Amazingly she chose the latter.
It's not hard to blame check-in staff for not being vigilant about letting dangerous passengers on board planes, but truthfully it's almost impossible to identify the troublemakers. It's not the shaven-haired tattooed lager lout who'll disrupt, however, many respectable-looking businessman on secret medication who chooses to go completely nuts 30,000 feet above sea level.
We had a very prominent businessman aboard a flight ticket to New York pass out right in front galley after demanding to see the captain while he wanted to shake his hand. The passenger (he'd paid over three grand for his ticket incidentally) was too heavy to carry to his seat so we put him within the recovery position and wrapped him in a blanket until he sobered up. Don't blame the cabin crew for giving the passengers too much drink - medicine is often the biggest problem and that we regularly found used needles in seat pockets and toilet bins.
Another time I remember a 'normal' looking man attempting to strangle his wife because she hadn't ordered him his special meal. But nothing can compare to the very pleasant-looking man who chose to urinate into the bar, 'mistaking' it for that toilet. And how about the girl who disappointed her seat to go to sleep? The man sitting behind was so outraged he rolled away his newspaper and whacked her over the head with it. I was so shocked I almost laughed. Fortunately for him, she decided not to press charges.
People often inquired about was flying exciting. Well now, there's a word. After we were landing in Charles de Gaulle Airport when we got an alert from the cockpit about a potential bomb aboard. We were told to reassure the passengers (hard enough to do whenever your own heart is thumping, the sweat is dripping off that person and you're begging God to provide you with only one more crack at life). As we landed I looked the window at the ambulances and fire engines racing alongside us and that i really thought "Jesus, this is it!"
Being an air hostess isn't all about wearing bright lipstick and saying hello and goodbye a hundred times a day. Sometimes you are feeling like you are a bouncer, a guard, a psychologist, a nurse, a spokesperson for your country, a waitress along with a nanny.
Female passengers could be worse than males. Sometimes they're stressed and,[url=http://rogerviviershoes.webmium.com/][b]discount Roger Vivier shoes outlet shop[/b][/url], for many strange reason, think we're out to have them. On a single charter I stood in the aisle as passengers boarded and made small talk with a mother. "Hello," I said. "Hi" she answered rather warily. "How have you been?" I smiled. She turned on me rather aggressively: "Sorry, do I know ya?" I was stunned into silence.
Gurus another lady if she was looking forward to her holiday. "What's it to you if I am or otherwise?" she snapped. "Don't you be asking me about my holidays. Sure,[url=http://rogerviviershoesshoponline.webmium.com/][b]http://rogerviviershoesshoponline.webmium.com/[/b][/url], your life's a bleedin' holiday!" My dear God,[url=http://woolrichdeutschlandarcticparka.albirank.net/][b]woolrich deutschland[/b][/url], I figured, is the fact that what she really thinks? If my life is really a holiday then so why do I spend my Friday nights serving cheap tins of beer to teenagers going to Ibiza and then collecting the overflowing sick bags right before the plane lands?
Some passengers are unbelievably rude. They press the call bell to hand you a used tissue, click their fingers or just grab your leg while you walk by. One American lady relaxing in the front row refused to place her bag within the overhead bin. I told her she must because she was at an urgent situation exit. She looked me straight in the eye and said: "Honey,[url=http://woolrichdeutschlandarcticparka.albirank.net/][b]Woolrich Parka women[/b][/url], I am not letting go of my bag. If the plane hits water, then how the hell can i get my passport?" Good Lord,[url=http://giuseppezanottisneakers.webmium.com/][b]discount 2013 giuseppe zanotti sneakers on sale[/b][/url], I thought,[url=http://parajumpersoutletjackets.webmium.com/][b]parajumpers vest outlet[/b][/url], I've heard everything now.
Passengers don't listen either. On transatlantic flights you'd offer chicken or beef. "Yes I'll have the lamb," they'd answer. "Oh and have you got decaf tea?" Aahhh! Often you'd land in LA following a 13-hour flight. Passengers would awaken,[url=http://parajumpersoutletjackets.webmium.com/][b]http://parajumpersoutletjackets.webmium.com/[/b][/url], smile at you foggily and get "Are you going straight back to Dublin now?" To Dublin? Have you been mad? Do you think we have no lives? Obviously the common misperception was that we didn't.
There is no getting away from the mindless questions. At parties you'd say you worked for Aer Lingus. "Oh really?" they'd perk up "'cos I'm going to Birmingham in a few days with Ryanair, how much will that cost?" Either that or they'd tell you about time they nearly lost their life inside a plane crash. Or they'd inquire if you'd ever seen couples, you realize, go into the toilet cubicles, wink wink. Jaysus, sometimes you simply wish you worked inside a mailbox.
Having said all that,[url=http://giuseppezanottisneakerssale.webmium.com/][b]giuseppe zanotti men's sneakers for Sale[/b][/url], I loved working for Aer Lingus and was practically inconsolable your day I left. Flying is easily the most frustrating, but rewarding job on the planet. But it's not easy, and abusive passengers could make life in the sky hell.
So this summer whenever you jet off somewhere nice folks,[url=http://wheretobuyrogerviviershoes.webmium.com/][b]http://wheretobuyrogerviviershoes.webmium.com/[/b][/url], remember to save a smile for that cabin crew. They deserve it. You may be in your holidays but believe me, they actually aren't.
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