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Passengers from hell!!!
Oh please don't get me started on this subject with 20 years as cabin crew I have seen them all!!
I have been spat at, hit by a very famous boxing promoter when I offered him a meal, broke up a fight between two very famous women, I have passengers asking for drinks whilst I have been dealing with medical emergencies, I even had a passenger try to get back onto an aircraft we had just evacuated!! I have had to break up a fight between two very high profile attorneys on a Concorde flight which started because one reclined his seat and spilt red wine over the other! And Yes I also have had a couple of trouble makers met by the Police on landing!
On the other hand I have also had some wonderful flights, met some fantastic people including royalty, pop stars, and the rich and famous, and managed to see most of the world in the process!! So thanks BA!!!
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All this reminds me of a Virgin flight several years ago from Boston to London.
Three British youths had been drinking heavily in the departure lounge and making a nuisance of themselves despite a USA policeman being present. They were allowed to board the flight and guess what? They were sat across the aisle from me. About 1 hour into the flight they started to annoy a young man in front who eventually asked a member of the cabin crew to sort it out. She tried to reason with the guys and one became quite stroppy. To cut a long story short he was frogmarched somewhere to the front of the plane and peace reigned, the other two soon went to sleep. A female cabin crew member came and asked if anyone would be kind enough to make a statement because they would need one for their report. Everyone around refused apart from me. On landing police boarded the aircraft and kept all of us at the rear end of the plane for over an hour. Everyone, apart from me, denied seeing anything. The police knew I had made a statement and I was detained in a room on my own for another 2 hours being questioned. Kath wasn't allowed to be with me and I had no idea where she was.
I never received so much as a thank you from Virgin [msnmad] No wonder no one else would admit to seeing the fracas.
Mike and Kath.
Years ago I was on a BA flight to Amsterdam. The 70s band 'Mud' were in first class. The were trashed! I didn't mind the noise, but the language was horrible. A guy with his family tried to complain but the BA flight attendant just said somthing about them being first class passengers so he couldn't do anything!
If you've ever see Richard Simmonds, The short, American, gay, weight loss guy? He was on one of my flights recently. Boy, what an ass! Just his presence made it the flight from hell!
Jeff & Amy Stephens
I kicked off with recounting how a three year old was allowed to jump on his seat and hang over my TV screen during all the times he was awake. On remonstrating with his father, we were told it was all we could expect from a three year old, and in retaliation, he (the father)let down both seats back as far as possible for the entire flight.
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I get very annoyed when kids are allowed to run riot, I have a 12 and 5 year old and there is no way I'd let them annoy people in that way. But I must admit I can't stop the the 5 year old singing or talking, she does it non stop from the minute she wakes up until she goes to sleep (sometimes in between too). so i do appologise for this to anyone who sits near us[msnembarrased]
benfilo
I don't take any children to Florida. But knowing how long a flight to Florida seems to an adult it's easy to appreciate how difficult it must be travelling with excited youngsters on a long-haul flight to Florida.
But I get SO frustrated with parents who delibrately "send" their children to another section of the plane to play. They sit back, relax and enjoy their flight whilst others are tormented
[msnmad]
A little consideration isn't too much to ask surely??
Julie
I totally agree with you Julie, but I think there is a gowing number of people who don't care who their kids annoy as long as it isn't them. My children quite often try to wind my wife and me up[msnmad] but I am quite proud of the way they behave , I would really be the first to tell them off if they annoyed anyone.
On the other hand on a couple of occasions I have had to have words a couple of times with people who have very rudely pushed in front of my 12 year old son at checkouts, when they've assumed he's on his own.
Some children could be unruly on flights due to some health issues, but the rest must be the fault of the parents. perhaps the airlines should start fining people
benfilo
i am with you on this...... my children on the whole are well behaved and i wont tolerate rudeness or bad manners etc of any kind from them and i dont like being on the receiving end of other peoples kids bad manners! luckily on the flights so far have only the one mishap with adults! and no matter how we have been portrayed by others on here we are not unruly or loud mouthed etc, we will defend our kids to the end of the earth if they are right!
can normally get on with the worst behaved kids tho' so will try and chat to them or play with them.......anything to keep on the better side of the family!!
Liesa
The problem with most 'passengers from hell' is that like most bullies, they sense when they are on to a soft touch and get away with it. I am sure that they get cheap thrills by these so-called 'conquests' over decent people. There is no point in trying to negotiate with such specimens; however distasteful, one may have to bring oneself down to their level to get any leverage in the situation.
Nostromo
i feel like i'm a passenger from hell cos of Roberts earlier remarks, you had to be there to see what was happening! its been playing on my mind all day! !
i would never do anything to upset anyone especially in such a confined space for such a long period of time!
Liesa
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