News notes from around the interweb:
- The dark side of the flight attendant lifestyle
- 113 facts about the Denver airport (HT: @RandomSegments)
- A year ago American Airlines imposed a new attendance policy that seemed pretty brutal. They wanted to ensure crew were available to operate their schedule, but it pretty much forced flight attendants to show up sick (I do not like flight attendants making me sick). The flight attendants union filed a grievance, arguing that the policy was contrary to their contract and beyond management’s discretion. They were largely victorious in arbitration although they need to negotiate a contract where cabin crew aren’t penalized for taking sick days they’ve accrued..
- Airbus has a factory in Mobile, Alabama and during Mardis Gras there some pretty brutal anti-Boeing signs popped up.
Mobile is home to @AirbusInTheUS largest manufacturing plant. The Comic Cowboys let Boeing have it during this year’s #MardiGras parade. pic.twitter.com/2jrxzLlXtJ
— John Sharp (@JohnSharp99) February 25, 2020
- Charlotte’s 2nd Airport Is Closing. Yes, Charlotte Has A Second Airport.
- Health department inspection of Priority Pass Bracket Room at Washington National Airport: 5 violations.
- Your regular reminder that it was a really bad idea when the US government required electronics with lithium ion batteries to be checked as baggage.
.#breaking. @united airbus 320 made precautionary emergency landing @FlyDAB this am due to small fire in cabin. a passengers lithium battery ignited, it was contained in a bag, fire put out, then put in fire retardant container on board.
— claire metz (@clairemetzwesh) February 26, 2020
RE: 5 health violations at Priority Pass lounge DCA. Those violations didn’t look too bad. I’ll take that over whatever is going on over at The Club BWI. It was pretty nasty the last time I was there.
Those anti-Boeing sign guys also decided to call the Clemson quarterback a woman and show him wearing make-up just because he has long hair. Keep it classy, Mobile!
Mobile trying to pretend they are New Orleans. Nice.
LMAO at the “Dark Side of being a flight attendant.” That article was clearly influenced by Union trolls with the support of the jaded and spoiled 60 y/o senior crew members who find the job so terrifying and awful. Why even give it a place here, Gary.
I manage a large call center – none of the people on the phone are allowed to show their emotions during the day either.
If you don’t like your FA job, come and work for me. You are allowed to come in hungover. Should be a treat.
113 facts about DIA missed:
It has the worst TSA presence anywhere in the USA, and
It is an isolated shole that costs a fortune to get to. The best thing that happened was when the head fell off the horse statue and killed the sculpture (sometimes the karma bus goes fast..)
No, I don’;t like DIA
On the flight attendant lifestyle…
I am sure a lot of jobs aren’t what they’re cracked up to be and everyone has bad experiences at work. I’m not unsympathetic to work stresses which most definitely aren’t pay dependent.
That said, I can say with some certainty after 49 years in the workforce that there are times when sometimes you just have to quit to save your life or your sanity. It’s hard in the moment but appreciated later. We should never forget that.
Mobile Mardi Gras actually predates the New Orleans version and the Comic Cowboys (aka Alabama’s id )go back to the 19th century. They’re gross, vulgar, and on rare occasions quite funny even though they’re toned it down in recent years at the request of Mardi Gras organizers.
Yeah I worked in hotels for many years in various functions. We were quite hard drinking when we were younger. Used to come home at weird hours, and missed many family & friends events.
Ultimately its up to the individual to say stop. Left hotels 6 years back, and now I finally have a life.
The other Charlotte airport really is USA: Concord Padggett Regional, which has only one scheduled airline: Allegiant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_Regional_Airport
RE: Charlotte’s 2nd airport. Looking at the air park from a satellite view, not sure how old the image is but there’s some cracks in that runway