Replies to '03/14 Dr. Phil Now: Fly Girls'

Quote From: robinppool

I am a "middle-aged" flight attendant and there is NO way we would have a passenger removed for being "young & cute". It isn't that easy to have a passenger taken off a flight. Removing a passenger is a joint decision and includes the F/A's, the pilots, customer service, etc. While these girls may not have believed they were a physical threat to either themselves, other passengers or the crew, they may have behaved in a disruptive manner while boarding. Loud, disrepectful behavior does make flight attendants concerned. Remember we are responsible for ALL the passengers, in such an enclosed space as an aircraft we have to make a judgement call in just the time it takes to board. We don't know you, our decisions are not "personal". If it appears that you may disrupt the flight or interfere with our duties in any way, it is not only our right, but our responsibilty to have you removed for the safety of both passengers and crew. Most flight attendants are extremely professional. Our jobs and the health of our companies rely on passengers, we both need and want you to return to our airline. We all know airline service has changed over the years, but so has passenger behavior. We know you "paid" for your ticket, but that does not give you license to bad behavior. With the hundreds of thousands of people who fly everyday, I find it amusing that these women think that the flight attendants discriminated against them because of their looks. If that were true, I am sure there would be more than just these few with the same complaint. The majority of flight attendants are too busy to notice how you look, but we are trained to notice how you behave.