This list is a good one. Some are obvious (“I have a bomb in my bag.”) while others aren’t as obvious (“If your airline goes out of business, what will happen to my miles?”). Not only are the examples given, but it’s also explained why you shouldn’t say these things.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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2 Replies to “7 things never to say to flight attendants”
Okay Michael – point made. I would like to add comments not necessary for the pilot to say, like during my flight into SLC this week, the roughest I have experienced, fright clearly noticeable on many of the passengers faces. The pilot comes on, tells us we are in a thunderstorm, mentions the barf bags, tells us they are bringing in one plane at a time, so we are in a holding pattern and number 10 – 12 in line to land. Then adds: “being 10th in line keeps us holding for the next ten minutes, the problem we have only five minutes left of fuel! Was that necessary??
We landed to cheers from many passengers.
Hell yes! I’d say the fuel comment was completely unnecessary if not out of line.
Okay Michael – point made. I would like to add comments not necessary for the pilot to say, like during my flight into SLC this week, the roughest I have experienced, fright clearly noticeable on many of the passengers faces. The pilot comes on, tells us we are in a thunderstorm, mentions the barf bags, tells us they are bringing in one plane at a time, so we are in a holding pattern and number 10 – 12 in line to land. Then adds: “being 10th in line keeps us holding for the next ten minutes, the problem we have only five minutes left of fuel! Was that necessary??
We landed to cheers from many passengers.
Hell yes! I’d say the fuel comment was completely unnecessary if not out of line.