US airways gets bad press -attendant wouldn't hang vet's decorated jacket in 1st class closet

[MADem]

87. Inferior service? If I expect First Class treatment, I'll pay First Class prices.

It's people who are paying less than the cost of bus fare for their tickets who "demand" extra amenities they haven't paid for who make the plane late, who bring too much shit onboard, who hog the overhead compartments, who don't just take their seat and get this over with, who make so many of us miss our damn connections or have to "Do the OJ" through the terminal to make our next flight.

It's not "stewardess - waitresses in the sky smiling and attending to your every need" anymore. Those people are there to make sure you're buckled in your seat so you don't become a human missile during turbulence, and to get that door open and scream until people evacuate in the event of an emergency. They have some first aid training, and they have been told that they're the first to get killed in the event of a hijacking, so they have some small self-defense training as well. They aren't there to "serve" customers, take coats, diaper babies, or kiss asses.

For every person who wants to "elevate" that vet (and I am not "blaming" him, FWIW), there's another one who is so "anti-war" that they associate the warrior with the conflict. Those flight attendants are in a No Win situation. As I said, the minute they accomodate the "babykiller" someone with a BABY will be screeching that the FA got all up their ass for not taking their baby and diapering him, or getting annoyed if "Mom" decided to diaper the kid in the aisle.

It's a flying bus. TAKE YOUR SEAT. Pee before you get on the plane, poop too, if you know what's good for you. Settle in, and let's get in the air and ALL get this over with as efficiently as possible. That, to me, is a good flight--not a bunch of special snowflakes demanding that this be hung or that be stowed.

The guy knows how to keep his uniform in good knick. Take it off, roll it up carefully and stick it under the seat. Better still, travel in civvies and keep the thing in a foldable hanging bag. Those fit in the overhead with no trouble, even when they're stuffed full of bags.