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By 1/1000000000 on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 09:34 pm:

Great Post by Sarah. I really appreciate the way things are put together. But I disagree with you on one point, point 13. On the way to the airport, no one have to lift hand luggage over the head. Why do you mind if a passenger really needs a hand.

We are who we are. Nothing will change it; have to live with it (both crew and passengers). There is a local saying in our area, how good you dress-up and feed a dog barks as it usually does. No attitude changes in the horizon.

By Sarah on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 08:33 pm:

Hi to all Indians, & that includes UK passports, US passports and European passports, we are a group of crew from various airlines. It is true that Indians travel a lot, however can’t help but see the following similarities among Indians from everywhere

· but why to they like to stick out like a sore thumb when all other passengers are keeping quiet.
· Why are they so attention seeking, why are they so in our face?
· Honestly have u people never seen food before? Why is it that u behave like a three year old crying for food? Why so GREEDY?
· How much food and drink is enough for an Indian stomach before you keep quiet? Honestly how much can you drink or eat?
· Do you know that a lot of people call Indian flights feed the animal flights?
· Although u can ask for as many drinks as you like at least have the decency to finish one before you ask for another
· And the world is not vegetarian India, so if you are a vegetarian don’t take it for granted that airlines are mind readers, even if you did request and it was not boarded, understand that accidents happen, pls don’t start a bollywood drama at 39,000ft in the air, crying for your food, wise people carry their own food if they are truly particular

DRAMATIC ACTS OF INDIANS CLOWNS ON BOARD>>>>>>>>>READ ON

1.You have a baby. Yes, it's YOUR baby. So bring nappies, milk, soft toys.
It might need feeding or changing on a ten hour flight.

2. You have a child. Or six. Yes, they are YOUR children and YOUR
responsibility. So keep them in order. Bring toys, books, games. They might
need entertaining on a ten hour flight and if they don't eat regular food
bring whatever the spoilt brats do eat. An aircraft is not a creche.

3. A window seat is not a God-given right. Or an aisle seat. Or a row of
four to yourself.

4. Sitting with the rest of your family/group is not a God-given right.
Especially when you check in ten minutes before the flight closes.

5. Aircraft do go tech. They do break down. It pisses us off just as much
sitting around waiting for the flight to take off as it does you. At least
you aren't forced to stay awake for hours at four am with only abuse from
passengers to look forward to. We don't get a hotel room either.

6. Have you ever tried to take off or land in British or east-coast US
winter? Sometimes flights will be delayed because of weather. Fact. We
haven't yet perfected the weather-control system.

7. You reckon Asians are treated worse than "others" Have you ever
stopped to see who it is that behaves the least civilly to those working
there? And funnily enough they always seem to have a non-Asian passport
conspicuously poking from a top pocket. Didn't realise that elevates your
status in life. By the way the rest of us aren't so bothered about the world
knowing where we "come from" and keep them in our bags. Those of us who
really are British/American.

8. Baggage. That's what it means. Not the entire contents of your house. Why
are you surprised when you are asked to pay for excess, if the weight limit
is 30kgs and you turn up with 80 (and hand baggage the size of a small beach
hut hidden round the corner with your nan)?

9.You didn't order vegetarian. We are not telepathic. What do you suggest we
do at thirty nine thousand feet above the Atlantic? Divert?

10.Your bag got lost. One bag amongst the millions that travel every day.
Ok, bad luck, but you put jewellery worth $10k in it? Are you daft?

11. Your bag arrived at Delhi airport but not to you. The airline proved it
did. Are you out for compensation even though it was your own corrupt
airport's fault by any chance?

12. You need a glass of water. You HAVE to have it cos you're a heart
patient. Yeah, you and the other 319 passengers in Economy on a B777. You're
in an aisle seat right next to the wall-mounted water dispenser. Rocket
science, is it? No bloody wonder you get glared at when you ask.

13. Some nasty crew member refused to lift your bags up to the hatrack. Poor
you, that horrid mean crew member. I mean, why should YOU lift your OWN bag
with YOUR possessions that YOU brought all through the airport perfectly OK?
Never mind the back problems crew experience, they were nasty and mean to
you not to lift your bag. Myself, I'd be happy to lift your bag. When I
eventually get back to flying - I'm still recovering from spinal surgery to
correct a slipped disc.

14.The crew were rude. How awful. What, incidentally, did you say to them in
the first place? If it was something along the lines of "get me Pepsi"
...... "I want a blanket" ....... "give me chicken" ... "TEA!! TEA!! TEA!!"
then hardly surprising!! Do you think please and thankyou were invented just
for spelling practice? And don't expect friendly facial expressions if you
are offered tea by a crew member carrying ONE pot and you hold your cup out
and demand coffee. It's not a magic pot.

15. One final thought - who are all your complaints from? Face it, you may
get out and swindle a passport from the UK or the US (everyone knows British
passports can be obtained from the back of Kelloggs packets and for some
reason sending one member of the family to school in the US miraculously
provides access for the whole family including Great Aunt so-and-so up the
road and the neighbour's dog) but at the end of the day you are still Indian
or Pakistani. We know that, you know that. So stop pretending, you are a
laughing stock in the country you now call your own even though you barely
speak the language. Accept it, get the potato-sized chip off your shoulder
and while you're at it why not stay in your own country, stop emigrating and
use only your own airlines then you wouldn't have anything to complain
about.

Sadly most of you make such a fool out of yourselves that you don’t even realize the main aim of the airline is to safely bring you from one destination to another, have you wondered in case of an emergency will you be the first one we want to save, probably not. And also NEVER NEVER INSULT THE PERSON WHO HANDLES YOUR FOOD.

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