Y’All hold a job that most people rarely even think about the Responseability and Stress You deal with constantly.
Thank You.
It amazes Me how stupid most people are. If I’d have been on that plane and the other pax were reaching in the overhead for bags I would probably have punched them out and thrown them down the Emergency Ramp.
Luggage and items can be replaced!
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid...
Even the "Miracle on the Hudson" where they successfully landed on the Hudson River and needed to quickly evacuate a plane that was filling up with water, people were trying to take personal belonging with them.
My other pet peeve is those who dress in sandals, flip flops and nylon clothing when flying. These are the people who find out that fast-spreading fire on a plane is serious.
I am sure many of these people loved the Toronto cold in their bare feet.
I fly 100,000 miles plus per year.
I did it for 20 years, and that was long enough. I was so sick of controlling airplanes, that I couldn’t wait to retire. I never looked back.
Sometimes I would be able to go to an observation deck at an airport, like the nice one they had at Minneapolis/St Paul, where I could see the whole airport. Then I would proceed to act like I was in the tower, controlling the traffic. Much of the time, the FAA controllers would run traffic in and out of the airport, exactly as I would have, if I was running the show. Some of us really got into it, but after 20 years, it was time to move on.