Reply #10: You must be joking

[maseman]

I fly nearly every week for business (and of course some pleasure.) I'll do between 40 and 43 weeks in the air every year for the past eight. Most domestic but some international.

Flying is not a big deal. I show up about an hour before my flight, have the occasional missing bags (may twice every year out of 40 trips) and of course deal with weather delays, mechanical problems, etc. I see people go absolutely NUTS on occasion. I've seen many posts on this lady and I must say I think the airline workers need a break sometimes. They are treated like complete assholes sometimes for what? $25K per year? Layoff potential?

My flight last week on a small jet was overweight. They needed five people to get off. What happened was their were a line of major storms that needed to be deviated around thus taking full fuel loads. Their weight restrictions on Continental are strict so with full fuel they cannot have every seat booked. 5 people had to get off with their bags or we couldn't go. The ladyin front of me was irrate. Bitching, hollaring at the flight attendent, huffing, puffing, etc. She deserved to be taken off her flight.

My overall flight experiences are good but people do act like children many times in airports and on airplanes. I am sure you have the occasional medical condition or blood sugar problem making people behave bad, but let's not make excuses for people taht act like idiots either.