Air Rage
By skysuccess
@skysuccess (8857)
Singapore
October 22, 2009 10:00pm CST
I wonder if anyone of you had the experience of witnessing an air rage incident on one of your air travels.
For me, I've had 2 encounters which were awfully nerve wrecking. Having traveled extensively during the course of my work, I can assure you that traveling today is really quite demanding. You will have an endless road of uncertainties and surprises and after 911, things are even more challenging for my patience and temperament.
I do not know about you, but I can see the long and endless queues at the check in, immigrations and then finally the boarding. I can assure you that it is really both very stressful and frustrating, and just when you think that the ordeal is over when the plane is finally off and up in the sky. Then you are really in for another round of surprise(s) with the uncompromising air crew, where you just simply cannot get some decent service or even a cup of water. And the situation, is further aggravated by the airline's cost cutting measures where you have cabins crammed with more smaller seats, less amenities and not forgetting the small token of PR like a deck of cards or board games or children comics and sketchbooks. Talking about unpleasant neighbors, where on a fully booked flight you find yourself assigned to the most ghastly living creature on earth, who is oblivious of body odors, oversize built who simply needs that seating space of yours or talks across you as if you are invisible. Oh, and don't forget that "friendly" nudge with whatever is bothering the guy at the back that seems to remind you that the space in really limited in the pathetic cabin.
Just who is really responsible for these midair incidents? I am one who is for the line of thought where a person will not do such things lest he/she is provoked and I just find the airlines equally culpable for these outbursts. But, surprisingly it is their customers that is taking the full brunt of it when things go awry.
Huh! What are we talking about consumer protection here? Where's the protection? Since when is the airline being brought to task for a bad flight?
Ref:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222255/Number-air-rage-incidents-soars-putting-passengers-planes-risk.html
Just who is really responsible for these midair incidents? I am one who is for the line of thought where a person will not do such things lest he/she is provoked and I just find the airlines equally culpable for these outbursts. But, surprisingly it is their customers that is taking the full brunt of it when things go awry.
Huh! What are we talking about consumer protection here? Where's the protection? Since when is the airline being brought to task for a bad flight?
Ref:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222255/Number-air-rage-incidents-soars-putting-passengers-planes-risk.html1 person likes this
1 response
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
23 Oct 09
You know what; your discussion got me into thinking. Supposedly, there's an air rage or some sort, just as wondering, on top of the flight, I've always wondered whether secretly there is a police on duty or something. You never know... first time criminals might be on board? Or those really hot-blooded customers.. hmmmm..
I read your incidents there; you sure have a lot of travel tales; both good and bad. Do share more as you go along, yeah..
You are right, I wonder as well on this: 'Just who is really responsible for these midair incidents?'
Shall keep this discussion on bookmark.. let's see other answers..
@skysuccess (8857)
• Singapore
24 Oct 09
zed_k4,
Thank you for your contribution here.
I would really love to share more if time and opportunity permits. As for this air rage thing, we always get to hear on the press on how nasty or atrocious the passengers involved had been. But, I felt that it had been one sided so far where we are never told how they actually became so infuriated to the extent of exploding.
Like I said before, I just do not think people will be so catastrophically raging if they had not been provoked in the first place. And, having travel extensively and witnessed enough of these shortcomings from the airport staff, security and airline crews, I just felt that these people should be held accountable and be reported for their miscarriage of duty.
Now, on the other matter about air marshals, I think most of the full cost carriers do have them. However, their primary role is actually counter terrorism hijacks, so they really would not expose themselves in such situations to compromise their undercover identity.
Have a great day.
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