Wow. Just...wow.
Anyone hear about this?
How in hell did the flight attendant "crew" come to the conclusion that this was the best "option"? To strap a corpse into a seat next to a VERY MUCH ALIVE MAN who was, incidentally, SLEEPING and therefore UNAWARE of the VERY MUCH DECEASED WOMAN dangling from the seatbelt next to him and propped up with pillows? And to think that this was what they considered to be the option that would "cause the least disruption"? To whom? The people in coach who no longer had to be subjected to sitting in the company of a corpse for NINE HOURS? I suppose they felt it was a better choice to place the mental trauma on one passenger instead of a whole bunch of passengers. (They're good at math, you see.) Besides, I'm sure they took into consideration the fact that if the passenger bought a first class ticket, hey, he can afford counseling more than the chumps in coach.
At least they had the respect and decency to bump the dead woman to first class (probably because they knew she wouldn't be ordering the lobster), but...seriously? This poor man had to sit next to a dead woman for NINE HOURS? While her daughter was "grieving beside her"? Can you take a moment to imagine the whole scenario of the stated slippage of the corpse periodically, and of the whole readjusting of the corpse, the tightening of the seatbelt, and the "propping with pillows" by the ultra-intelligent and innovative flight attendants?
Also, have I mentioned NINE HOURS?
Who do you think the Alive Man talked to after giving his statement to the press? I'll give you a hint: "Atty. Phil Indablanc."
And these are the same flight attendants who are now supposedly highly trained in what to do in the event of another hijacking by terrorists. I don't know about you, but between this and the inconsistent and irrational security system at airports, my fear of flying just went right back up to Code Red.
How in hell did the flight attendant "crew" come to the conclusion that this was the best "option"? To strap a corpse into a seat next to a VERY MUCH ALIVE MAN who was, incidentally, SLEEPING and therefore UNAWARE of the VERY MUCH DECEASED WOMAN dangling from the seatbelt next to him and propped up with pillows? And to think that this was what they considered to be the option that would "cause the least disruption"? To whom? The people in coach who no longer had to be subjected to sitting in the company of a corpse for NINE HOURS? I suppose they felt it was a better choice to place the mental trauma on one passenger instead of a whole bunch of passengers. (They're good at math, you see.) Besides, I'm sure they took into consideration the fact that if the passenger bought a first class ticket, hey, he can afford counseling more than the chumps in coach.
At least they had the respect and decency to bump the dead woman to first class (probably because they knew she wouldn't be ordering the lobster), but...seriously? This poor man had to sit next to a dead woman for NINE HOURS? While her daughter was "grieving beside her"? Can you take a moment to imagine the whole scenario of the stated slippage of the corpse periodically, and of the whole readjusting of the corpse, the tightening of the seatbelt, and the "propping with pillows" by the ultra-intelligent and innovative flight attendants?
Also, have I mentioned NINE HOURS?
Who do you think the Alive Man talked to after giving his statement to the press? I'll give you a hint: "Atty. Phil Indablanc."
And these are the same flight attendants who are now supposedly highly trained in what to do in the event of another hijacking by terrorists. I don't know about you, but between this and the inconsistent and irrational security system at airports, my fear of flying just went right back up to Code Red.
posted by Karen Monday, March 19, 2007
3 Comments:
It was kind of a long time ago, and so I have no source here, but I read (did I say "a long time ago" already?) that whenever someone dies on a flight, the flight attendents just cover it up as best they can--and that it happens fairly often (not like every flight, obviously, but regularly enough that it's not a big deal), and with no one knowing. I guess the idea is that they don't want to freak the whole plane for no reason. This time they just got caught. But why didn't they leave the woman back next to her daughter? It's a weird story.
I guess it would be hard to respect the dead and respect the living at the same time. I cringe at the thought of the dead lady sliding out of her seat in turbulance. This story is all kinds of wrong.
Omg I would just freak out!
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