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I'd like to know what airline this was so I can never fly them. 1) This obviously physically incapable person was sitting in exit row initially 2) The F/A of

by rdl 10y ago

I'd like to know what airline this was so I can never fly them. 1) This obviously physically incapable person was sitting in exit row initially 2) The F/A of negative utility (the physician probably should have escalated to the pilot, or at least the purser.) That has to be a combination of training and personal incompetence. (Actually, she sounds like the lead flight attendant, which means she should just be fired.) 3) The medical kit. wtf. Ah -- appears to be Delta, which I'd never fly on a 17h international flight anyway.

yladiz 10y ago
The only way for the stewardess to check if a customer can sit in the exit row is to ask, "Are you willing and able to help passengers in the event of an emergency?" If the customer has no obvious outward appearance that might cause an issue, there's no way to know. The person in question in the exit row had a syncopal episode; syncope is defined on Wikipedia as, "Syncope, also known as fainting, is defined as a short loss of consciousness and muscle strength, characterized by a fast onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery." Having diabetes doesn't disqualify you from being an in exit row. Your other critiques are warranted; the lead FA shouldn't have acted the way the story portrays her to, and the medical kit was woefully understocked. As an aside, do you think that because it's Delta it makes it worse? Why would American or United or Southwest or Allegiant or Silver or any other airline be intrinsically better? This was a lapse in judgement for not having the medical kit stocked, possibly a large one, but one particular organization isn't necessarily worse than any other.
- rdl 10y ago
  The training lapses and other personnel issues which put a flight attendant in the lead role on a top international route (so, one of their most senior/experienced; likely 50+ years old and with 20-30 years in the job...international routes are pretty highly coveted) are an independent issue from the stocking issue, and do come down on the airline as well.

by rdl 10y ago

yladiz 10y ago

The only way for the stewardess to check if a customer can sit in the exit row is to ask, "Are you willing and able to help passengers in the event of an emergency?" If the customer has no obvious outward appearance that might cause an issue, there's no way to know. The person in question in the exit row had a syncopal episode; syncope is defined on Wikipedia as, "Syncope, also known as fainting, is defined as a short loss of consciousness and muscle strength, characterized by a fast onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery." Having diabetes doesn't disqualify you from being an in exit row. Your other critiques are warranted; the lead FA shouldn't have acted the way the story portrays her to, and the medical kit was woefully understocked. As an aside, do you think that because it's Delta it makes it worse? Why would American or United or Southwest or Allegiant or Silver or any other airline be intrinsically better? This was a lapse in judgement for not having the medical kit stocked, possibly a large one, but one particular organization isn't necessarily worse than any other.

rdl 10y ago
The training lapses and other personnel issues which put a flight attendant in the lead role on a top international route (so, one of their most senior/experienced; likely 50+ years old and with 20-30 years in the job...international routes are pretty highly coveted) are an independent issue from the stocking issue, and do come down on the airline as well.