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Did you know most airlines have absolutely awful inventory control over the supplies on their planes? If you make friends with a flight attendant they usually
by eunoia 9y ago
Did you know most airlines have absolutely awful inventory control over the supplies on their planes? If you make friends with a flight attendant they usually have the leeway to bring you just about anything you want for free. Is that stealing too?
Pro tip: Bring candy or snacks for flight attendants on long flights, they appreciate it and may even reciprocate in kind.
- mikeash 9y agoIt's not stealing when they give it to you willingly without any fraud. Are you that fuzzy on the concept of "stealing" that you don't see the difference here?
- eunoia 9y agoActually it is stealing, you're just not the one doing it.
- mikeash 9y agoI bet the airlines allow flight attendants to use their discretion here. Forging a ticket is just not equivalent to asking nicely if you can have something.
- somabc 9y agoAirlines have fired staff for eating a sandwich or drinking a coke taken from the plane e en if it was going to be thrown away. It's the same concept as most food outlets. They have no discretion yo give away free things to people who give them candy.
- eunoia 9y agoAnecdotally, it's rampant. To the point where crews will take bags(!) of booze and certain snacks off planes for layovers / gifts etc. And I didn't mean you should bring candy for the FA's solely in expectation of getting something in return. You should really do it because they work surprisingly stressful jobs with absurd hours. They often have to deal with the worst kind of people and could really use a metaphorical hug every once in a while. Source: Dated a FA for a long time. Know many others.