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Imagine being a pilot who also has to be a flight attendant for twenty passengers with different diets and allergies, five of whom are unreasonable to the extre
by technobabbler 5y ago
Imagine being a pilot who also has to be a flight attendant for twenty passengers with different diets and allergies, five of whom are unreasonable to the extreme and two of whom are prone to violent outbursts, working 60 hour weeks on unpredictable shifts, being paid 1/2 to 2/3rd the salary, not having had a real vacation for three years, while your airline constantly tries to decrease your benefits, after your last four copilots left within weeks, while constantly speed walking around the plane and not having enough time for meals or breaks.
Then every time you try to adjust the flight controls, four warnings pop up, company policy is to ignore the first two and sometimes the third. You're always supposed to pay attention to the fourth alert because it's super important, but it looks exactly the same as the other 12 alerts you saw this hour, and the passenger in 12B is having an asthma attack and the one in 20C is vomiting and upsetting everyone around her. And your copilot just quit again and your planned vacation for next month got canceled and you're asked to work two doubles again.
You make a mistake, and a year later some lawyer asks you why you dismissed warning #4 nine months ago when SOP clearly says you need to pay attention. Don't you know how to do your job?!