Peter Duniho wrote:

for once, I pretty much agree with everything you say, but

sufficient. But for some reason, there are lots of people who armchair
quarterback the situation and think they know better than the flight
attendant and who argue
with them. I'm sure that flight attendants just get sick and tired of
dealing with people like that and find it easier to claim that it's a
regulation.

keep in mind that airline passengers are being treated more and more
like cattle and subjected to completely inane new rules -- some of them
being genuine regulations I doubt not, but at times you have to wonder
The same passengers are under increasingly dire threats if they do not
comply obediently, or should they read the wrong book, speak the
wrong language, wear the wrong garnment, or whatever new arbitrary
reason (threats ranging from degrading public humiliation, to lethal
force). So it is not surprising if said passengers -- who actually
PAID to get there -- are themselves getting sick and tired of the
situation, and start questioning everything. Being PAYING customers
they have a far more legitimate reason to complain than employees
whose job it is to deal with the situation...

--Sylvain