Flight Attendant Flips

How you would you like to be on an airplane and have the flight attendant come on the intercom and proclaim that the plane is going to crash?

That would be a bit of a downer.

Apparently that’s what happened on American Airlines Flight 2332 from Dallas to Chicago. Luckily the plane hadn’t taken off yet and the captain returned to the gate while passengers subdued the flight attendant. Police met the plane and the apparently two female flight attendants were taken to local hospitals.

As for the passengers, some chose to get off the plane and make other arrangements but most stayed around while AA replaced the flight crew (can you say career in a shambles five times fast?) and the flight took off about a hour and a half late at 9:45 AM. It landed safely in Chicago around noon.

You know that hour and a half late isn’t bad these days. Maybe AA could arrange for a loony flight attendant on my next flight?

I have lots of airplane war stories but the best one was on a short Continental flight from Boston to Newark. It was during serious weather and, since long flights take priority, we were about three hours late taking off. It was nighttime and the thunder and lightning were the stuff of legend.

We finally managed to get the plane loaded with the flight attendant announcing to everyone to grab any seat so we get off the ground before we got delayed again. That’s when the pilot came on and announced that this was going to be a very rough flight and, if there was anyone on board that didn’t want to subject themselves to it, they should consider getting off the plane and flying the next day.

I had never heard that kind of announcement on a flight. Several people actually got off the plane. There was one lady that couldn’t decide and kept walking up and down the aisle. Finally the flight attendant told her firmly that she had to either go or sit down. She decided to go and got off.

The kicker was the flight wasn’t that bad at all.