One for the frequent flyers amongst us (Page 2 of 2)

I see these idiots on flights all of the time. They refuse to shut down their cell phones when the cabin door is closed and they're firing them back up again before the plane is on the ground. In this case it was reported that the passenger was up in the aisle pulling his bags out of the overhead compartment before the fasten seatbelt light was turned off. The flight attendant tried to put the luggage back into the compartment and get the passenger to return to his seat and the guy punched him. If I was the flight attendant I may just have gone postal on him. You know how some pilots are trained to carry handguns on board? I think some flight attendants should be allowed to have concealed TASERs. Unruly passengers knowing that they may get nailed may just behave better. "Don't TASE me bro!" That flight attendant is in jail, and the a-hole passenger will be on a return flight to Pittsburgh any day now... 

Ah yes, holiday flights. Since I, like RICJunkie, have enjoyed   many flights over the years chasing broken stuff around the world,  we have a ton of stories. There was the New Year's day flight in Puerto Rico when the pilots were too drunk to fly and I waited while they powered espresso to get straight.  Then the Christmas Eve flight from Singapore that delivered two Eves and two Christmas's since we crossed the dateline and lost a day. The capper though was the flight from Guatemala City when the Nicaraguan heiress  liked my looks and requested I join her in the private skylounge on a 747 for lunch and company. This was a significant upgrade from coach! When the steward came back to my seat and requested me to follow him prior to departure, I thought I had been bumped. I was dumbstruck when I was seated in first class and asked if I would like to join a lady for lunch after takeoff.  Caviar and champagne on linen sure beats rubber chicken! Best 7 hour flight ever!
Rick