Originally Posted by
MrBigAir
Here's the scenario. This happened to me. What would you do?
You are eating lunch in uniform in a relatively full gate area minding your own business but with empty seats around you, when a woman says in a loud voice that is heard by many pax in the surrounding area that she is going to "sit next to this pilot and see if he is drunk!" She then proceeds to sit right next to you.
You are about to:
1. Jumpseat in the cockpit
or
2. Fly the trip that is departing from this gate
What do you for each case if you feel the reaction should be different.
I said "Ma'am, it is completely inappropriate to make jokes like that" and I walked away. (I was j/s btw)
What do you do?
Anyone got their own similar stories and resolutions?
My answer to your post, based on my "perception" of your story:
1. Go J/S, unless FOM dictates otherwise.
2. Go Fly your trip, unless FOM dictates otherwise.
It's interesting to read the varying degrees of responses to MrBigAir's post. I noticed most responses to the post were extreme, handling the issue with the utmost seriousness, while some posts joked about it, and very few posts in the middle. Unfortunately, IMHO, we live in a society where perception becomes reality which is why most of the responses deal with career protection measures (which are prudent and justified). Personally, I don't subscribe to overreacting. If I get called "on the carpet" by my CP, I simply provide the truth, take the required drug tests, and let the facts prevail, but that's just me.
-jc23