From above: "Speaking of seeing things from 35,000 feet, I miss the old days when the captain himself would announce when such and such can be seen out the right side windows. Do you guys still do that? If not, why not?[/QUOTE] "



Most of our trans-con airplanes have the new entertainment systems in them, which have both TV and movies at every seat. When we make a PA, it stops the movies and the TV. Then the flight attendants call us and yell at us to...

"Stop TALKING!! The Passengers are getting Pizzed!"

Back in the days of the 727, without movies, we would point out stuff all the time and the pax loved it. I flew with one Capt. who would always hand fly from Boston to Portland, Maine, at 3000', yoke in left hand, PA in his right, talking a non-stop stream, pointing out every little town in between. The Pax LOVED it!

More than once I heard, "That was Great! I could see my HOUSE!"

But now, with all the cellphone cameras that record every thing we do and say, instantly emailed to CNN, we don't want to have too much 'fun'. "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law"

It could get you in hot water when the company sees it on CNN, usually before you've even gotten to the layover hotel!

Just ask that Jet Blue Capt...