Originally Posted by
schone
If it was that essential, why didn't you guys go fetch something else to drink yourselves...? call it a bathroom break and grab a can. It mustn't be another item they need to teach in indoc do they?
Training really makes you lose common sense huh?.... if it ain't in the book, we can't do it.
When was the last time you offered to grab the flight attendent's suit case down the stairway on a slippery night after it's been raining outside, just to make sure she doesn't slip on it...?
Physiological needs such as water (and caffiene depending on the duty schedule) are actually pretty important. Dehydration is know to cause significant cognitive impairment, and the air is VERY dry in those airliners.
Airline pilots can't just wander back and use the head and grab a drink on the way...an FA has to occupy the cockpit in place of the pilot, so if she didn't have time to hand up a coke, she probably didn't have time to hang out up front either.
Actually on a 4 hour flight, there would be no reason she wouldn't have time...the CA should have just ordered her to serve the crew. Four hours is too long to ignore physiological needs. If she declined, kick her @ss off the plane on the next turn.
On rare occasions I'll help an FA with her bag but it's not practical to do it all the time. The ones that have problems with luggage are usually new, and they just need to learn (the hard way) to pack light and configure their bags ergonomically.