Originally Posted by
SoCalGuy
One of the "CO-Stars" sitting in the big seat up front took it upon himself to ring the FA "come here" button to show her....via his IPhone....that the WX to the west of IAH was "not that bad". He was curious "why the Capt." was electing to sit on the ground to further "his" delay while waiting for a reroute to LAX. When the FA called and told us this, I could see the veins in the Capt's neck begin to pulse!!....the Capt's PAX PA that followed was pure comedy, aimed very much at our friend in first class. Wish I could have recorded it!
You can thank the iPhone commercial with an alleged crewmember saying how he pulled up wx on his iphone and called up his dispatcher. I've been in several ground stops in back when some witty pax pulls out the iphone and starts pulling up wx on the destination, claiming its "clear". for fun, i took my iphone out and showed them the faa advisory database showing them the actual ground stop. works both ways.