It's not wrong. The pax already have their own seats.

Jeez. Cut them some slack.

Really? Thin skin, man.

Personally, I think it's juvenile to make the comment on the air, but it IS annoying to every other pilot out there when they have to look at almighty UAL's strobes flashing away while parked on the runway at night.

C'mon guys! Let's come up with better one's than the last few I've seen. :rolleyes:

Not a tool, just a clown who hasn't read the AIM.

Now THIS guy's a proper tool. Jeez, man. Were YOU the guy he was talking about? That captain he flew with was just browbeating the hell out of him. I spent seven years as an FO, and 15 as a captain now. The guy he was describing is the guy I NEVER want to be. EVER.

Don't look at them. Most airlines have a policy of having the strobes on.... but we've been down this street before. Deal with it. ;)

That is prescious.

Correct answer:

If OAL: Oh, I didn't realize that. My appologies. I'll just scoot back to the middle seat between two fat guys.

If your airline: Ha! That's funny. I believe you believe that. Aaaaaaaaaanywhoo...can I have just one of those seats?

If Yes: :cool:

If No: send it up the chain requesting a company memo clarifying this "policy".

Or suck it up and don't worry about it. Very few flights have even ONE seat open anywhere in the plane, so when the flight is less than full and the gate agents kindly block off that last row, let the FA's enjoy this little unofficial perk.
Jeez guys. How many Grinches do we have on this board? No wonder so many FA's hate us.

This is an AA thing, and it is a bit annoying. I was with my family (2 adults, 1 baby), including the baby in the car seat on a fairly full 737 and put in the last row so we could be together. We all were in regular clothes. First I arrived and all the tray tables were down across both sides. Second I was confronted when getting settled to check the boarding passes, which were in the diaper bag. It was a frantic let me see them now before you get too much stuff all over our seats type approach. She then gave them back and said you might have to move. Once the flight was clear to be full enough we could not move, I thought it was over. We were over an hour into the flight and the kid was out of the car seat so I moved across to the aisle seat across from me to let the kid out. I sat there for about 10 minutes, used the lav, came back and the the tray tables were back down and crew bags on the seats. One guy came back and tried to put the tray table up and the FA ran out of the rear galley saying NO NO NO those are blocked off. That was the only time I saw any FA till the prepare for landing PA. They all just sat in the rear galley talking.

Its a two way street, so I can see the PAX side of this. It is annoying when no one actually sits in the seats. This is coming from someone who had a mother who was a 20+ year EAL FA.

Either way TOTD, I am not sure it meets that.

I know right, why is it always a shock to these guys when the strobes come on from an aircraft taking the runway? They come on anyway when they start the takeoff roll. Is it really that difficult to not stare directly at them? It's like their freaking deer wandering onto to a highway.

That being said, I hate it when guys start trying to micromanage other aircraft on the frequency. Heard once where an RJ commented on how the RJ ahead of him needs to turn his beacon on in a very condescending tone. The other guys basically asked him how to use a beacon when it's deferred. Classic response.
Unless its a safety issue, don't be a tool.

To heck with them dh. The true tools are the ones who jeopardize their passengers safety so they can be perceived as cool by a bunch of other tools who do the same. To all the PSA and Cacti strobe police in clt - my strobes are coming on. Deal with it. If you don't like them, perhaps you should be a little smarter and not look at them. Y'all might try drinking a little less coffee too.