Gate lice’ beware: American Airlines is catching early boarders

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

I wish the flight attendants would actually, you know, attend. Plenty of people just need a little help. My elderly mother asked for assistance and it was her fellow passengers who helped out as the “flight attendant” could not be bothered. I once asked for help when I was 6 months pregnant and the “flight attendant” actually rolled her eyes at me. Fellow travelers are usually the ones to assist one another and make things pleasant. So now that I’m not pregnant I do my best to keep an eye out for people who might need a hand storing bags the correct way. We’ve all been there as parents traveling with young kids, we’ve all been there as people traveling to a funeral in a daze of grief, we’ve all been there when we have shoulder or knee injuries, or infirm parents to assist, etc.

Let’s help each other out with patience as fellow travelers. Because goodness knows the “attendants” are usually attending to rolling their eyes at passengers, giving knowing looks to one another and having little inside jokes over the intercom, and fawning over the passengers who look rich, hot, or both.

The flight attendants will get trapped in the aisle if they stopped to help someone. The people are coming downstream and the FA won’t be able to get back upstream to help someone else. Think it through. The passengers are the most likely helpers. I’ve helped people just so they get out of the way and sit down so everyone else can board.

Any flight attendant who wants to keep their job had better be able to “get upstream” to help someone. It’s called open your mouth and say, “Please stand in the seats and let me through; flight crew coming through, stand aside.”

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

Remember that the flight attendants aren't even being paid during boarding.

All the more reason they should hustle to get the flight boarded and get in the air.

DP.

Snort.

Will that make them any MORE $$$?

No.

Why on earth would an FA do that?

They take an unbelievable amount of crap from rude and clueless passengers. I'm routinely astonished at how polite and helpful most of them are given customer behavior.

I have flown extensively, domestically and internationally, and I 100% have seen and partaken in a lot more passengers-helping-passengers, passengers-being-great, than I have seen and experienced flight attendants helping. When an obviously pregnant woman gets an eye-roll, when an elderly woman is flat-out refused help, there is simply no excuse. None.

You realize that not only are they not being paid during boarding, but they aren't covered by insurance -- not workman's comp if they pull a shoulder, not liability insurance if a bag they are lifting breaks a handle and falls on someone? None of it.

Fellow passengers also aren’t covered. And yet, they help. Because they are good people who want not only what’s best for their fellow passengers, but they want to get the flight off the ground.

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

Remember that the flight attendants aren't even being paid during boarding.

All the more reason they should hustle to get the flight boarded and get in the air.

DP.

Snort.

Will that make them any MORE $$$?

No.

Why on earth would an FA do that?

They take an unbelievable amount of crap from rude and clueless passengers. I'm routinely astonished at how polite and helpful most of them are given customer behavior.

I have flown extensively, domestically and internationally, and I 100% have seen and partaken in a lot more passengers-helping-passengers, passengers-being-great, than I have seen and experienced flight attendants helping. When an obviously pregnant woman gets an eye-roll, when an elderly woman is flat-out refused help, there is simply no excuse. None.

You realize that not only are they not being paid during boarding, but they aren't covered by insurance -- not workman's comp if they pull a shoulder, not liability insurance if a bag they are lifting breaks a handle and falls on someone? None of it.

They're instructed not to. https://www.insidehook.com/travel/flight-attendants-dont-lift-bags

Thank you! That pp is probably the same on the other thread talking about how they shouldn't have to clean up after their children throw popcorn all over the aisle and other peoples seat. Expecting the "service staff" aka FAs who get paid very little, to do everything for them. Entitled AHs.

Makes sense for both safety and efficiency. There’s no way they could help everyone and people shouldn’t bring their too heavy bag on with the expectation someone will lift it for them possibly hurting themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the overhead bin above the seat is not reserved for that seat - unless that person is not using it, in which case anyone could use it. If I have a seat, I should also have space for my bag above my seat.

But you don’t. There’s not enough space to guarantee everyone’s roll aboard in the overhead compartment. That’s not actually included in the contract of carriage. Hence the gate lice.

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

Remember that the flight attendants aren't even being paid during boarding.

All the more reason they should hustle to get the flight boarded and get in the air.

DP.

Snort.

Will that make them any MORE $$$?

No.

Why on earth would an FA do that?

They take an unbelievable amount of crap from rude and clueless passengers. I'm routinely astonished at how polite and helpful most of them are given customer behavior.

I have flown extensively, domestically and internationally, and I 100% have seen and partaken in a lot more passengers-helping-passengers, passengers-being-great, than I have seen and experienced flight attendants helping. When an obviously pregnant woman gets an eye-roll, when an elderly woman is flat-out refused help, there is simply no excuse. None.

You realize that not only are they not being paid during boarding, but they aren't covered by insurance -- not workman's comp if they pull a shoulder, not liability insurance if a bag they are lifting breaks a handle and falls on someone? None of it.

This is the reason they don’t help.

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Anonymous wrote:I push and run over gate lice. You are group 4 and 5. GTFO of the way standing around the gate. You aren't going to get on faster and are blocking the way for everyone in groups 1-4. MOVE or you will be run over.

Seems like a bad move to physically accost someone likely larger than you and likely already agitated, but you do you

Nope. 6'4" and 276 lbs. If you want to throw down, i'll easily oblige.

This is terrible! You will just run over children and smaller people because you’re pissed at them? I think if you actually physically assaulted someone you would be denied boarding. This is just armchair fantasizing.

If they're in my way? Absolutely. Keep your spawn out of the way.

Oh please. The moment you laid a hand on a child there would be a ravening crowd of women ready to tear you limb from limb. I don’t even have kids and I would straight up testify that you assaulted the kid.

But this is all just your Big Man fantasy. You’re a pigeon-chested, knuckle-dragging mouth breather who lives in his mama’s basement and hasn’t been any further than Aunt Linda’s in Akron. Any decent large strong man doesn’t use his physicality to intimidate women and children.

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

Remember that the flight attendants aren't even being paid during boarding.

All the more reason they should hustle to get the flight boarded and get in the air.

DP.

Snort.

Will that make them any MORE $$$?

No.

Why on earth would an FA do that?

They take an unbelievable amount of crap from rude and clueless passengers. I'm routinely astonished at how polite and helpful most of them are given customer behavior.

I have flown extensively, domestically and internationally, and I 100% have seen and partaken in a lot more passengers-helping-passengers, passengers-being-great, than I have seen and experienced flight attendants helping. When an obviously pregnant woman gets an eye-roll, when an elderly woman is flat-out refused help, there is simply no excuse. None.

You realize that not only are they not being paid during boarding, but they aren't covered by insurance -- not workman's comp if they pull a shoulder, not liability insurance if a bag they are lifting breaks a handle and falls on someone? None of it.

Fellow passengers also aren’t covered. And yet, they help. Because they are good people who want not only what’s best for their fellow passengers, but they want to get the flight off the ground.

Do what you want, but don’t ask a FA to do a task they’ve been specifically instructed not to do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

Remember that the flight attendants aren't even being paid during boarding.

All the more reason they should hustle to get the flight boarded and get in the air.

DP.

Snort.

Will that make them any MORE $$$?

No.

Why on earth would an FA do that?

They take an unbelievable amount of crap from rude and clueless passengers. I'm routinely astonished at how polite and helpful most of them are given customer behavior.

I have flown extensively, domestically and internationally, and I 100% have seen and partaken in a lot more passengers-helping-passengers, passengers-being-great, than I have seen and experienced flight attendants helping. When an obviously pregnant woman gets an eye-roll, when an elderly woman is flat-out refused help, there is simply no excuse. None.

You realize that not only are they not being paid during boarding, but they aren't covered by insurance -- not workman's comp if they pull a shoulder, not liability insurance if a bag they are lifting breaks a handle and falls on someone? None of it.

This is the reason they don’t help.

This is an inaccurate rumor.

https://www.reddit.com/r/flightattendants/s/LXSnjL4WSG

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

Remember that the flight attendants aren't even being paid during boarding.

All the more reason they should hustle to get the flight boarded and get in the air.

DP.

Snort.

Will that make them any MORE $$$?

No.

Why on earth would an FA do that?

They take an unbelievable amount of crap from rude and clueless passengers. I'm routinely astonished at how polite and helpful most of them are given customer behavior.

I have flown extensively, domestically and internationally, and I 100% have seen and partaken in a lot more passengers-helping-passengers, passengers-being-great, than I have seen and experienced flight attendants helping. When an obviously pregnant woman gets an eye-roll, when an elderly woman is flat-out refused help, there is simply no excuse. None.

You realize that not only are they not being paid during boarding, but they aren't covered by insurance -- not workman's comp if they pull a shoulder, not liability insurance if a bag they are lifting breaks a handle and falls on someone? None of it.

This is the reason they don’t help.

This is an inaccurate rumor.

https://www.reddit.com/r/flightattendants/s/LXSnjL4WSG

There is no consensus reached on that thread. Some say yes, some say no.

[Anonymous]

No one should be carrying luggage that they cannot stow themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

Remember that the flight attendants aren't even being paid during boarding.

All the more reason they should hustle to get the flight boarded and get in the air.

DP.

Snort.

Will that make them any MORE $$$?

No.

Why on earth would an FA do that?

They take an unbelievable amount of crap from rude and clueless passengers. I'm routinely astonished at how polite and helpful most of them are given customer behavior.

I have flown extensively, domestically and internationally, and I 100% have seen and partaken in a lot more passengers-helping-passengers, passengers-being-great, than I have seen and experienced flight attendants helping. When an obviously pregnant woman gets an eye-roll, when an elderly woman is flat-out refused help, there is simply no excuse. None.

You realize that not only are they not being paid during boarding, but they aren't covered by insurance -- not workman's comp if they pull a shoulder, not liability insurance if a bag they are lifting breaks a handle and falls on someone? None of it.

This is the reason they don’t help.

This is an inaccurate rumor.

https://www.reddit.com/r/flightattendants/s/LXSnjL4WSG

There is no consensus reached on that thread. Some say yes, some say no.

Every reply with specific information says yes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

Remember that the flight attendants aren't even being paid during boarding.

All the more reason they should hustle to get the flight boarded and get in the air.

DP.

Snort.

Will that make them any MORE $$$?

No.

Why on earth would an FA do that?

They take an unbelievable amount of crap from rude and clueless passengers. I'm routinely astonished at how polite and helpful most of them are given customer behavior.

I have flown extensively, domestically and internationally, and I 100% have seen and partaken in a lot more passengers-helping-passengers, passengers-being-great, than I have seen and experienced flight attendants helping. When an obviously pregnant woman gets an eye-roll, when an elderly woman is flat-out refused help, there is simply no excuse. None.

You realize that not only are they not being paid during boarding, but they aren't covered by insurance -- not workman's comp if they pull a shoulder, not liability insurance if a bag they are lifting breaks a handle and falls on someone? None of it.

This is the reason they don’t help.

This is an inaccurate rumor.

https://www.reddit.com/r/flightattendants/s/LXSnjL4WSG

There is no rumor that they are specifically directed NOT to assist because of injury. That is in every handbook, and insurance policies are up to the insurance provider and if they cover it. It's not really rumors, just not the full accurate story/picture.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I push and run over gate lice. You are group 4 and 5. GTFO of the way standing around the gate. You aren't going to get on faster and are blocking the way for everyone in groups 1-4. MOVE or you will be run over.

Seems like a bad move to physically accost someone likely larger than you and likely already agitated, but you do you

Nope. 6'4" and 276 lbs. If you want to throw down, i'll easily oblige.

This is terrible! You will just run over children and smaller people because you’re pissed at them? I think if you actually physically assaulted someone you would be denied boarding. This is just armchair fantasizing.

If they're in my way? Absolutely. Keep your spawn out of the way.

Oh please. The moment you laid a hand on a child there would be a ravening crowd of women ready to tear you limb from limb. I don’t even have kids and I would straight up testify that you assaulted the kid.

But this is all just your Big Man fantasy. You’re a pigeon-chested, knuckle-dragging mouth breather who lives in his mama’s basement and hasn’t been any further than Aunt Linda’s in Akron. Any decent large strong man doesn’t use his physicality to intimidate women and children.

I'm a 5'2" woman and will still run over your kid if it's in the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one should be carrying luggage that they cannot stow themselves.

This is the only reasonable answer but I'm sure DCUM will have reasons why they're special and it doesn't apply to them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am on a flight now and the instructions printed inside the overhead bins are crystal clear - if you have a rolling suitcase, turn it on its side and put it in wheels first. Yet people are laying them flat, horizontally, thereby taking up the space that could be used for three bags. Amazing. I wish the flight attendant would be able to ask people to set their bags in correctly but that would take even more time during boarding.

I wish the flight attendants would actually, you know, attend. Plenty of people just need a little help. My elderly mother asked for assistance and it was her fellow passengers who helped out as the “flight attendant” could not be bothered. I once asked for help when I was 6 months pregnant and the “flight attendant” actually rolled her eyes at me. Fellow travelers are usually the ones to assist one another and make things pleasant. So now that I’m not pregnant I do my best to keep an eye out for people who might need a hand storing bags the correct way. We’ve all been there as parents traveling with young kids, we’ve all been there as people traveling to a funeral in a daze of grief, we’ve all been there when we have shoulder or knee injuries, or infirm parents to assist, etc.

Let’s help each other out with patience as fellow travelers. Because goodness knows the “attendants” are usually attending to rolling their eyes at passengers, giving knowing looks to one another and having little inside jokes over the intercom, and fawning over the passengers who look rich, hot, or both.

The flight attendants will get trapped in the aisle if they stopped to help someone. The people are coming downstream and the FA won’t be able to get back upstream to help someone else. Think it through. The passengers are the most likely helpers. I’ve helped people just so they get out of the way and sit down so everyone else can board.

If you can't lift your bag, you should pack lighter or check it. It is no one elses responsibility to injure themselves because you cannot do basic tasks.

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If you can’t lift it above your head, check it.