Remain in your seats
Just when you think all civility has vanished from air travel, something comes along to change your mind.
On Saturday I was flying from LaGuardia to Toronto. As usual, the departure from NY was late and a lot of passengers on the Air Canada flight were on impossibly tight connections as a result.
The flight attendants made an announcement explaining the situation. They made a simple request: "If you don't have another flight to catch in the next hour, please remain in your seat when we arrive at the gate."
I've seen this happen before. But it didn't work. People just ignored the request and got up anyway.
Maybe it was the Christmas spirit. Maybe it was because it was a planeful of polite Canadians. But this time everybody listened and the people at the back of the train who had 27 minutes to make a flight to Australia actually had a chance of making it.
On Saturday I was flying from LaGuardia to Toronto. As usual, the departure from NY was late and a lot of passengers on the Air Canada flight were on impossibly tight connections as a result.
The flight attendants made an announcement explaining the situation. They made a simple request: "If you don't have another flight to catch in the next hour, please remain in your seat when we arrive at the gate."
I've seen this happen before. But it didn't work. People just ignored the request and got up anyway.
Maybe it was the Christmas spirit. Maybe it was because it was a planeful of polite Canadians. But this time everybody listened and the people at the back of the train who had 27 minutes to make a flight to Australia actually had a chance of making it.
Labels: Air Canada, Christmas travel
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