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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
You Can Stick Your Iphone Up Your...A friend of mine sent me this. There is a reason the guys up front make the (not so) big bucks.
We push back from the gate and get advised of a ground stop in MEM due to storms in the area. My Captain informs the passengers over the PA. Not one minute later, we get chimed from the flight attendant. "Some guy with an IPhone says the weather is good, and wants to know what the REAL reason is for the delay. Is something wrong with the plane?"
I want to tell this clown what he can do with his IdiotPhone, but the Captain does it even better. He gets on the PA and makes the following announcement :
"If the passenger with the IPhone would be kind enough to use it to check the weather and NOTAMS at our alternate, calculate our extra fuel burn due to being rerouted around the storms, call the dispatcher to arrange our release, and then make a phone call to the nearest Air Traffic Control center to arrange our timely departure amongst the other aircraft carrying passengers with IPhones, then we will be more than happy to depart. Please ring your call button to advise the Flight Attendant and your fellow passengers when you deem it safe for this multi-million dollar aircraft and its 140 passengers to leave."
Needless to say, the passenger was pretty embarrassed. The F/A later told us the rest of the plane laughed at him the rest of the trip.
We push back from the gate and get advised of a ground stop in MEM due to storms in the area. My Captain informs the passengers over the PA. Not one minute later, we get chimed from the flight attendant. "Some guy with an IPhone says the weather is good, and wants to know what the REAL reason is for the delay. Is something wrong with the plane?"
I want to tell this clown what he can do with his IdiotPhone, but the Captain does it even better. He gets on the PA and makes the following announcement :
"If the passenger with the IPhone would be kind enough to use it to check the weather and NOTAMS at our alternate, calculate our extra fuel burn due to being rerouted around the storms, call the dispatcher to arrange our release, and then make a phone call to the nearest Air Traffic Control center to arrange our timely departure amongst the other aircraft carrying passengers with IPhones, then we will be more than happy to depart. Please ring your call button to advise the Flight Attendant and your fellow passengers when you deem it safe for this multi-million dollar aircraft and its 140 passengers to leave."
Needless to say, the passenger was pretty embarrassed. The F/A later told us the rest of the plane laughed at him the rest of the trip.
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