European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 Anh Landers dear Ann Landen i am a Light attendant who Traitli Cross country. My routine Durics Ait As Fol Low Creel passengers make sure Luggage it properly stowed count passenger Monitor catering toe Tiburc that All meals beverages ice and supplies have been boarded. Count bottles of Beer wine and liquor. Cut to to make sure everyone s seat Belt is fastened trays and seats in upright position and see that no pert anal stereo Headset or tvs Are being used. All this before to Kilt. Then there s the hassle Over seats. Someone invariably complains and demands that i find a better one. Often i must ask a passenger if he or she would mind changing with so and so. I never hop being surprised at now Nice some people can be. Once airborne i pass out magazines collect Money for headsets run the movie serve drinks and snacks and offer a Choice of three meals not counting special orders such As Kosher or vegetarian. 1 serve me meals and seconds on drinks then pick up the trays All the while dodging passengers who like to stand in the aisle. A third run through with the serving cart offering ice cram sundaes and mints preparing and passing out hot towels collecting headsets picking up mountains of garbage thai have accumulated and respond ing to requests for blankets pillows More drinks Etc. The trick is to get everything done before routine i described assumes that everything is Normal. God forbid if there is turbulence or a medical emergency. Most flights Are full these Days what with discount fares and free travel Miles. The airline work As few Cabin attendants As they can legally get away with even though Many passengers need extra attention. I refer to the elderly the handicapped non English speaking Etc., not to mention unaccompanied Chil Dren. I have actually had parents Tell me they were under the impression that the airlines provided a flight Atten Dant to sit with children throughout the entire flight. Although i try to keep my Eye on youngsters travel ing alone i have 150 Oiler passengers to attend to so baby Silling u impossible. I and appalled at How parents put their children on a plane with no Reading material no colouring books and no Money for the movie. How do they think a child is going to entertain him self for five hours your Assumption that the flight attendant would be especially kind and attentive to a child travelling alone is unrealistic. No matter Bow kind and attentive we would like to be time does not allow us to devote More than a few minute to children travelling alone. We try to make every child s flight a memorable one but we can t be full time sky nannies us air Veteran of 20 years dear Veteran flight attendants everywhere will be pinned at toot deut pain of the Many duties Yon most perform daring night. You re nude it do that lit not u Bun Roos u it inks. You Hare Aba la the world know out flight Atlen duty an not Ime to sent is Sillers. Thank Tod. Ill a Fth to in 5whci1 Edh Junit unc tar Waco i your ten Tilyou can a u Lwft a to Sura the Best in the Region and one of the five Best in the world in 1987, not because it is a monstrous shopping comp Sci rivalling a mall in the United Stales or a huge readily restocked Germany Exchange but because n does so Well with what it Dos for the customer. Small As it is it docs a Good Job. I m sure the managers hear their share of complaints be cause they All do but they Are Tram people who realize thai they arc not in Kansas any More Dorothy. A least we Don t bomb the newspaper with Petty gripes. If you like the prices i k Man. Sears and Montgom Ery Ward better Well mail order your exercise bikes from them. Since you apparently Don t realize cafes has to pay shipping Loo i want to see your face when you get the Bill. If you have to Haye a regular Supply of just the right Cie Cuc bikes to exist you la just have to wait Umil you get Home like the rest of us i for one am Happy to have the cafes system. Sure in has some problems As any system docs. Bul thai does t mean it has to give me everything i want where i want it and the second i want it. If i Don t like it bitching to the newspaper in t going to solve the All the names withheld oui there i am not afraid someone will Sec this ice scr. In fort. I m sending copy to cafes commanders to let them know some one is in their people in Germany think you arc l acting like clowns Well Lake off the funny nose and floppy shoes and get Back to something More important when you walk through a cow pasture Don t worry about Chicken dung. 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