“Don’t worry about a thing, honey. I’m gonna help you through this.”
“Those are all normal noises.”
“Luggage compartment closing. Cross-checking.”
“Just sit back and relax.”
“That’s just the engine powering up.”
“That’s just the engine struggling.”
“That’s just the carp swimming around your ankles.”
I know this is a very tame example for what he meant but I’m reminded of Mr Rogers saying look for the helpers
I did this once. A stranger asked me to hold her hand as we landed. It was the height of COVID and I was kind of wary, but I used some hand sanitizer before and after, and grabbed her hand as we hit the usual turbulence and bumps on approach. I figured if she was scared enough to ask a stranger to hold her hand, it would be meaningful to her to do it. We didn’t really talk before or after. Once we landed and started taxiing, she let go, thanked me, and I said you’re welcome.
I’ve experienced some scary shit, for me – nearly lost a limb (thanks be to medicine), cancer scare, etc. Life shit.
The simple human kindness of reassuring touch is so trivial at the time until you’re really in the depths of the fear in the spinning, wild, no-no-no-no part. Then the triviality of reassuring human touch - platonic, but there to say you’re not alone - is a fucking lifeline. Just for a moment.
If the flight attendants aren’t worried, I’m not worried. Eh, fuck it, I’m just not worried no matter what, it doesn’t help.
I’m not going to worry even if I’m being sucked out of the fuselage after the door plug blows out. Worrying won’t help in any of these situations.
I’d probably scream a little tho
That just sounds like a free ticket to go skydiving to me.
Only redeemable once, though.
But it does help to worry a bit before you are sucked out the fuselage though.
Keeps you from getting nearer to the open hole.
Worrying won’t help in any of these situations.
That’s a rational take on something that isn’t rational. Worry is fun in that it doesn’t care about your logic.
Example: My friend was ditched in a round of layoffs a ways back with terrible timing. He’s just moved back to the country, with a mortgage and other costs, taken in his dad to care for, and it’s close to 10k/mo of run-rate with cars and dual taxes and just family costs. I bet he still worries, even though it’s no help.
The most apt description of worry that I’ve found is that worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but ultimately, it doesn’t get you anywhere.
IMO, if the flight attendants look worried, I’m preparing myself to jump into action if required. Putting things away and getting ready to move at a moment’s notice if it’s needed. Beyond that, I’m not going to take charge and start delegating or anything. I don’t have that much of an ego. I’m just ready and willing to help, and if I have a few minutes to prepare myself, then I can do that much more quickly.
As for worrying, I handle worry and stress with action. So until there’s something to do, worry isn’t a helpful emotion to me, so I’ll do everything in my power to ignore or eliminate it until I can take action.
Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
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Not to be cynical, but she’s seated in First Class. In my experience, there is usually one flight attendant for first class and one or more other ones for coach. On that plane may only be 15 first class passengers that need to be taken care of by that flight attendant.
I would like to think that this would have happened in coach too, but those flight attendants are a lot more busy.
Still, very nicely done to that flight attendant. Delta, give that flight attendant a raise!
edit to add: My goodness the disbelief in these being first class makes me think you haven’t flown on commercial airplanes very much. Here’s a map of that type of jet (which @zainitopia@lemmy.world correctly pointed out is a CRJ-900. A small regional jet Delta flies. The flight attendant is sitting on the floor in aisle 4. Here’s a seat map showing all TWELVE of the First Class seats on this plane
That’s a pretty cheap looking first class. It doesn’t even have in flight entertainment!
Probably a small regional plane. Embraer E-175 maybe? Those flights are usually an hour or so.
Idk what the other comments are saying this is very clearly first class on a Delta flight
Outside of America, first class isn’t a relative term, but a fairly absolute one. If a flight doesn’t have very luxurious seats, it might not have a first class at all, and will instead have business class. If it lacks even the degree of luxury necessary to call its seats business class, it might only have premium economy, which is a term for seats which are entirely normal seats, but with slightly more legroom. You’d never get first class that is remotely possible to confuse for premium economy, because first class means something specific, it’s not relative to what else that particular plane is fitted for.
If it lacks even the degree of luxury necessary to call its seats business class, it might only have premium economy, which is a term for seats which are entirely normal seats, but with slightly more legroom.
I would really love if USA air carriers were that consistent. Even between brands here in the States they have different names for the same level of seat and amenities. I’ve mostly got it figured out for Delta and United, but occasionally I’ll have to book a long haul flight on American Airlines and have to look up their seat classes before booking to make sure I get what I want.
My goodness the disbelief in these being first class makes me think you haven’t flown on commercial airplanes very much.
I have, but inter city first class in Australia doesn’t look like that, even for domestic flights! The only time I’ve seen first class look anything like that was a prop commuter plane, flying to a country town.
Those seats are way too small compared to first class seats. That looks like economy class to me.
edit to add: My goodness the disbelief in these being first class makes me think you haven’t flown on commercial airplanes very much.
Literally 2 hours before your “edit to add”, an explanation was already provided. From the diagram, this might actually be business class, and my earlier claim that it would be “premium economy at best” was perhaps overstated. But still, this would never be “first class” on domestic flights here in Australia, or on any of the very many international flights I’ve been on during my time growing up as an expat.
Literally 2 hours before your “edit to add”, an explanation was already provided.
2 hours after that explanation I was still receiving NEW posts claiming it wasn’t First Class. People weren’t reading the later posts and, like you, claiming it wasn’t first class anyway. So one edit with a picture addressed both things.
From the diagram, this might actually be business class,
I don’t get to decide what to call it. Its not my airline. Delta calls it first class.
But still, this would never be “first class” on domestic flights here in Australia,
I’m glad to learn something about my friends in Australia. However, this is an airline in the USA and this is what they call it.
or on any of the very many international flights I’ve been on during my time growing up as an expat.
Nor any international flights I’ve been on, but as I said in a later post, this is a regional jet. In the states smaller regional jets like CRJ and Embraer move passengers from smaller cities to larger hubs for cross country flights or international.
2 hours after that explanation I was still receiving NEW posts claiming it wasn’t First Class
Sure, no problem with the fact that you felt the need to make an edit clarifying. The content of the edit was mostly very good. It’s interesting to learn!
I just take issue with the notion that you knowingly prefixed the edit with “makes me think you haven’t flown on commercial airplanes very much”.
What about that looks like first class to you? Based on the size of the seats, I’d say that at best we’re looking at premium economy.
US domestic ‘first class’ is pretty comically named. It is technically the best class available but it’s pretty similar to premium economy on an international flight.
There are a few airlines / routes that do better but the majority are not what you might expect for ‘first class’.
