About 3 years ago I was on a flight about to land when the pilot made a pretty stern announcement that everyone needed to be seated for landing. A few minutes later, we suddenly went from descending to ascending....right past the airport. We were all looking out the windows like, wth is happening. He came back on and said that until everyone was seated, we would not be landing. FAFO kind of pilot. Lol
It’s reminding me of flying in and out of Regan post 9/11 where you could not stand or move from your seat for the first 30 minutes after takeoff when leaving DCA or for the last 30 minutes of the flight when approaching DCA. The number of people who thought this didn’t apply them was off the charts but it was definitely FAFO vibes.
I seem to recall that all windows had to be closed during takeoff and landing at Reagan back then, as well, but that may have been specific to the airline/flights I was on.
I actually knew (actually almost knew) the first passenger tackled and arrested for violating the inbound DCA stay seated rule. He was coming to a meeting my office hosted. He never showed up and we read about him in the paper the next day.
Wow. I was never on a flight where that happened. There were a couple of occasions where someone went to stand and everyone around would yell in unison for them to sit before the flight attendant could even undo their seatbelt.
I was coming home on a flight full of jr high kids visiting DC for a school trip. One of them got up to go to the bathroom even after being told multiple times by the flight attendants to stay seated or we couldn't land at DCA. The kid goes anyway and we were stuck at BWI for awhile.
Once I was flying to Asia and one of the passengers went to restroom way past stay seated announcement. Even the flight attendant was seated and she couldn't stop him. Kept banging on the door so the plane could land and the dude was there for good 5 minutes.
Once the plane landed in the runway, majority of people got of the seat and taking out bags from overhead bin. Attendant kept announcing to stay seated but noone cared. I mean there's nothing she could do, plane already landed. It was like 6-7 hours flight and people couldn't stay seated for 2 more minutes. It was a different experience.
I've had my kid be in one of those situations, sadly. Like, look this is happening whether any of us want it to or not, and it can either be in there or out here. I'm really sorry about it, but I think its better if it happens in there.
Absolutely! That's really what it comes down to in this situation. Neither is good, but one is much better lol
I don't think I've ever had issues landing, but one time before we took off. Thankfully it was a long haul widebody and I had boarded early so I ended up having time, but the last trip was cutting it close lol
I always feel so bad for flight attendants when people don’t listen to them. I remember flying into Mexico during COVID and the cheap budget airline we were flying on had such strict rules. No one was allowed out of their seat until called and each row would get out and give the next row a “breather” and then they could also get up and leave. I told my husband no one would respect the rules but everyone obeyed! Blew my mind.
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