ancman

That’s far too much work. I start it when I board, and rarely turn it off before I deplane.

Don’t really care if next year’s PS check is $5 less.

Furloughedboi

far too much work. What a solid attitude to have.

ancman

Yup. An attitude that keeps the passengers, crew, and myself comfortable and happy.

I don’t bother trying to test the quality of ground air at each station anymore. It’s inadequate at 90% of them, particularly with any number of passengers on board.

glassnpowder98

A true race car driver specs their Miata without A/C. Saves weight and won’t tempt you to trade horsepower for comfort.

Turbosina

I was just riding in the back yesterday (my own metal) and the cabin was absolutely sweltering during boarding. No airflow at all from the outlets. Multiple pax complained to the FAs. Boarding took a solid half hour, all the while we were all miserable in unacceptable temps. Finally 5 min prior I hear the apu start up. I don't know what the nitwits up front were doing, but it sure wasn't anything with passenger comfort in mind.

Guppydriver95

They were basking in the glory of believing company propaganda. They think they’ll get big fat profit checks while making everyone miserable. Marvin Mainliner at its finest.

Turbosina

The icing on the cake, and I'm not making this up, was when the CA came out to do a PA from the front of the cabin, which went exactly like this, and I'm quoting almost exactly verbatim:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm your captain today and... Hey man, don't film me, all right? That's really creepy. Anyhow, welcome aboard... (Insert long-winded description of the route etc)... Hey I said quit filming me.man!!"

Most of the pax couldn't see the CA, but his two exclamations not to film him, got everyone's attention. If you're going to say that to a pax, maybe unkey your mic first? It was so unprofessional, the whole experience, from boarding to that little episode. I felt embarrassed for our airline. It wasn't Servant Leader level, but it was just ick.

(And no, the CA wasn't a new hire. Employee number in the 200K range.)

thrust

United? I jumpseated (jumpsat) on UAL a month ago, happy with a seat in the back, and had almost the exact same experience, to include the PA in the galley and the “don’t film me”. It sounded to me like he was joking, as in “don’t film me, I’m just a lowly pilot, not a movie star celebrity, aw shucks maybe I AM a celebrity!” way. Either way, super cringe and one pax near me said “can you just stop talking and turn on the air conditioner?”.

FWIW, AA has a few of these types as well. Fortunately, their timeline is short.

captjns

Simple solution to those with stage fright... PAs from the flight deck only!

Guppydriver95

Or don’t annoy people at all until you turn off the seatbelt sign? And then keep it short and sweet.