What's The Joke?
Aug 22 '00
I have just recently returned from our family's summer vacation. There are five of us in my family, and together we have put on over 20,000 miles on our one pass account through continental Airlines. I have always enjoyed flying Continental and will probably do so in the future despite the foolish manner of the stewards that were in charge of flight 443 on July 22, 2000. The flight started out like any other, with friendly greetings from the flight crew. After the airplane doors were closed, the two stewards and one stewardess went on to review with us the safety features of the airplane, (seat belts, lights, oxygen masks, and Life jackets). As the plane got ready to take off the crew took their seats and away we went. About ten minutes later and about 30,000 miles up, the crew (stewards and stewardess) got up to go to each of their stations. The head steward's name was Tony. He started to speak on the microphone, saying that we have been re-routed to the Bahamas, due to the weather. I've flown many times from Ft. Lauderdale to Cleveland, which is where we were going, to know that in the summer in Florida, it is possible to be re-routed a different way because this is our hurricane season. The plane would usually take off, head out toward the water and make a u-turn to fly too Cleveland. I had noticed we had been over the water a little longer than usual. The Bahamas, however was a little odd as far as I was concerned. All of a sudden, Tony is explaining how to put on your life jackets, while the other steward is showing us once again. ( We had already been shown on the ground). At this point, I'm thinking the plane is going down, how am I going to save my children,etc.. My son and my daughter are grabbing on to me, asking what is happening, as I am trying to assure them that everything is all right. The woman in front of me is grabbing the man's hand across the isle from her and there is a dead silence on the plane. After Tony finishes explaining to us about the life jackets he says,"We will now be serving lunch and drinks". he then says to us, "Wasn't that well orchestrated?" Everyone on the plane just looked at each other with these blank stares trying to comprehend what he just said. In his warped mind, I guess he thought this was some kind of a joke. I know that everyone on that flight would have liked to punch him out for doing something stupid like that. All I wanted was to get to Cleveland and land safely.I did let them know that I didn't find that humorous in the least. They had no answer. I have since written to Continental to let them know that jokes like this are not acceptable. You can just imagined how hard it will be to get my children back on a plane again.
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Member: Rhonda K.
Location: Coral Springs, Florida
Reviews written: 7
Trusted by: 1 member
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