Re: United to flight attendants: Put away your phone or you are fired

On 2024-02-05 12:07, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Mon, 5 Feb 2024 08:24:55 -0000 (UTC), useapen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>
>> "Use of a personal electronic device and/or accessories is not permitted
>> while customers are on board the aircraft, with the exception of crew
>> rest. ... Any crewmember found in violation will be subject to performance
>> discipline up to and including termination," the memo states
> 
> I have doubts if this is a good idea.  I was on a United AL flight and
> the flight attendant read on Yahoo News a Breaking News story that our
> plane was crashing.  She notified the pilot and he took care of it. What
> would have happened if she weren't using her phone?

I'd call that an edge case.

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