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

Gronk <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Feb 2024 21:38:43 -0700
Newsgroups alt.airline.united,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.guns
Organization 2.0
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Alan Browne wrote:
> 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.
> 

I'd also call that desperate and MADE UP.