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

micky <[email protected]> Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:40:52 -0500
Newsgroups alt.airline.united,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.guns
Organization Tweaknews
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:02:05 -0500, Governor
Swill <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 21:38:43 -0700, Gronk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>I'm thinking it was sarcasm.

+1

>
>Swill