There is already so much written about cabin crew to empathizes with them, but often it either remains totally not noticed or passengers are still
unaware of the cabin crew life.
A tiny person who only used to dream about the metal tube
flying and making a horrendous sound while flying up above at 30000ft, trying
to look in the sky the very moment when there ears catch the slightest noise,
just to figure out that the plane has already passed over a little further,
closing the eyes and emotionally thinking that “one day I will be there”,
practically realizing the principle of “light travels faster then sound”.
Emotions as always are stronger than our practical world as
we tend to dream our emotional side and then put all efforts to achieve them,
make them the reality.
Yeah! Some of us will say that the quench can be
attained by flying as passengers, but a glass of water is not enough when you
dream of fresh water river.
Hence giving birth to the ever energetic, enthusiastic,
agile, smiling, aspiring, loveable, dreamable Cabin Crew. The job that promises
that you can get in that metal tube over and over again till the time you feel
it has satisfied your hunger of traveling. And the best part is that you don’t
pay rather one get paid to travel.
Obviously with the greater job comes the greater
responsibility, and our cabin crew life is not different.
The selection process
Itself is horrifying, as not only that the charm of the job
is unexplainable also the money is tremendous. Not everyone who appears is
selected, the most heart breaking is that the ones who are not selected are not
even given any feedback for self development. In some of the airlines even it
is said that “go home and think what mistakes you made”. Leaving a person in
the middle of the ocean with no magnetic compass, so one does not have any idea
which way to swim (if you know swimming). Nevertheless the ones who got through
the interviews are asked to do there medicals and pack their bags and get in
habit of doing it.
First day of training
All smiling faces are around trying to get acquainted with
each other (Keep in mind that most of the candidates are around 21-25 year),
who is from where and what are their names, it’s imperative because of two
reasons first that you will have to spend another 2 months of training with
others and second and important because your mere survival in the aviation
industry depends on if you are a Social person.
After that starts the induction program, telling in depth
about the company and paperwork. This usually takes a week almost. As the
service training gets over starts the important stuff safety training with the
famous line “if u goof up in the service we can correct it but safety has no
second chances”, which apparently is correct to some extent. After an extensive
and grilling 2 months and exams, a fresh product is ready to deliver in the
sky.
At work
The dream of many, actually came to life and took more then
2 months to realize, there goes our fresh cabin crew with tantalizing eyes to
grab the world with both the arms. Having the impression that just has to serve
the passengers and see the world. It merely takes a few weeks for her/him to
realize that this is a different ball game. “It’s more like that I am an
onboard magician” once a crew said to me.
YOU DON’T HAVE CHICKEN?
Usually the first encounter happens when you finish with
chicken on board and some passenger is so angry that there is no chicken any
more, as if it was the crew mistake and she is supposed to open the door or a tandoor and bring some more kids of our dear
HEN. Or simply do some magic and get it.
I AM SMARTER THAN YOU…!!!
Some of the passengers are psychologically advanced I guess
because the moment they come they would try to make some ruckus so that they
will get better attention all through the flight.
GIVE ME MORE… YOU BITCH!!!
After the food mystery comes the Alcohol needs, doesn't matter if you don’t have it or
if the bar cart Is closed, or if one is unduly intoxicated and not even
smelling of alcohol but the passenger next to him complains about his beer
farts as well.
But he needs more and he needs now!! That’s not a request it
a fucking order now!” Who are these 20-25 year old smart looking tiny ladies to
tell me that I am drunk, I need more”,
And after a few
drinks I don’t know why that it always becomes impossible for the passenger to understand that anything whether food or
drinks just can be finished. Doesn’t matter if the flight is 16 hours or less
but nothing should or could finish on a plane.
When surprisingly almost 80% travelers these days are at
least partially literate, who get to face these people? Yes the one who is not
allowed to drink on board “cabin crew”. I bet you allow cabin crew to drink two
tequila shots they will straighten these mother F*%#ks.
One won’t believe that cabin crew is the one, who people
shout at, curse, abuse, harassed, sexually harassed, pressurized, pushed,
manipulated, and look down upon. And the
worse of it is that cabin crew is just like another office job when comes to
team work, your zone, your mistake, your passenger, you serve him, you clean
him, you you you you you you you!!!!!!!
KNEEL DOWN IN FRONT OF ME!
I have seen supervisors asking the junior cabin crew to
apologies to the drunk passengers as she refused him a drink and now he is
upset. I have seen cabin crew catching hold of some VIPs’ legs as they are
upset and threaten to complain about the crew and get them fired. I have seen
cabin crew crying as the passenger has thoroughly sexually harassed her by just
his words. On complaining the mistake comes on to the crew itself as it is
perceived that she is the one who is friendlier.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING SO FAR?
A crew who has more meaningful job she/he thought, while
administering oxygen to asthmatic passenger, CPR to heart attack, Heimlich
maneuver, and trained to help the mother giving birth to a child in mid air.
Life savers on board, who can save everyone life in 90 seconds by using 50% of
total exits, Who fight the fire, comply with the hijackers, know how to use the
PBE, asbestos gloves, crash axe, and procedures to survive in jungle (if
crashed in one), usage of Radio locater beacon, Fire extinguisher, know how to
make a tent, camp, which water to use which not….. Etc. etc. The one who board
the plane first and leave the last even in case of emergency, even if there own
life is in danger.
Still taking shit from everyone, from passenger and colleagues,
everyday they come to work in hope of a good day, smiling and greeting walking through the aisle they are the ones
spreading the magic to miles……
Respect the crew, who are truly the heroes of the airline,
what would a plane do made of diamonds if there is no crew.
This is my effort to say I salute the life of a cabin crew.
Fly High Burn the Sky
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