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[IntMaverick]

<font color="purple"> OK, let's get those airlinecrew.net buttons and tell us where you keep the visine and let us know for whom you have no LOVE lost.......... get my drift and intended pun ?

:wink_2:

[Sugarpuffs]

Sorry IntMaverick,
I haven't a clue as to what you are on about.
What is visine?
I've never heard of it.
If your post is aimed to be funny, sorry but it just whizzed straight past me, 'cos i just don't understand. :confus_2:

[EXASaab]

Visine is a product for red-itchy, irritated eyes... I have heard stories of where F/A's have put several drops of this over the counter eye medicine into pilots coffee... the end result is causing the victim to have the shitz.... or so I've been told.

One reason why I don't drink coffee, or ask the F/A for anything to drink unless I know them and their reputation.

:wink_2:

[Sugarpuffs]

Thanks EXASaab for the explaination.

Sounds like this stuff could be kinda nasty in the wrong hands. :grin:

Hmmm I wonder what we would call it over here, that is if we can get.
Ummm I wonder if my man would like a cup of coffee??????
:grin: :grin: :grin:
Nah as tempting as it sounds, that's not me. Just kidding.
:grin: :grin: :grin:

Guess EXASaab it certainly pays to be nice to your crews. :wink_2:
Thanks again.

[JuniorPuke]

A little bio-chemistry tidbit for all involved, here-
Visine hasn't caused anything like incontinence, since it had the "Tetrahydrozaline" removed. Does everyone remember the "tetrahydrozaline?" Well- it's gone along with Visine's ability to make people have the runs. Drink hearty, EXA- worry not- your NWA amigos would never do anything like that to you.
A vigilant
-JuntorPuke

[EXASaab]

EXA- worry not- your NWA amigos would never do anything like that to you.



Even though we are "stealing" your 16 hour layovers? :grin:

I have heard that we have a couple of F/A's who have done this as well as "spit" in pilots' coffee and ice....
A few pilots probably deserved it.... but there are a couple who just don't like pilots period.

I at least offer to get my own cup of ice and snacks unless I have flown with the F/A before and know that I can trust her/him.


:grin:

[JuniorPuke]

EXA-
I'm afraid that I wasn't part of that exchange. No- I don't believe that anyone @ Pinnacle is stealing anything from me. There are some people in Eagan who're are taking away my current employment- but you aren't they.
Generally speaking- I don't get any special proivelidges in the cockpit, pilots don't get em in my galley, it's all about spheres of influence. No- I wouldn't do that to pilots- they gotta trust me, though, just as I trust them to pilot the aircraft competently. It's a give/give trust thing. Oh well, it's all moot now- as I'm soon to be grounded.
A dubiously effervescent-
-JP

[EXASaab]

Sorry to hear so many of my Northwest bretheren are losing their jobs.....There are some "Mainliners" who feel that we are "stealing" there jobs....As you stated it's not me it's the folks in Eagan who make all the decisions.... if they could they would sub-contract out some of the flying we are already doing..I'm sure there is some bean counter trying that at the moment.

We have an agreement that our new hire pilot classes have to be 75% of furloughed mainline pilots... why don't you talk to your union rep to see if the F/As could work the same kinda deal? It doesn't pay as much as you make now and the hours are long and the schedules are crappy but it beats being unemployeed.

Good Luck!

[IntMaverick]

<font color="purple"> After going thru the peeves, courtney love and reading about how sometimes PAX might be able to say stuff you cannot, I thought I should "offer my services".. all in jest. :smile_2:

This was for other passengers not the staff... hey i love my stars and don't want those to go away because i got on the wrong side of some people here.. :wink_2:

[JuniorPuke]

Uh-Intl Maverick- WHAT????
EXA -you e a good point- and theere's been some effort to make that happen. We've got two issues, though. Our union (Teamsters) cares little about anything that won't ad to their bottom line. Long story short- they dopn't give a rip and cannot be bothered to help. Issue two- the company has made it a stipulation that if we're to go to work for one of the airlinlks, not only are we expected to take a significant cut in pay- we're expected to RESIGN from our positions- unlike the pilots. This eraces any gains we've made in seniority- and should we return, we've gotta start from square one. If we see any return as possible, it's not worth it, and they really don't give a rat's pitoot about us. By no means do they treat the pilots with kidd gloves- but we're even less highly regarded.
I appreciate your looking out for our best interests- but the company's already thought of that- and they want to engineeer it to their own best interests, eg- paying less. I've been through all of this already. I don't wanna pay my dues, again. But again, thanks EXA-I appreciate your sentiments.
-JP :grin:

[Sugarpuffs]

After going thru the peeves, courtney love and reading about how sometimes PAX might be able to say stuff you cannot, I thought I should "offer my services".. all in jest. :smile_2:



IntMaverick you haven't got on the wrong side of anybody here.
As I am in England I had not heard of Visine. Because of this I was not too sure what you ment, hence my question.
And also why it whizzed straight past me :frown_2: :grin: :grin:
Guess this should be put down to; American English to English English translation somewhere. Ne c'est par?
:grin: :grin: :grin:


This was for other passengers not the staff... hey i love my stars and don't want those to go away because i got on the wrong side of some people here.. :wink_2:



I don't think you got on anyones wrong side. :smirk:
Maybe you should have posted this, if aimed at psgrs only, in the Passenger Forum. :smile_2:

[Sugarpuffs]

JuniorPuke
Thanks for your explanation too.
Sorry to hear you maybe soon out of a job. :frown_2: :frown_2:
I hope it doesn't happen, but if the chop comes I hope you find other job real soon.
I wish we had one of those Graemlins on here that burst into tears, cos that's how I feel for you.

[Studley]

Visine hasn't caused anything like incontinence, since it had the "Tetrahydrozaline" removed.



Ummm, JP, are you sure this has been removed? For I am looking at my bottle of the incredible ocular substance, and the Active Ingredients are listed as follows:

- Dextran 70, 0.1%
- Polyethylene glycol 400, 1%
- Povidone, 1%
- Tetrahydrozoline HCL, 0.05%

This is from the label of the Advanced Relief variant, but I've seen Tetrahydrozoline on the labels of the other variants. Maybe the concentration or formulation has changed.

I always have a bottle of the stuff, to remove traces of the previous night's activities, particularly smoke, from my eyes, since smoke can take the largest toll on them, particularly when I'm getting tired. This and aspirin (to shut down the jackhammers going off in my head from the music in the clubs that I love so much, LOL), are godsends and essential ingredients to my not looking and feeling miserable the next morning. :smile_2:

That and drinking plenty of water. :grin:

[FlyBoyChuck]

LOL...Amen Studley! I never leave on a trip without my Visine and some Alleve(aspirin). Gotta look rested, even though I may feel like hell pounded me over the nite before!! :grin:

[Studley]

Maybe you should have posted this, if aimed at psgrs only, in the Passenger Forum.



I've made the necessary actions to get the topic moved to the proper forum. :smile_2:

[Studley]

Trying to get back to the original topic....

Hmmmm....no LOVE lost. Are you referring to celebrities, Maverick, or just other pax we don't want to fly with because they make everyone else look bad in the eyes of the staff? Or are you referring to management policies? Is it all of the above? :confus_2:

Please clarify what you're looking for here.

[IntMaverick]

Trying to get back to the original topic....

Hmmmm....no LOVE lost. Are you referring to celebrities, Maverick, or just other pax we don't want to fly with because they make everyone else look bad in the eyes of the staff? Or are you referring to management policies? Is it all of the above? :confus_2:

Please clarify what you're looking for here.





<font color="purple"> The first two, Studley (There was a reason I put it in caps :grin: ). I do not follow managament policies too much.
Plus this was also in response to some of the suggestions in the "peeves" thread.

[Studley]

Just what I thought. Well, one I can think of right away....onboard autograph seekers.

On a WAFTI flight from MSY-DFW last year on Super Sunday morning, there were a lot of athletes and broadcasters on my flight. One of them was Nomar Garciaparra, of the Boston Red Sox (baseball). He was in F, with his girlfriend, Mia Hamm (soccer athlete extraordinaire ).

I'm in Row 9, and this female "fan", comes from the rear of the aircraft (after the door has been closed for five minutes!), to get his autograph. Then another such "fan" also does the same, now delaying the flight. :mad_2:

There was more than enough time for them to get an autograph in the gate area, since he stopped and chatted with another person who was in F across from them, long after they were out of the aircraft.

As JP would say - super.

My mantra, no matter where I am in the aircraft, or who I am sitting next to, famous or no, is ACT LIKE YOU'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE.

[flymeaway]

Visine hasn't caused anything like incontinence, since it had the "Tetrahydrozaline" removed



You know, I don't think they make those X-LAX chocolate bars anymore either... :frown_2: They substituted really well in my brownie recipe. :blush: :grin:

[flymeaway]

I have heard that we have a couple of F/A's who have done this as well as "spit" in pilots' coffee and ice....
A few pilots probably deserved it.... but there are a couple who just don't like pilots period.




For what its worth, exa, I think those people are very few and far between. In 2 years of flying, I don't think I ever encountered anyone malicious enough to sabotage anyone's food or drink - especially without provocation. If you can't trust your own crew, then you have bigger potential problems than a little extra something in your coffee!

[GUINNESS]

I have been flying for 8 years and have never seen anything like "spiking" pilots drinks We are normally too busy to even think of such things.
If I ever caught my crew doing such a thing not only would it be the end of their career the police would be called also.

[GalleyWench]

Never in 13 years flying ( and always working galley, as evidenced by my handle) have I seen spit, bogeys,etc put in a pilots drink or food. Their illness could comprimise MY safety. There have been some worthy candidates but frankly people like that do not merit an additional thought, I am too busy doing my service!! If you are in a cockpit on my flight, your food and drink have not been tampered with. However, any jerks in the cockpit will be ignored on the layover!

[brownbat]

It's pretty horrifying to think that we have colleagues who are immature/unbalanced enough to want to take personal revenge on ANYbody (crew, passenger or other) in any way, even with a juvenile prank such as spitting or dropping a diarrhea-inducing chemical into a beverage. Don't well-adjusted adults outgrow inclinations toward this sort of behavior before high school?

Yet these same people are entrusted with saving lives, ensuring the comfort and wellbeing of hundreds of passengers every day while being exemplary representives of their countries and their companies to a paying public.

If we can't trust these jerks to keep their immaturity in check, how can we trust them to do their jobs? :confus_2: