Dear gods. RyanAir Stansted to Faro, the Friday night late flight. Sitting in row 1 so getting to see how the crew do deescalation (very very well actually).
If this was the US, where deescalation seems to be alien to the national psyche, it’d have been diverted to somewhere in Normandy with a bunch of people in zip ties and met by a SWAT team. As it was, it landed in Faro without incident and everyone continued on.
RyanAir have a reputation as a decent employer compared to many, AIUI, but these guys are not paid enough.
Other perk of sitting in row 1: if you’re not part of the “yay hay pissheads!” crowd, the crew end up chatting to you in quieter times, and they’re fun to talk to.
Miguel Arroz
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in reply to Miguel Arroz • •@Miguel Arroz One bunch almost kicked off because they ran out of beer and demanded a refund (steward said he could have one if he got off; we were doing 500 knots over the English Channel), another wanted to know what was stopping him opening the aircraft door. One more group playing woman orgasming sounds over a Bluetooth speaker loudly at the gate.
Just a regular Friday, I guess.
Miguel Arroz
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