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Let's face it, air Travel can be difficult, tiring and expensive and all anyone really wants is to get to their destination with as little trouble as possible.
As reported by Business Insider, the aviation industry had a busy year during 2018 with almost four billion people travelling by plane worldwide. While most of these flights went without incident on all airlines, some surprising and often shocking stories did occur relating to either crew members or passengers.
With every flight, we sit through the onboard safety demonstration, which for those who travel frequently is a pain. There was the fun story of a male flight attendant getting seductive while doing the pre-flight safety check. Some airlines have hit the headlines with various other unusual stories, including a gate agent who laughed at a child's name, posting a copy of the boarding pass online. A drunken passenger body-slammed a flight attendant, while another had to be duct-taped and zip-tied to his seat after becoming aggressive.
Southwest Airlines apologises for mocking five-year-old's name
BBC recently reported that when Traci Redford and her daughter, Abcde (pron. Ab-si-dee) were about to board their flight home to El Paso, Texas, a Southwest Airlines gate agent reportedly started laughing. The agent photographed the five-year-old girl’s boarding pass and posted it on social media. Southwest Airlines later issued an apology, saying this was not indicative of the airline’s respect, care and civility, adding it takes great pride in extending Southwest hospitality to all customers.
Name shaming? This Texas woman claims a @SouthwestAir agent made fun of her 5-year-old daughter's name as they were preparing to board their flight at @JohnWayneAir in Orange County.
— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) November 28, 2018
Her daughter's name is Abcde (pronounced Ab-city). @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/iHpBPoakYI
Southwest Airlines male employee performs stripper-like routine during safety demonstration
A flight attendant on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Omaha amused passengers by performing a stripper-like routine while going through the pre-flight safety check. He played it up, seductively sliding down the wall and then did a stomp down the aisle, while another flight attendant went through the information by intercom. While it’s hard to get hold of that video, it seems this wasn’t his first time and the video below shows another hilarious pre-flight safety check last year.
