[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Lufthansa?

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

….and the friendliness in the skies continues.

I hope the pos was given appropriate treatment he dished out to the poor woman airline attendant.

[NorCalAthlete]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Man, Im glad to sitting behind a bulletproof door in air.
That wont prevent me from getting chased by a weirdo after deboarding but at this moment an appropriate question from my side: Where are the security at the airport when such things happens?

Arresting the dude who had 0.5oz too much toothpaste.

[Fly320s]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Where are the security at the airport when such things happens?

There aren't any. Most airports have local police, or their own police, in and around the airport, but they don't typically patrol the hallways. The police are always a few minutes away.

[infamousdiz]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

I give professional courtesy majority of the time unless the action is egregious. I give a lot of passes to civilians too, so my latitude is deployed fairly.

As for your attitude….


….at least you attempted to make amends. That's more than I can say for some people.

My boat was docked in that beach town, the police Capt. I'm friends with painted the bigger picture for me… they have the ability/motivation to make my summer activities ( Boats N Hoes) unpleasant as possible, reminding me (and my friends/coworkers) that we are far from model citizens. Along with my fancy loud F85 X5M that screams "look at me".
When my buddy was getting a DUI, my antics got me pulled out of the back seat to be detained, followed by insulting the officers situational awareness for patting me down when I was shirtless and wearing a form fitting Hurley swim suit. Again not proud of my behavior, just illustrating another point of motivation they would have.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by infamousdiz

My boat was docked in that beach town, the police Capt. I'm friends with painted the bigger picture for me… they have the ability/motivation to make my summer activities ( Boats N Hoes) unpleasant as possible, reminding me (and my friends/coworkers) that we are far from model citizens. Along with my fancy loud F85 X5M that screams "look at me".
When my buddy was getting a DUI, my antics got me pulled out of the back seat to be detained, followed by insulting the officers situational awareness for patting me down when I was shirtless and wearing a form fitting Hurley swim suit. Again not proud of my behavior, just illustrating another point of motivation they would have.

Yikes! That sounds like a scene out of a Jersey Shore episode.

[infamousdiz]

Originally Posted by Skoidat69

Most federal employees get 1% per year worked x avg of high 3 (if you are 62 with atleast 25 years, your new multiplier is 1.1%). If you are a special category then you have a different multiplier or (s).. LEO or Executive branch and Dept of State or certain 3 letter non-Dept of Defense agencies pay different rates for length of overseas assignments.

Shit, here in CT the state cops rape the pension. My city transferred my pension under the state in other words we are in the pension as the state cops. They get 50% of their 3 highest years including OT. Most will load up the last 3 years making over 200k resulting in a 100k pension for 25 years of service. As a fireman we can't get that much overtime… hell we don't even get 1.5 when we work OT unless we are in FSLA. My base is 80k as a PVT and the most money I could make if I took every OT available would be 125k. You have state portal men make near 300k. The pension was not designed to double your retirement payout. Fiscally impossible to pay a trooper 100k after 25 years to sit home. I believe it should be capped and the figure take into account the number of years of service.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by infamousdiz

Shit, here in CT the state cops rape the pension. My city transferred my pension under the state in other words we are in the pension as the state cops. They get 50% of their 3 highest years including OT. Most will load up the last 3 years making over 200k resulting in a 100k pension for 25 years of service. As a fireman we can't get that much overtime… hell we don't even get 1.5 when we work OT unless we are in FSLA. My base is 80k as a PVT and the most money I could make if I took every OT available would be 125k. You have state portal men make near 300k. The pension was not designed to double your retirement payout. Fiscally impossible to pay a trooper 100k after 25 years to sit home. I believe it should be capped and the figure take into account the number of years of service.

Firemen in California make just as much, if not more than we do, and they sit around far more. The way my retirement plan works is the newer hires in the next plan contribute more. My increased contributions are paying the retirements of those who came before me. Those under me will pay mine, and so forth and so on. Years of service is part of the retirement calculation.

[vreihen16]

With all of these in-flight incidents recently, I'm starting to dread my upcoming flight early next week. I opted for an exit row seat, and don't know if I still have the strength to kill someone with my bare hands if they go crazy and try to open the door and pull the emergency slide inflator in the middle of the flight.....

[Skoidat69]

Originally Posted by infamousdiz

Shit, here in CT the state cops rape the pension. My city transferred my pension under the state in other words we are in the pension as the state cops. They get 50% of their 3 highest years including OT. Most will load up the last 3 years making over 200k resulting in a 100k pension for 25 years of service. As a fireman we can't get that much overtime… hell we don't even get 1.5 when we work OT unless we are in FSLA. My base is 80k as a PVT and the most money I could make if I took every OT available would be 125k. You have state portal men make near 300k. The pension was not designed to double your retirement payout. Fiscally impossible to pay a trooper 100k after 25 years to sit home. I believe it should be capped and the figure take into account the number of years of service.

More people think that Feds clean up but it's certain states that have un sustainable pension systems.. The crappy thing is that people of my grandparents generation setup these systems to benefit themselves but I believe then knew it was a bad system.. my wife's grandmom worked for the state of IL for 17 years but got a full pension for 35 years. IL's state system is F'd.. Mechanics are paid almost above private sector and get a pension on top plus stacking OT..

We need to change the pension models I.e Cash Balance Pension or transition to heavy funded pension that equal to present day pension contributions..I.e if total employer pension contributions are 8% and 401k match is 4%… say something like you out 6% and we'll give 12%.. Then you have cost savings as some idiots won't put in enough to meet match and you don't have to guarantee returns..

[Fly320s]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

With all of these in-flight incidents recently, I'm starting to dread my upcoming flight early next week. I opted for an exit row seat, and don't know if I still have the strength to kill someone with my bare hands if they go crazy and try to open the door and pull the emergency slide inflator in the middle of the flight.....

Good news! Those inflight incidents are still rare. I've never had one in my 25+ years of airline work.

More good news! Those emergency exits can't be opened when the plane is pressurized, not even by The Terminator. You're safe.

Bad news. You're much more likely to die on the drive to/from the airport.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Fly320s

Good news! Those inflight incidents are still rare. I've never had one in my 25+ years of airline work.

More good news! Those emergency exits can't be opened when the plane is pressurized, not even by The Terminator. You're safe.

Bad news. You're much more likely to die on the drive to/from the airport.

True…..


….but damn, two different flight attendant friends, two different airlines, four acts of violence in….what, a month and a half (…not including what has occurred elsewhere)?!? Low probability still.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Skoidat69

More people think that Feds clean up but it's certain states that have un sustainable pension systems.. The crappy thing is that people of my grandparents generation setup these systems to benefit themselves but I believe then knew it was a bad system.. my wife's grandmom worked for the state of IL for 17 years but got a full pension for 35 years. IL's state system is F'd.. Mechanics are paid almost above private sector and get a pension on top plus stacking OT..

We need to change the pension models I.e Cash Balance Pension or transition to heavy funded pension that equal to present day pension contributions..I.e if total employer pension contributions are 8% and 401k match is 4%… say something like you out 6% and we'll give 12%.. Then you have cost savings as some idiots won't put in enough to meet match and you don't have to guarantee returns..

Defined BENEFIT vs defined CONTRIBUTION. I can't even imagine how to do long term budget projections on employees costs. . .

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Luftwaffe?

Wait, what?

[Lady Jane]

Violence against Flight Attendants is a relatively new phenomena from a depraved society we now live in.

Violence against nurses has been an on-going problem for decades.

https://nursesunions.ca/campaigns/violence/

In a national study conducted by the CFNU, we found that 61% of nurses reported a serious problem with violence over a recent 12 month period and two-thirds considered leaving their jobs as a result. The number of violence-related lost-time claims for health care workers increased by almost 66% over a nine year period – three times the rate of increase for police and correctional service officers combined.

In addition to physical injury, workplace violence has a serious impact on workers’ mental health, as revealed by a 2020 CFNU study that found disturbing rates of mental disorder symptoms among nurses. Physical assault was the traumatic event reported, affecting 92.7% of nurses. Nearly half of nurses (46.4%) reported exposure to physical assault 11 or more times

Many quit and most of us go back to work.

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Which airline do you fly for?

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Big German one

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Luftwaffe?

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

Wait, what?

Well...it would explain his penchant for, and familiarity with, BMW engines....

[NorCalAthlete]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

<snip>
The way my retirement plan works is the newer hires in the next plan contribute more. My increased contributions are paying the retirements of those who came before me. Those under me will pay mine, and so forth and so on. Years of service is part of the retirement calculation.

Soooooooooooo it's a giant government Ponzi scheme?

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by NorCalAthlete

Soooooooooooo it's a giant government Ponzi scheme?

Yep! Lol! Once you retire, you stop paying into the fund. Those still active are paying for you.

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

True…..


….but damn, two different flight attendant friends, two different airlines, four acts of violence in….what, a month and a half (…not including what has occurred elsewhere)?!? Low probability still.

You know what, into the future the order of fix some mid-air problems would be to slap first every damn cell phone from the greedy sensational related crowd out of their hands and then get to others to help.
Man, Im so sick and tired about some passengers who must record and film every little thing. Last seen as a pax want to leave the aircraft midair and had tried to open one of the main doors which is impossible caused by the cabin pressure, but as they had brought him down with few people, others into the seat rows were pushing themselves aside to get the best spot for filming this instead of giving an additional hand. That sux.

[Fly320s]

Originally Posted by NorCalAthlete

Soooooooooooo it's a giant government Ponzi scheme?

Yep! Lol! Once you retire, you stop paying into the fund. Those still active are paying for you.

It is worse than a Ponzi scheme since you never actually contributed. It is a Ponzi scheme using other people's money. A tax payer funded Ponzi scheme.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

You know what, into the future the order of fix some mid-air problems would be to slap first every damn cell phone from the greedy sensational related crowd out of their hands and then get to others to help.

I noticed that the menu in the airline app I installed a few weeks ago has the on-board photo/video policy listed above the in-flight food/beverage menu. As someone who does not partake or follow social media, I have to ask if society has really devolved to this level?????

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I noticed that the menu in the airline app I installed a few weeks ago has the on-board photo/video policy listed above the in-flight food/beverage menu. As someone who does not partake or follow social media, I have to ask if society has really devolved to this level?????

Its always a give-and-take of customers and branch. Every airline is glad for priceless advertising into social media, where the logos on seatrows, emergency charts, (...) are displayed and mentioned, no matter in which context onto first view.
On the flipside this could cause some serious backlash, when you are continiously in the headlines with more negative reports. You'll need years and years to build and keep your reputation upright and it could be crushed within seconds by a mistaken picture or comment. Welcome to the internet and its sidekicks.