I am resigned to the pointless and ineffective security measures (really, the liquid thing is just stupid and it’s time to end it). I don’t mind the full body scan (had it for the first time at Manchester). I don’t even mind the over the top charges for things like seat selection and checking baggage. I just don’t check bags and take a random seat.
What I do mind are the things that make no real sense.
Example: On my trip home from Manchester I was on one of those smaller planes with the actual propellers. Not a puddle jumper; about one step up. I was sitting in the front row on what is the exit, so the flight attendant came over to ask me if I was okay with that (yes) and gave me a 2 second demo of how to open the door (cuz I’d really remember that if we were crashing or had crashed). Then she said to me:
“You need to either put your jumper on or put it in the overhead. I can’t have anything free in the cabin at take off.’ I raised an eyebrow at that, but put it on.
Why the raised eyebrow? Because the man across from me, also at the bulkhead, had a magazine open on his lap. He didn’t have to stow it for take off. Is a jumper more danger than a magazine?
And because the flight attendant then sat down and opened her little notebook of flight paperwork and filled it out during take off. So my jumper is a risk, but her hard backed notebook and pen aren’t?
It’s the total lack of logic, really, that makes me go O_o.
But I showed her. What she didn’t know was that my bottle of water was behind my back, hidden from her view, as I slouched in my seat.
Just a tiny bit of rebellion, but it felt good!