Thursday, October 22, 2009

flying high

i fly southwest almost exclusively. and i have been out three times in the last three years. but this trip i observed an entirely new process...IN....the airplane.

beeeeeeng bong. red light to top left of the pilot's door lights up. a MALE stewardess stands up and gets on the phone. while HE is talking, let me explain something to you. notice it is a MALE, a HE, stewardESS. I know, don't be jumpin on me...it IS an oxy-moron. be aware, stewARDS are men on ships, not airplanes. stewardESSES fly on airplanes. so, the dude IS a stewarDESS. and we had two of them on this particular flight. oh...he has hung up the phone. he speaks briefly to to stwdess #2, who steps into the aisle passage between the passengers and the flight deck. he stands at attention and then at ease. legs spread, arms behind his back, folded with elbows out as far as they can go. out comes the pilot (the red light that came on was above the door to the left hence my deduction is that he is in the captain, the red light on the right obviously belongs to the co-pilot) what happens next, was VERY intriguing. check this out. the pilot turns sharply to his right, opens the bathroom door and slides in, pulling the door behind him. precisely at the time the bathroom door closes, stewardess # 1 quickly opens the cockpit door and slides into the cockpit and just as quickly pulls the door closed behind him. then after what seemed like a very long time, the pilot comes out of the bathroom and picks up the phone. stewardess #2 is still standing, blocking the aisle passage way. shortly after the pilot hangs up the phone, stewardess #1 comes from inside the cockpit, smiling, and allows the pilot to enter the cockpit. both stewardesses then return to their positions on either side of the aisle of the flight deck.

beeeeeeeng bong. the process above is repeated, only this time, it is the co-pilot that comes out. (and yes, the red light is on the right side above the door.) AND! it was repeated several times during the 4-hour flight!

i want to know....what was the stewardess doing in that cockpit? he did not take in any coca colas or other refreshments. was he flying the plane? why did he come out smiling....every time? he was very young....more the age of a cabin boy,,,,but again, cabin boys are on ships, not planes! perhaps he was getting flight lessons? is this a new security measure? and if so, why didn't the females, who truly are stewardesses, participate? only the boys did this. i find this process to be very curious....what do you think?

and now...it is time to take off.....returning to my post.....at work. Yahoody!!!

5 comments:

Grandpa-D. said...

I'd be very careful with what you say on this blog. Blogs are frequently monitored by Homeland Security for terror plots. And studying the tactics of the aircraft crew could amount to planning an "event." Use a land phone with voice/data incrypting to call me for the answers to your observations.

geo said...

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it's raining its raining, i mean, the sky is falling, the sky is falling.

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Grandpa-D. said...

Ok, since you didn't call, you must not have an incrypted phone. So, I've provided the heading only of FAA Rule TACIF-213 rev.0609. The heading is spelled backward, in capitol letters, and without spacing between the words to avoid DHS screening methods. STOLIPROFERUDECORPPARCAEKATTHGILFNI

geo said...

oh my gosh. i wouldn't have believed it if it were reported on FOX news!

Beth said...

LMBO - And by the way, I think they are now called flight attendants. :)