There are some things which are off-limits even to first-class fliers.
On the Delta Reddit page, a traveler recently revealed that an easy query asked by a passenger in seat 1B sparked a security scare on board their red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale.
As cabin service began, the person allegedly pulled aside one in every of the flight attendants and asked about an apparent recent procedure.
“Hey, totally random query, but on my last couple flights I noticed the [flight attendants] didn’t block access to the galley when the pilot used the bathroom. Is that this a brand new procedure for you guys?” the person asked, in response to the Redditor who was sitting within the nearby seat.
That flight attendant didn’t answer the query and reasonably said that it was “news” to them, then proceeded to report the conversation to the cabin manager.
In line with the Reddit user, the cabin manager approached the passenger and informed them that they may not discuss “access procedures for the flight deck” for security purposes.
The passenger responded, “Oh, excuse me, I didn’t realize I wasn’t capable of ask questions,” to which the cabin manager reportedly replied, “I can answer most questions, but I cannot answer questions related to the safety of the aircraft.”
When the passenger inquired why the flight attendant couldn’t answer a security-related query, the cabin manager allegedly said, “Seriously? You understand why. Don’t you remember 9/11? We cannot discuss that stuff. So thanks for letting us know what you observed in your prior flights.”
Afterward, when the pilot used the bathroom, the poster noted that two of the flight attendants from the rear were called as much as block the galley, and “one in every of them stared at 1B the whole time.”
“Unbelievable this guy can’t understand why it could be suspicious for the passenger seated in one in every of the 2 closest possible seats to the flight deck door to ask about galley obstructions procedures,” the unique poster wrote.
Flight attendants are trained to be hyper-aware of any behavior that could be deemed suspicious and might be a possible threat to cause harm to the pilot, fellow passengers or the plane.
