Tricky Situations That Flight Attendants Have to Deal With - Part 1 - Passengers

Passengers can get annoyed for a whole host ofairport before their flight and sometimes even on
different reasons and some of them aren'tboard. Flight attendants can refuse to serve a
directly the result of staff incapability.passenger alcohol if they are displaying drunken or
Violence on boardaggressive behaviour. Drunken passengers will also
Anger and irritation can be fuelled further by beingbe firmly dealt with if they cause discomfort to
cooped up in an aircraft for several hours. Someother passengers on the plane.
passengers can make some very unrealisticUnwell passengers
demands and when flight attendants can't meetPassengers displaying signs of minor illness or
their needs the situation can deteriorate. Flightdistress on board an airplane should be assisted
attendants should not have to deal withby flight attendants whose aim is to make them
aggressive behaviour and any sign of violence isas comfortable as possible. It is common for
dealt with as soon as the plane lands. Staff canpassengers to get feel sick, suffer problems with
have police waiting for an aggressive passenger,their ears and feel a little strange on board an
ready to arrest them as soon as they land.aircraft. This can be due to things like turbulence,
Abusive passengerstiredness and feeling slightly claustrophobic on
This problem is very much related to violence onboard.
board, however there can be other ways in whichOn rare occasions a flight attendant might have
passengers can cause problems. They can beto deal with an emergency situation where the
verbally abusive to staff and cause verypassenger health has deteriorate so much that it
uncomfortable situations for both passengers andcould be fatal. The staff on board must stay as
staff. Moreover, they can also be abusivecalm as possible and allow any doctors on board
towards other passengers which is an equally hardto try to help the situation. There are certain first
situation to deal with.aid procedures in place for staff to follow in this
Drunken passengerssituation, but they have limited options until the
It is very hard to control this problem becauseplane can find a suitable landing place.
passengers are usually allowed to drink in the