The Reader's Digest version of how pilots and flight attendants perceive their jobs (and their customers) has hit newsstands and we hope this isn't the condensed version. The magazine said it polled 17 airline pilots for "50 Secrets Your Pilot Won't Tell You" and 13 confidences kept by flight attendants. FAs got to expand their contribution with a list of the 10 things that really get their goat at work. There aren't many surprises from the pilots. Most deal with well-known irritations like work schedules and declining pay but there is the odd pearl. "No, it's not your imagination: Airlines really have adjusted their flight arrival times so they can have a better record of on-time arrivals," says one AirTran captain. "So they might say a flight takes two hours when it really takes an hour and 45 minutes." The flight attendants' responses are indicative of just how bizarre their jobs can be at times.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/news/pilots-fas-vent-to-readers-digest