'Once on board, she keeps it secret': Flight attendant shows entitled passengers a movie of her choosing to halt their requests

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Sep 15, 2023 3:00 PM EDT

This flight attendant had an interesting way of keeping her passengers from tiring her out. 

Being a flight attendant is a job that's often glorified. Flight attendants can travel anywhere in the world with their job. And how hard could it be to serve people chips and sodas? Pretty hard, as it turns out, thanks to passengers who don't respect flight attendants and treat them like they're just there to serve the almighty passenger. There's a specific order that flight attendants have to do their in-flight tasks---that's the reason why you can't get up and walk through the aisles while the drink cart is rolling along. Everything is planned just so… not that this flight attendant's passengers cared about that. 

One surprising thing about this story is that the flight attendant chose the movie, and that everyone had to watch it, whether they wanted to or not. Today, you can choose from hundreds of in flight movies, lots of which are really great. Or, you can not watch at all, and take a nap with that tiny pillow they give you. 

Check out the entire story below. Next up, these teachers spotted the class know it all from the first day, when they say silly things like "My essay doesn't need any citations because my opinions are fact." 

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    Font - Tired Flight Attendant is ordered to get an in-flight movie that is "interesting" enough and maliciously complies.
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    Font - This Malicious Compliance belongs to my Beautiful Wife, but since it is from many decades ago, from a time before we knew each other, we will call her Classy Flight Attendant here.
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    Font - The Setup: At the time of this event, Classy Flight Attendant is one of the top tier flight attendants for her country's National Airline. Strictly speaking, any of their flights that do not involve ports in the USA or its territories, are not required to follow all FAA rules. However, whenever they fly to ports regulated by the FAA, they are expected to follow those rules to the tee. Of course, it doesn't always work out that way in practice.
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    Font - On this occasion, Classy Flight Attendant has just landed from Europe at her home airport in South America, only to learn that she is being turned around for a roundtrip to New York City. She protests. By the time she lands in New York, she will be well outside FAA rest period rules with all the consequences that could follow. Her supervisors don't care. They need her on that flight RIGHT NOW. And away she goes.
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    Font - But she knows the flight to New York isn't the real problem; it's the return trip that will be pure misery. Her compatriots flying home from New York tend to be extremely entitled. They are coming from New York. That makes them "somebody" now. They will refuse drink service when offered, and then when the flight attendant is three or four rows further along push the call button and order a drink. They will keep an attendant hoping back and forth the whole flight for stupid little things,
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    Font - As they get into New York, she is told to go check out an in-flight movie for the return trip. The suggestion is made to make it interesting enough to keep the passengers too busy to order the flight crew around that much. Cue the Malicious Compliance. The Malicious Compliance: As she looks over the options and finds the perfect film. It will keep the passengers riveted to their seats. Frankly, given the nature of the film, she isn't even sure why it exists in the cartridge format used on
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    Font - Once on board she keeps it secret. She knows that once she pops it in and it starts to play, the systems in use at that time cannot be stopped. But any time before that, she could be thwarted. Mid-flight, as the plane is well out over the ocean on its way south, she pops it in: Airport '77. For those who don't know, this film is about an airplane crashing in the ocean and passengers and crew trying to escape with their lives from 100 feet under water. The results are immediate and absolut
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    Font - The Aftermath: As she is deboarding, one old lady is heard to say that she will NEVER fly National Airline again. When called on the carpet for her movie choice, Classy Flight Attendant feigns ignorance, claiming to have thought it was the much more comical Airplane! and that the name was lost in translation. She is given a 3 day suspension - which is for her a much-needed rest. Oh, and she will never be allowed to pick the in-flight movie ever again.
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    Font - 8 banananutllama Somehow it hadn't occurred to me that a movie needed to be selected by the flight crew at one point lol Very fun story!
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    Product - dn4zer56 Classy Flight Attendant is a boss. Now she is your wife, don't cross her. 1.8k Reply Share Internal-Car8922 OP. Make no mistake: she's still the boss, lol.
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    Product - Scully152 I'd like to know if the airline got into trouble for making her go over the FAA limit. 140 Reply Share Internal-Car8922 OP. Not on this trip. But this sort of thing caught up with them in the end.
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    Font - Waifer2016 Haha when I read Airport 77, I thought it was the comedy too! I've never watched either one (was too young when they came out and had no interest when I got older). Awesome MC!
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    Font - GrabtharsHamm3r Love it. Once I read through the disclaimer I knew this would be a gem! Depending on when this was, she may have not even had the punishment long of not picking the inflight movie once airlines switched from communal in-flight movies to personal/ on demand style! Thank goodness for that change!
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    Font - thefringeseanmachine I don't think I've seen Airport '77, but I have seen a couple "airport" films from that era, and they are hysterically bad. I grew up watching Airplane! which is amazing on its own, but even more incredible once you see the schlock it's parodying. good on your wife. I'd like to think there were at least a few people on board who had a righteous laugh.
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    Font - sarabelllum They were lucky, I would have chosen, "Eraserhead". 95 Reply Share Internal-Car8922 OP. Please take my upvote in reverent silence.
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    Font - bttrflyr Hahahaha! I love it! Reminds me of the scene in Airplane! When June Cleaver asks "when will we land?" and then goes back to watching the movie about planes crashing.
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    Font - SIN-apps1 As a boy scout we used to take the busses with tvs in them to camp, and b/c of this, I can say i watched the film Speed on a bus. ↑ 12 ↓ Reply Share Internal-Car8922 OP. And I've watched Cabin in the Woods in a cabin in the woods.
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