Oh dear, another load of cattle...

[C]

The exceptional nature of British passengers strikes again. A hold door can't be opened, so they ask passengers to change seats for weight and balance, and the daft eejits refuse to fly!

Hilarious. They didn't even trust the Captain when he explained it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8115216.stm

[Hagar]

The exception nature of British passengers strikes again. A hold door can't be opened, so they ask passengers to change seats for weight and balance, and the daft eejits refuse to fly!

Hilarious.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8115216.stm

I suspect that this is not unique to British passengers. A lot of people are actually terrified of flying as it is & anything out of the ordinary will naturally make them worse.

[Mictheslik]

"When someone asked if the hold door could open when we were in the air at 20,000ft, he couldn't understand and walked away."

By that basis we should never fly in case all the doors of the aeroplane happen to open in flight  ::)

.mic

[FsNovice]

Exactly Mic and thats not what was even claimed to be the problem - it was only reported that the door wouldn't open so cargo couldn't be loaded there.

[Brando14100]

I hate ignorant people. If the pilot is going to fly it with him inside, it is obviously safe. I would have been less safe if they hadn't moved.

The most dangerous part of flying is * the ride to the airport.

*Usually

8-)

[Craig.]

Come on now guys, not everyone spends as much of their lives around aviation as the people here.
It's human nature to fear things they dont understand, even something as simple as this after its been explained. We're a few weeks removed from a high profile crash to add on to it.
The average person will get to the airport and from then on have pretty much the same experience every time. When you throw in something like that, it creates change which creates tension. Human nature.

[Hagar]

Well said Craig! At least one person here agrees with me.

I suspect more people are scared of flying than they're prepared to admit. The news media doesn't help with sensational reporting of aviation accidents.

[C]

Well said Craig! At least one person here agrees with me.

I'm firmly in the "do as you're told camp". I'm a sympathetic chap.

On reflection it doesn't look good for the airline that they couldn't adequately explain the problem. As for door, not opening's fine, I get worried when they don't close properly.

[Hagar]

Well said Craig! At least one person here agrees with me.

I'm a sympathetic chap.

On reflection it doesn't look good for the airline that they could adequately explain the problem. As for door, not opening's fine, I get worried when they don't close properly.

Glad to hear it. [smiley=thumbsup.gif] In my experience airline staff are not always sympathetic towards passengers. I wonder what they were originally told about that door. I wouldn't mind betting that all they knew was that there was a problem with it. Even after working in the business all my life (or perhaps because of it) I would think twice about flying on an airliner with a dodgy door. I have a long memory. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/25/us/inquiry-set-on-plane-s-cargo-door-locks.html?pagewanted=1l