Julianne March, 49, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, finds herself out of a job and facing misdemeanor charges after becoming so drunk on the job she was unable to perform basic flight attendant duties.
Passengers immediately noted something was wrong when March refused to make eye contact with passengers while boarding, then slurred her words during pre-flight announcements and stumbled while walking down the aisle, bumping into several passengers.
But what really gave it away was that she started but was unable to finish the pre-flight safety briefing. Instead, she slumped over in her seat, passing out for the remainder of the flight. Multiple calls from the flight deck, a standard part of the pre-flight safety sequence, were not answered. She did not even fasten her seatbelt: another passenger did it for her.
The particularly scary aspect was that this was a 50-seat regional jet and she was the sole flight attendant on the flight. This incident occurred on United flight 4849, from Chicago (ORD) to South Bend (SBN) on August 02, 2019.
One passenger tweeted to United:
Hey @united, our flight attendant appears to be quite drunk on this from from ORD to SBN. She is slurring her speech (she couldn’t make it through the security announcement), couldn’t walk straight/was bumping into everyone in the aisle, and kept dropping things.
— Aaron Scherb (@aaronscherb) August 2, 2019
Police met the aircraft upon arrival in South Bend and March was immediately detained. Her BAC registered at 0.204, five times the legal limit for a flight attendant. She was booked for criminal public intoxication. She later admitted to police she had consumed two vodka chasers before work.
Flight Attendant Fired
An Air Wisconsin spokesperson said:
The Flight Attendant involved in this incident is no longer an employee of the company. We will continue to cooperate with local authorities and assist them as necessary.
An insider told ABC News that she was a recent hire and still a probationary flight attendant.
Meanwhile, United was quick to point the finger at Air Wisconsin:
We expect our regional carriers to take appropriate action as required when issues like these happen with their employees. Legally and with regards to regulatory agencies this is an Air Wisconsin issue.
Both statements are certainly true, but this is primarily a United, not Air Wisconsin, PR issue.
CONCLUSION
This is one of the those WOW stories…a story that ranks as one of the most harrowing intoxication incidents I have ever covered on Live and Let’s Fly. March, a name which gives me visions of the district attorney in Matlock who had the same character name (thus dating me…), has not offered her side of the story. Hopefully, she gets the help she needs…but she has forfeited her privilege to be a flight attendant.
I do have one question. When the FA did not respond to the flight deck phone call, why did they take off? Does that not also violate protocols?
First Trans States, now Air Wisconsin…
> Read More: Passengers Terrified by “Drunk or Stoned” FA on United Express
image: Aaron Scherb / Twitter
Seriously, there is zero chance the cockpit crew did not interact with her prior to leaving the gate. I wasn’t there, so obviously I can’t say for sure, but this should have been apparent at the gate and the flight should not have departed though I suppose it’s possible the full impact of those chasers didn’t hit until after pushback. Also seems like the missed pre-takeoff call should’ve sent them back to the gate.
Even Denzel Washington doesn’t get in trouble when he flies a plane drunk and high. And he flew it upside down. All this lady did was sleep. I hope Denzel and this lady get the help they need.
You do realize that was just a movie?
Jeremy,
You do realize that was just a joke?
“Shocking”. More like, this lady needs help. I cannot imagine a social drinker of alcoholic beverages to have a few alc. drinks before going to work just because it’s fun. Someone with addiction, which this lady so obviously has, cannot help themselves and will start drinking first thing in the morning. Knowing they are very likely putting themselves, others and their job at risk…. sadly, the addiction is stronger than any healthy and correct thinking, decision making.
I also don’t believe it was only a few drinks this lady had. I hope she gets all the help she needs.
I am telling this as someone who experienced alcohol abuse in close family and knows the downs and ups of fighting this disorder. In my comment I did not concentrate on the danger of her being a flight attendant under influence. Which is also up to a lengthy discussion.
Absolutely. It breaks my heart that the reaction is to humiliate her and fire her. She needs help. This article is so off base.
I hope she gets the help she needs. So disgusted with the news source and passengers lacking compassion.
She humiliated herself. Yes, she does need help, but Untied was entirely within reason to fire her for showing up to work that drunk. (0.204 BAC???).
She should just move to Korea and work as a flight attendant there. Problem solved!
I agree. Where is the compasssion and empathy for the low paid worker who clearly needs help?
Low paid?
Agree with you… So many people here in America first resort is to fire the person.
This does nothing but pushes that person deeper into depression.
Does nothing in the way of helping that person our society as a whole.
2 Voadca shots and she’s laid out like that.. Probably inadvertently taken with Persciption drugs pedaled by a Major Pharmaceutical company
Agree.
So what. She wasn’t driving the plane. Why is this front page news? Why is her identity & picture plastered everywhere? Nobody & nothing was hurt but people’s sensibilities, why murderers roam free and rape kits are left to go unprocessed. Oh yeah! Fill the news of some minor crime a female did as a total distraction.
Bub, I agree with you. Who really cares? She’s not flying the plane. The big concern is that someone didn’t get their allotment of in-flight pretzels and faucet water?
You and Bub (liberals in general) need to get a clue. They are not stewardesses anymore. their primary reason for being there is to ensure passenger safety. United makes that ckear during their pre-flight announcements.
#ArmTheAttendents amirite?
What’s all the big fuss. Move along. Nothing to see here.
What about emergency in flight? What happen to general service? I believe the no phone answer should have been a que for flight persons to investigate.
So what? Of course she should be fired. Duh. I hope she gets help too. But really,is this an important news item? No. Not worth discussing. End of story..
Than What, Did she harm someone on the flight. Don’t forget she is human being too. No doubt she was drunk but circumstances could have been different. She needs help and this is our biggest responsibility to come up for her help to raise voice for her job restoration. It is easy to break someone but it is difficult to make people. I urge the entire community to strongly protest against the abrupt action of united airlines and demand for her job to be restored immediately. And this demand is based on her services provided to millions of people who have enjoyed her hospitality on board.
Seems like you’re really bothered that a female is accused of a crime. Sexist!
Except we are told again and again about the importance of the flight attendants to our safety, especially during contract negotiations. You can’t have it both ways. Either they are critically important for our safety and held accountable for their actions or no one should respect them or their authority and not be held accountable for that. Which do you wish to pick?
The Flight Attendant’s primary responsibility is the safety of the passengers. They are responsible for assisting people in the event of evacuation, and keeping them calm and composed so they don’t trample anyone. That’s not a job for a drunk.
Thank you.
Yes, indeed, Zachary. That she needs help is the first thing I thought as well. Yes, of course she put many lives in jeopardy but like you, this comment focuses on the flight attendant; her “mug shot” displays a deep sadness, shame and despair which commands my compassion. I do hope she gets *all* the help she needs — not just for the symptom which is the alcoholism but for the underlying cause for which she is self-medicating.
Well said.
Amen
An alcoholic, with a drinking problem, who starts drinking in the morning “to set them straight” isn’t going to slur their speech, stagger and eventually crash out like she did… They usually have built a pretty high tollerance level and can drink quite a bit before showing any physical effects. She claims she had “2 chasers” before work… My guess is she had consumed quite a bit more, and had done so do over several hours before going to work.
ORD to SBN is 1 hour 50 minute flight… That is a long nap she was on…
Lastly, the other thing the airline screwed up on is if she is a new hire, and is still working under her probationary period, she should not have been alone on that flight. (Obviously, not making excuses for her, just saying…).
She was working alone because the 50 seater aircraft only requires one FA. Once she’s passed training and initial operating experience, she’ll work her trips the same as any other non-probationary flight attendant; with scheduled check rides from an inflight supervisor.
I don’t agree that Air Wisconsin should have fired her; she clearly needs help.
However, she also breached her probation which is grounds for dismissal.
I’ve worked at 4 different airlines and probation has been the same at all 4 carriers.
ORD to SBN is most certainly NOT a 1 hour 50 minute flight. It’s only about 90 miles and would normally consist of 20 minutes in the air and likely more time than that taxiing around the runways at ORD. Even still, it would be blocked at less than one hour.
I totally get that you find her shocking, and I agree.
But am I the only one who finds it a bit disturbing in our time, that people with full name, age, and home base are being pilloried?
This woman obviously is sick and should have never continued in her job. Now her life is in ruins and her name will forever be somewhere on the internet. When did we start to not feel ANYTHING anymore? And again, I agree that she displayed shocking behavior, and indeed was endangering lives. But still….
Indeed, poor thing. I hope she is able to be well, happy and not be driven by a need to anesthetize herself in the face of life.
Not newsworthy
She obviously has personal issues
Pretty Disgraceful to be honest that this is a news item
You’re kidding right? A FA was passed out drunk on a flight…and she was the ONLY FA onboard.
You’re pretty immature for writing this article. Pretty foolish person really.
Matthew is a punk
Oh no! Poor Matthew, you must have had to get your own peanuts.
Can you be any more pretentious snob? Your BIO at the end of this article made me puke my guts out. Arrogant prick.
What is with all tbe hate!!!!
The hypocrisy of you defending an adult who is entrusted with the safety and well being of over 50 people (a flight attendant does more than serve drinks, you know?), gets drunk tonthe point where she passed out and you are dedending her, only to then spew all this hatred towards someone who simply reported the story!
Wow…..
You missed the point. The big picture. But you do not care since you are an advocate of the aviation industry and domestic flights in US. Typical American.
Matthew,
The people who allow their emotions to control what thinking skills they might have are on full display. All they are capable of is thinking about is peanut distribution….quite condescending to all the professional FA around the world….which I am not.
@Mathiew
No kidding,
Julianne March just needs help somewhere in her life.
Sure she was totally ineffective during that flight.
But here we now have two profiteers.
1.Scherb only had to report and show his picture to Air Wisconsin, they would have acted just as professionally.
2.Matthew seized on the occasion to sell a paper, overwriting on Scherb’s twitt.
If there was a conclusion to Matthew’s conclusion :
SECURITY seems to be the favorite word used by cowards who want to scare us, then appear to be our saviors for their personal benefits.
In this case, both made this huge stuff for their own PR.
Yuk.
@Jay Jay V:
Crimonal charges are public record and you and I know that her name will come up on some background check database…
So publishing her name as part of a news story isn’t gonna change what she will face going forward.
As for your question of when sisnwe start to “not deel anything”…. “Police blotters” (as one example) have always been an integral part of local and regional newspapers…. Only now, we have the web and social media, amd news spreads faster and wiser.
Public shaming has always been an element of every society… think about back in Roman times when criminals would be thrown in a ring, amd the lions would then be brought out to chase them around while the whole town watched! Was it cruel and unusual punishment…. May be so… But anyone who think s/he might be embarassed by having his/her name shamed, can opt out when it comes to committing criminal acts!
This poor Lady quiet obviously is in need of serious help along with a big dose of compassion. There are so many points of intervention in preparation for any flight that this situation should have been stopped.
I have no sympathy for the passengers either as anyone of them could have brought attention to this poor woman’s immediate plight. I sincerely hope she gets the support she so desperately needs…
This story begs the question : Shouldn’t the airline supervisor in charge of assigning crew it’s duties and verifying their federal ID be fired on the spot as well?
What are you talking about? An airline supervisor does not verify their ID. Does your supervisor verify yours when you arrive at work? No. They do not even go through the same security line. And she may have had the drink after security. You really seem like an idiot.
Why?
Matthew, this is great. All your readers are defending this “poor and sick” woman who was an active danger, and calling you out for publishing her personal details. I applaud you holding people accountable for their actions. What a safety violation for this pax! Her personal problems do not excuse her action. I’m sure she is one who would also travel with an emotional support animal (“ESA”) as part of a fraud!
If she literally slurred her way through the safety briefing, many people chose not to help. The issue was only exacerbated when the plane took off. She was victimized by other’s inaction.
And what about the pilots? CRM (Crew Resource Management) calls for a briefing between flight deck and cabin crewmembers. How was this flight attendant’s condition not recognized long before passengers boarded? LOTS of questions here…
Yeah. I wonder if the “chasers” she had before work were actually on the aircraft… Something seems off with the story for sure.
one of the most harrowing intoxication incidents
Fake news.
And yet last year when a similar situation involved a drunk flight attendant who was BLACK, a White passenger was roundly criticized as a racist in the media for reporting her to the airline.
Wow. So you’re a member of the deplorables? How would you even bring it up? Wisconsin thrives on its alcohol dependency. It’s a sick state (yeah, I’ve lived here for three yrs and am trying to leave). Why bring race into…unless that’s all you think about.
U sound like a racist!!! Y’all get away with everything… see how that sounds⁉️
Chasers usually follow some other alcoholic drink. Just saying. Two vodka shots won’t give someone a 0.204 BAC (especially not an hour or more afterward.) And the red nose? That woman must have been partying all night. I bet there’s cocaine or meth in her system, too.
Chasers can also follow a drink mixer (like plain juice) or a mixer can follow a shot of alcohol.
No way she had 2 vodkas and was that drunk, she must of downed a bottle of booze perhaps to forget that she was a FA working a regional route for United…. poor thing just wanted to be like the rest of us , drunk and flying
This leaves more questions than answers, if a flight attended was allowed to be this drunk, then how can anyone be sure about the rest of staff? This is serious compromise to security, what if they pilots go unchecked if they are drunk!
Two United pilots were arrested recently for being too drunk to fly. Now this. Maybe there should be someone with a breathalizer at the door to the airplane checking all the flight crew before they get on the plane.
Is a new hire still on probation really allowed to be the only FA servicing a flight?
The picture is tragic. She should absolutely be fired and face consequences for her behavior, but as a recovering alcoholic of 19 years I also hope she gets the help she so obviously seems to need.
Let’s see. She was visibly drunk during boarding. She also had to have been visibly drunk to the cockpit crew prior to boarding. This was a small RJ with one flight attendant and a small cabin…how could the cockpit crew not have noticed? She refused to answer calls from the cockpit. They never checked on this or inquired as to why.
The cockpit crew should also be investigated and appropriate action taken…If this were an A380 with dozens of F/A’s I could see the pilots not having a clue and taking off. But not an RJ and such apparent behavior right next to their “office.”
Worst thing is the passengers couldn’t even raid the liquor on board as she slept…she already drank it all.
Matthew, shame on you for writing this article. This Women needs serious help. Maybe you should discuss more about CRM to help Flight Attendants and Pilots. Also this is Air Wisconsin P.R. issue not United. Air Wisconsin hires and train there own employees not United. Air Wisconsin just flies under the United umbrella. Please do more research in the future. Instead of sensualizing the issue.
Thank you! Clearly this is an AIR WISCONSIN issue and not a United one. Maybe Matt’s journalism degree from google failed him because this op ed piece is so far off it’s kinda laughable.
@Sue. I am the first to criticize Matthew when I feel he is purposely shaming someone on this blog. But I respectfully disagree with you in this case. Flight attendants are the first to tout the idea that they are there in equal for your safety. It is accurate.
In this case she was the sole flight attendant. Had there been an incident in the cabin with a passenger trying to open an exit door in flight who would communicate with the pilots? If someone was ill who would be the go-to in finding medical help on board, communicating with the pilots for possible diversion and assisting where needed to pilots and passengers? If an emergency landing was required who would inform passengers and assist them?
While certainly not as egregious as a pilot being drunk this is still, in my opinion, a very worthy moment in calling out someone who is there to do a job and has value to the system. This is not a Chipotle employee showing up drunk to work. This had real and dangerous consequences. What if she was not able to properly arm and disarm the door as an example?
She deserves the same level of exposure as a pilot who shows up drunk. Which, I find strange, rarely creates a rally cry of sympathy like this case has. I hate to sound like one of “those guys” but…is it because she is a woman? I ask this as I notice here it’s mostly women defending her and thinking it inhumane.
This is an example where the system did not work.
The last line of defense is the passengers. On September 11, heroic and proactive passengers about United flight 93 saved the US Capitol and tenants.
On August 2nd, passengers of United Express flight 4849 noticed trouble but did nothing. I know no passenger wants to risk arrest by challenging a sober flight attendant but this one was clearly drunk (or having a medical issue).
On the other hand, some passengers might want to risk it and get to South Bend on time.
They did do something at least. They put her seat belt on her for her. They should have done more but who the hell knows what to do in this situation.
poor thing. I hope someone shows some empathy towards her. she appears to be having a difficult time. so many people are suffering these days. just dealing with the general public is enough to drive anyone to drink. people are fucked up, and it’s all the consequence of a faulty system falling apart.
Poor lady. What pain she must have to get to that.
She should have had to call the cockpit and let them know the cabin was secure. If the Capt does not get a “cabin secure” from an FA, he should have realized something was a miss and should not have taken off. I find it hard to believe that the frontend crew were not aware of her state.
HERES AN IDEA WHY DO THEY NOT CHECK THEIR PILOTS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, PRIOR TO THEIR FLIGHTS .. I HOPE SHE GETS HELP I’M SURE IT WAS MORE THAN 2.. INSTEAD OF THROWING HER UNDER THE BUS UNITED SHOULD SAY YES SHE IS NO LONGER WORKING FOR OUR AIRLINES BUT SHE IS BEING GIVEN THE HELP SHE NEEDS..
Here’s an idea.
Unlock caps lock.
yes!
Admitted to drinking Vodka chasers?
What were they chasing……?
Alcohol is prohibited in islam. You can see it why.
And Islam ecourages violence and killing of people!
How many people were slaughtered to spread Islam in the so called “Ftwhat” and to protect it?!
BTW this happened in your country:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39593302
That’s racist.
I feel its a bit mean to post her complete name and those pics exposing her; I know its public, and I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve it, but it doesn’t feel right. I feel sorry for her. Just my humble opinion.
I agree. I understand she needs to lose her job, but why expose the poor woman to this level of public humiliation.
C’mon people why put all the blame on the FA?! You just have seen one side of the story which “might be” exaggerated by the author. What about the other side by the FA, which she lost her job and her reputation and future employment is damaged because of the author!
She simply might have issues because she is human like any one of us, did you think about that?
I really feel sorry for her and I hope she gets proper support.
@the_author: Do You Really Feel Proud of Yourself?!
I think whenever you’re traveling on an airplane you want to get to your destination as soon as possible. So I think the passengers swept her condition under the rug and just wanted to depart.
She only had 2 drinks? That’s B.S. Guessing a weight of 130 lbs (loose guess based on photo), but gets us close enough. And assuming it was 2 hours from her first drink to the the time she was tested (with the boarding, taking off, flying to the other city, and landing, it was prob more than 2 hours but I’ll be conservative), that will give her a BAC of about 0.05%. She had to have had at least 8 drinks.
I’m sober 5.5 years.
I hope she is given the space to seek help.
An alcoholic doesn’t do things like this because they want to.
They have a disease.
I’m thinking she really needs some help both physically and emotionally. There will be plenty of time in the future to destroy her entire life because of her mistake, how about we get her the necessary help to get past this disease before feeding her to the “I’ve never made a mistake crowd “? Geez people, addiction can come upon us all, help first, then, if you have any energy left, criticize.
Thank goodness nothing happened during the flight requiring the lady’s attention. I hope someone has enough kindness & compassion to go to her and make sure she’s okay, and to ask what was happening or what was on her mind when she made the stop at the bar on the way to her shift. My guess is there was a combination of being upset about something, with having not eaten much just before she took the drinks. If we want to live in a world that works for everyone, we’ve got to stop throwing stones and start being curious and compassionate and listening for how we can make a difference.
I too feel that you could have left her name and mugshot out of this post. It didn’t add anything to the story but will probably affect her and her family in a pretty bad way.
Omg.. the passengers are supposed to be under the influence not the flight crew !!
Matthew,
This is a disgusting and insensitive article. Listing this woman’s name, home town, and posting two photos of her is completely unnecessary.
A woman who desperately needs support and compassion is being shamed at the hands of many right now, and unfortunately you chose to add your voice and forum to a disgraceful social dialogue. We are all human, and we all need support and understanding during events like these. I would hope should you be in a similar position that you would receive more kindness than you’ve rendered this unfortunate victim.
The two pilots who were unable to establish contact with her take off without confirming the cabin was secure took off anyway. Presumably, many other staff members such as ground crew, gate agents, food service, lavatory service, and jet bridge attendants should have noticed something amiss. Did all of these people miss the issue? This woman was not supported by anyone, and is being shamed by everyone.
Please consider redacting identifying information out of this article. I know you are only one voice of many engaging in a smear campaign; but please consider doing the right thing.
I would like to find a way to help this woman. I don’t know if she can be contacted, or if anyone knows a status on how she is doing following this apparent loss of employment and national shaming; but one look at her face tells me she could use some love from the compassionate.
To anyone reading this message who agrees with me, tweet or DM me on Twitter @prestonmcole.
I’m willing to support her personally and would like to find others with the same intention.
I wholeheartedly agree. The pilots and anyone who came in contact with her and didn’t get her off the plane, should be reprimanded!
THAT is the real story. Here’s a headline for you: “pilots depart gate and take off without verifying cabin security – ignore unresponsive flight attendant.”
As a recovering alcoholic, just hit my 10 year on August 6th, I can feel for this woman & I’m so glad nobody was around w/a camera during my rock bottom moments (yes, sometimes it takes several before you “get it” or hit THE BIG ONE, such as this scenario)!! I knew I had a problem, as I’m sure so did this FA. The point of social drinker or a few glasses of wine after work move very quickly into a problem, especially when issues in your personal life come into play. Before you know it, you HAVE to drink to function & just keep the withdrawals at bay to keep from being sick or worse, seizing & possible death. Alcohol is the only substance that detox/wds can kill you. She clearly has a problem & was doing just as I said, keeping from getting ill from wds. That would’ve rendered her unable to perform her tasks also & she obviously knew that so she did what addicts do, go for the sure-fire “remedy” so she can preform her job,even though her risk of getting caught was real w/life-altering consequences, it was a chance she had to take & probably did several times before, but never got caught…. Until this time, when “something went wrong” & she misjudged her consumption or factors leading up to her consumption. Even alcoholics have where one day 2 drinks do the job w/o incident & on another day that same 2 drinks hit her differently due to several factors, ie an empty stomach or lack of sleep, a meds interaction, ect. I’m not justifying her behavior as she put many lives at risk, including her own, however an addict is an addict is an addict… & there’s only ONE thing that really matters… Their drug of choice & not being “dope sick”. She definitely needs help that I hope she gets & is someday able to pull herself out of the dark pits of addiction & back into the light of life & loving herself. As many of us have. #OneDayAtATime #AHigherPowerIsNeededHere
I don’t want to say anything as to addiction like many have jumped to – you just never know what’s going on in someone’s life maybe right before that flight she found out her husband is leaving or other bad news kids hurt whatever and she impulsed – buttttt 0.26 after the flight landed and processing time, sorry that is not 2 shots of vodka as that’d be 0.08 or 0.09 right after drinking! This one is more like half a bottle and very much intoxicated! It is amazing this flight took off as this was clearly occurring during pre flight and should’ve been noticed, that much intoxication would be obvious. Of course concern is that the pilots didn’t take it seriously and just pushed on back… probably because the pilots were young and overworked! Ive heard many regional pilots make less than 40k while working crazy hours often sleeping in kinda flop houses. All that just can’t be good and ohhh let’s throw in a flight attendant who’s on probation but solo attendant??? These regional airlines scare me and make me remember why I only take mainline longer distance flights…
She endangered everyone on that flight. I’m glad she was arrested and fired. Yes, she needs to get treatment for her addiction, but she knowingly drank to excess before her shift (I call total bs on just two vodka chasers. You don’t get a .20 reading from 2 drinks…. And she would have been tested 2 or 3 hours after consumption.)
I also completely agree that many other people would have interacted with her pre-flight, not least of whom the pilot and co-pilot.
Plastering her picture over the internet seems over the top though.
In her defense, she is from Wisconsin.
Sorry Folks,
You would not be forgiving of a health professional being under the influence. A flight attendant, much like a health professional is there for your safety.
In my opinion, her name should not have been disclosed unless this is the norm where she was arrested. She should be let go with prejudice, never to be trusted in safety related job again.
I’ll call you on that one.
As a child, my family dentist was performing a routine checkup, when he decided that two of my teeth needed to be pulled. My mother didn’t think he was providing enough justification, and called my father to come and discuss with our dentist. My dad got an odd feeling and decided that we would leave and get a second opinion. It was discovered that there was nothing wrong with my teeth.
Later we found that our dentist had been admitted to rehab for methamphetamine and prescription narcotic medication abuse. Following his divorce, he fell into an unfortunate pattern.
It is very likely that he was under the influence while treating me. Had the dentistry board become aware of this, he could have lost his license. My parents had discretion and compassion. I’m proud of them!
He was treated successfully, and continues to practice nearly 20 years later with no further incident.
I’m glad he is healthy now, and continues to work in his area of passion.
So since this story broke my main question, which hasn’t really been addressed, is why the aircrew even allowed her on board? How did she even get past the gate if she was so hammered? This is not ONLY her fault, but the fault of every single person who allowed her to proceed to the aircraft.
Sure she was drunk. But so many other United employees could have assisted and kept her off the plane and out of harm’s way. Just goes to show how the team dynamic works at United.
Seems my choices for airlines are rapidly dwindling as American AND United move lower and lower down the ladder. Nice work everyone involved. You not only put passengers at risk, but put someone out of a job who must have been qualified or she wouldn’t have been there in the first place. Koudos.
A sober co-worker would have smelled that amount of booze on her breath from a considerable distance. She isn’t the only guilty party here. And I do have some compassion for the addict, no one wants to go thru life that way. I hope she has the resources and strength to help herself.
Usually the procedure doesn’t require a response to the flight deck’s chime. That’s just sign we’re about to go.
I only fly United Express (not other feeders), but IME the FA always responds to the captain before takeoff.
I’m a bit late in responding but the comments here are ridiculous.
Her job is to keep people safe. Not pass out pretzels. What if there was an emergency landing? Evacuation needed? Fire in the galley?
Feel bad for her but she absolutely deserves to be fired. No question. And if you disagree you don’t understand the role of a flight attendant.
Also UA is passing the blame but protocols were missed.
Unusual meeting, which is always cut by the weakest, I think there are responsibilities greater than the lack of the Stewardess ..
The captain must make sure that everything is 100 percent optimal to start the trip … he who has not answered the phone call the flight attendant, it was already indicative that something was wrong ..
It is easy to avoid responsibilities
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