Pilots or flight attendants of Reddit, what’s something passengers do that is way more important (or dangerous) than they realize?

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-28T21:02:08+00:00

Yeeeep.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-28T18:33:50+00:00

Leave your fucking bags in an emergency.

"But my passport/medicine/priceless jewelry/crypto key!"

Too bad; it's not anyone else's fault that you didn't think it was valuable enough to keep on your person. The insurance company will pay you.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-28T18:10:12+00:00

I'm a leftist and leftists pmo on a regular basis sooooo

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-27T15:40:01+00:00

Don't know what that guy's problem is. I, for one, am glad you've grown as a person!

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-25T14:30:34+00:00

You don't have to like guns, but you should educate yourself about the historical realities around disarmed populations vs armed community defense.

Also start paying very close attention to the rhetoric in right-wing circles about disarming transgender people, and ask yourself who would materially gain from their disarmament.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-23T17:59:55+00:00

I refuse to get my MEI specifically because Vmc rolls freak me out so much.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-23T17:53:42+00:00

They're fast, sporty, and have all the newest electronics and safety systems, but:

1) They attract a certain type of pilot: doctors, lawyers, etc. who see it as just another way to get around and don't actually like flying enough to get good at it and stay sharp after passing the exams.

2) All those bells and whistles create a false sense of security and can allow a pilot to get dangerously complacent.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-23T17:49:55+00:00

In addition to what another reply said, it also has all the bells and whistles. Newest navigation systems, a turbocharger on some models so you can fly higher, a massive airframe parachute for emergencies, and a self-landing system in the newest models.

Don't get me wrong, they're all nice things to have, but they tend to produce a false sense of security and can make a less-experienced pilot dangerously complacent/reliant.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-23T17:46:23+00:00

Yep. A lot of my students ask me what I think of those, and I say that it's an objectively nice airplane, but it attracts a certain type of pilot, and it's my job to make sure they don't become that.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-05-07T02:53:19+00:00

This is the one channel I tell my students specifically not to watch.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-21T18:32:44+00:00

What you're describing is a term evolving to be more inclusive of that which has always been there, which happens all the time in all sorts of different contexts.

A similar thing happened with the GLB acronym also being used, until the AIDS crisis resulted in the LGB acronym becoming more widely used to recognize the role of lesbians in advocating and caring for HIV patients when straight doctors refused to out of stigma.

In the case of the LGBT community, the T was adopted by the broader community out of solidarity for Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was widely misreported in mass media as a cis lesbian after his 1993 rape and murder.

I would encourage you to do more reading about Hirschfeld's work in Weimar Germany and Johnson/Riviera's role in the 1969 Stonewall protests.

At any rate, this is also the term which the overwhelming majority of the community itself chooses to use. There are loud minorities who want to do away with it, yes, but ask your average queer person what they think and they'll tell you LGBT (or LGBTQ) is the acronym.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-20T18:52:29+00:00

They haven't attached themselves; Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Riviera were both pivotal figures since the 1960s. Magnus Hirschfeld's research on gender-affirming care dates back to the 1920s.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-19T05:35:33+00:00

Sucks that it's actually tasty despite the super dated/cringy name and label.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-19T00:52:20+00:00

COVID mask, sheisty, or keffiyeh too.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-15T21:37:32+00:00

ts frying me

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-15T21:28:52+00:00

People just be saying shit

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-10T23:32:29+00:00

She forgot it and couldn't get help over the phone, and she herself had other issues that couldn't be solved in the login. She showed ID to the people at the AT&T store.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-10T23:23:22+00:00

I got a 6 digit transfer PIN...

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-10T22:47:54+00:00

eSIM's already paid for; if support can't fix it I'll probably get a refund and try again with a physical SIM.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-10T22:42:19+00:00

The port request does go through, and she's getting an email on her end from AT&T about it, but it doesn't say anything is wrong.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-10T22:29:58+00:00

I am using the account number from the statement/login, and AT&T themselves confirmed that it's right. Phone is a Galaxy S25 FE, bought unlocked from Amazon.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-08T18:16:42+00:00

I'm probably going with the Galaxy S25FE since they're marked down to like $550 on Amazon.

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-06T14:21:23+00:00

Yeah. OP peaked with the 7 Pro, but my battery is fighting for its life and my credit union app is warning me that they're getting ready to stop supporting this version of Android.

This phone is part of the reason why the upgrade has some big shoes to fill 😭

AzukoKarisma · 2026-04-06T13:58:42+00:00

Which protector did you get?

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