Friday, May 15, 2009

"YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED" - Miracales at Work

So I have to share this story with you all (and by you all I do me the very few that probably read this at this point). But yesterday at work we started really early in the morning and only had a min crew rest of 1150 mins the night before so needless to say it was a long day but the crowds were good and this usually is a saving grace on a long ass day. So its the last flight of our day and were just at this point where giddiness of being tired starts to kick in and crazy shit seems to always happen.

In the airline bizz (thats right I can say bizz cause im in it and im cool like that) folks who can't walk at all or have very limited mobility with their legs are brought down the bridge in a regular wheelchair then transfer ed to a aisle chair called "The Washington Chair" (don't ask me why its called that I didn't come up with it) and then brought onto the aircraft and then transferred from the aisle chair to the seat in which they have been seat assigned. So this isn't something new to us and were used to it and sure as you know it we had a carry on on the last flight of the night. A little old lady who just seemed frail and from what I could tell prob had little mobility. Sure come onboard nice to see you tonight, you know how it is all smiles and how are you's. So remember now she has just been carried onto the aircraft.

We get all boarded up and take off and were on our way. Its a quick flight thankfully and as soon as we knew it were were on the ground in our destination city and pulling up to the gate. The CSA knocks on the door after bridging the plane and I pop open the main cabin door. A quick confirmation from the CSA asking if we do have a true carry off in which I reply yes cause she was, well carried on. Well folks not even 10 seconds for me to turn around and step back to let the first 4 or so folks off in the first row was that little elderly lady walkin on out the front door right behind them. Don't fuckin tell me my jaw didn't hit the floor when I saw that not only could she walk but she could walk with really no issues at all. OMFG OMFG YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED I wanted to yell. Ive seen folks who were just listed as wheel chair for distance who are wheeled up to the main cabin door and they walk to their seat before, ive seen them get up and walk out but I mean tahts expected most of the time cause they can walk but just not long distances so they usually don't like to wait till the end to get wheeled up to the top of the bridge so they walk up themselves. However, NEVER have I EVER, seen a full carry on get up and walk out. Miracles ladies and gentlemen, I provide miracles everyday at work.......you should feel honoured to know me ;D

4 comments:

  1. FEEL THE MYSTICAL HEALING POWER OF THE WESTJET COOKIES (or Bits & Bites!) AND JUICE! HALLELUJAH, BROTHER! HALLELUJAH!

    That is funny. Maybe she forgot that she couldn't walk??

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  2. I was thinking about this story again the other day and had the urge to yell "DEMONS OUT!!!!"

    Remember that movie? I think it was one of the Fletch movies with Chevy Chase.

    I am old.

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  3. I get that at the hospital all the time too. You bring this supposedly sick person up from emerg, slide them over off the stretcher onto the bed with four or five other people helping to move this person and go back to emerg. A little later you see this person walking outside to have a smoke.... nice!

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  4. haha thats hilarious Ryan yet increasingly frustrating eh. The first time you chuckle and kinda just shake your head at the stupid people, im at the point where I wanna throw a bag at their legs and take them out, then bend over and say "Oh were you needing a wheel chair now" haha

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