Astonishment.

Stewards are foremost security people. I can see you as an instructor or manager. Steward I think is not what you'd expect of it, nor something I could imagine being of much satisfaction to you.

Oh and trust me, people will get on your nerve. At least I don't have to look at them directly with my job. :P

Whew! Well, I'll have to think it over carefully before committing...

Can I guide you through, y'know, emergency bail-out training? Just in case, mind you... <img src="http://www.dropzone.com/graphics/forum/tongue.gif"></img>

Do stewards even get parachutes? that'd be fantastic. "Ladies and gentlemen, we will be pumping nitrous through your oxygen masks shortly so your crash will be really groovy. EHT person next to you can be used as a floatation device. If you experience a sudden drop in pressure, it's just your crew bailing. Byyyye!"

Do they get parachutes? Who cares! The important thing is that it makes the much-needed flimsy pretext, because I am not giving up very soon :)

Uh, you can maybe carry your own rig around... that ought to be very confidence-inspiring (and I don't mean the passengers).

I've considerd doing that, bring my rig as a carryon, then go stand in line behind some little old lady, and casually go, "What? Didn't they give you one?

I never thought I'd see the day: lo and behold, finally, another skydiving furry, and a cheetah to boot! (or furry skydiver? whichever takes precedence, the cheetah is there anyway.)

Hi. :)

Just so you know, Kensaro's a mighty cool dude :)

Yeah, I get that impression.

I believe you told me about him before, sans naming any names though. :)

Well, I was a furry before I was a skydiver. ;)

And we're on the same continent to boot! Unfortunately, that's not saying all that much, where abouts are you located?

So was I. :) All the custom rigs I've owned so far have been of the cheetah coloration (including the being-made BASE rig).

I'm currently in Moscow, Russia.

Could we have known each other through dropzone.com, blinc, or whatever?

Heh, neat, I'm in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. I don't think we've met on any of those since I don't have any accounts on international skydiving sites. Only on a few local ones.

Do you use some form of IM? Or are you on a Muck?

Well, whatever. Osfer's journal is as perfect a place to meet as any, and actually beats most. :)

I only have ICQ: 23046628, but you don't seem to...do you? Of Mucks, some six years of my life have been spent on Sloth III, though technically it's not exactly a MUCK.

I used to have an icq account, but I don't even remember the number, I'm on AIM as kensuncat though.

Such friendships, budding from my humble scribblings!

Well, you're pretty enough, certainly; but do you have the height?

That's sweet of you! I didn't know there was a height requirement, though. I think I'm just about exactly six foot. Do I have to tower any further? I can wear heels...

Nono, that was a genuine question, not a veiled you're-not-tall-enough implication — I actually have no idea how tall you are! Most of the times I've seen you, you've either been sitting, or sprawling, or I have; it's hard to judge from those perspectives :)

And yes, air-stewards do tend to be tall, pretty, and rather homosexual in my experience — it's not exactly a job-requirement, but it's what the customer expects!

We wolves do lounge, don't we. One might call it our profession.

You've got the people skills.

Not sure you have the patience for the stupidity. :D

-M.

I have nineteen aunts and uncles and a hundred million cousins, nephews and nieces. Some are Irish, some Indonesian and some Dutch. Some have converted to French, German or English. I am *such* a trained diplomat! I have years of teaching experience. I *so* can tolerate stupidity. I just don't generally choose to :)

That's a damn big family.

So you generally don't tolerate stupidity... are you sure you want to be paid to do so on an almost-daily basis?

Astonishing as it may perhaps seem, professionally I'm very much a people person. I like making people happy. On an airplane, people are nervouse or eager to get where they're goig, or relieved they're going home. There's tons of obnoxious asshats, too, but I'll take the bad with the good. It's a temporary thing, and it sounds exciting to me.

Heh, it's interesting. Professionally, I'm an animal person. Dealing with the people is often the hardest part of my job, and the least pleasant. There are notable, wonderful exceptions that make me feel really good about working with clients, but asshats abound.

Best of luck with the flight attendant training -- I'd definitely be interested in hearing/seeing what kind of anti-hijack sort of things they teach. I doubt the general public gets to know that stuff, though. ?

Be well. :)

-M.

I avtually hadn't thought of that. Maybe I learn techniques to combat Arabs specifically--some Judo variant that exploits the unique vulnerabilities of the beard...

It's a budgete airline, though. I'm assuming the standard will be lower.