What He Said

I’ve noticed a truly annoying trend on plane flights lately. The captain will come over the PA system and announce that because of “unexpected turbulence,” he is turning on the seatbelt sign. Then, about five seconds later, a flight attendant will follow with the exact same announcement, even preceded by the words “…as the captain just said.”

Is this a turf war? Is this the flight attendant saying to the captain, “Hey, you fly the plane, I’ll handle the cabin?”