Flight attendant on plane tells passangers to flush drugs down toilet

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An air hostess on an Australian budget airline warned passengers to flush anything they aren't supposed to have down the toilet. Personally I don't have much of a problem with it. I'm not a supporter of people getting prison sentences for carrying drugs for personal use. If the drugs for sale then there's no problem either because they were flushed.

The Australian airline Jetstar has apologised after a crew member announced that passengers who had attended a music festival should flush their drugs down the toilet.

The advice reportedly prompted a rush to the bathrooms and later triggered gratitude from some passengers on social media.

The plane was flying from the Gold Coast to Sydney and had a large contingent of passengers who had attended the three-day Splendour in the Grass festival at Byron Bay.


Festival goers dance at the Splendour in the Grass music festival (EPA)

The flight attendant announced that sniffer dogs and quarantine officers were waiting at the terminal in Sydney and advised passengers to flush "anything you shouldn't have" down the toilet.



Jetstar, a low-cost carrier owned by Qantas, Australia's national airline, said the crew member would be reprimanded and apologised for the "poorly-worded" announcement. It said the airline has a pre-recorded quarantine announcement for passengers but allows crew members to opt to deliver the message.
"The crew member's words were poorly chosen and are plainly at odds with the professional standards we'd expect from our team," it said in a statement.
"We're addressing the matter with the cabin crew member involved."
The on-board announcement drew a mixed response from passengers.
One passenger said several people "suddenly got up to queue for the toilet [and] had things clenched in their hand".
"I was shocked," the passenger told Sydney's Daily Telegraph.
"Why would you tip people off about this? If they have got something illegal, let them get caught."
But some passengers expressed gratitude for the warning.
"Thank you for caring for your Splendour passengers," one person said on Jetstar Australia's Facebook page.
"Very thoughtful and kind thing to do. Hope the staff member will be promoted."
Another person wrote: "Must love an airline that saves 20 years in maximum security!"

Sir Arthur Daley

Did they go through any airport security?

Bepolite

LOL someone below on that flight path had a very good day.

B.A._Baracus

bob1272178 wrote: »

****ING bunch of retarted IDIOTS going on their stupid useless social media bull****.

I really hope from my heart that facebook and all that ****e gets shut the **** down. really, I hope it does. its the most useless piece of ****. and the same with the bull**** news paper websites,


**** them and **** idiot humans.

"and on this weeks blankety blank we have Bob from Ireland" :pac:

Canis Lupus

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

"and on this weeks blankety blank we have Bob from Ireland" :pac:

lol, ninja'd.

Sir Arthur Daley

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Did they go through any airport security?

I realised yesterday I had a ~5 inch bolt in my bag that I took home on a flight and had completely forgotten about. If they don't notice that on a metal detector then short of swabbing all bags or having sniffer dogs on the way to the flight they're not gonna find many personal stashes.

Bootsy.

Fair play to the attendant, it was the decent thing to do.

They're not violent criminals, they're festival goers, away for a weekend of fun.
That line-up looks decent too, similar in style to our own Electric Picnic. I'm sure everyone here knows people who go to that or go yourselves. Couldn't meet nicer more decent people. No need for them to get locked up over some nonsense.

RobbingBandit

Drugs are bad M'Kay.

El Horseboxo

I'd fire her. Helping the drug trade like that.

Cookie_Monster

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creolebelle

The flight attendant should get a raise

ItsShane

Fairy play to the attendant.
I think her higher-ups really need to lighten up. Maybe they were pissed because they wanted the drugs for themselves :pac:

preston johnny

creolebelle wrote: »

The flight attendant should get a raise

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