Revenge of the shortarse

737max

http://www.thelocal.de/20160218/pint-sized-wannabe-pilot-fights-to-take-flight

Tenger

I saw a video from Aer Lingus (I think from their blog) and it featured a female cadet who was very petite (5 feet I think?) Obviously EI dont have an issue, in the video she had to have a back suport while in the C172 (I think it was anyway) doing stall recovery. (GoPro was located above and behind her)

Growler!!!

Once she can reach across and pull the opposite fire handle with the lap belt on then it shouldn't be an issue. Type dependant of course!

Buffman

737max wrote: »

Revenge of the shortarse

With your user name and title I thought this thread was going to be about the 737-600:D

Shannon757

Buffman wrote: »

With your user name and title I thought this thread was going to be about the 737-600:D

Or the -500.

Charles Babbage

Modern plane seating increasing suits shortarse passengers, so shortarse crew is fits in well.

H3llR4iser

That's an interesting issue. The few times I was on the 172 I never actually checked if the seat was adjustable in height. I would expect liners to possess such feature (don't tell me you can have it on a Fiesta but not an A320...), but in general the instruments panel on commercial planes tends to be quite tall...there'll be a technical minimum height below which, seat adjustment or not, you can't physically see out front. Most likely well below the 165 set by LH, anyway.

Some jobs will unfortunately always have physical limits imposed, be them in height or fitness; Even cabin crew - I did in a couple of occasions see stewardesses being barely able to reach the overhead bins (as in, able to open them but clearly struggling to put suitcases in there).

Tenger

H3llR4iser wrote: »

...Some jobs will unfortunately always have physical limits imposed, be them in height or fitness; Even cabin crew - I did in a couple of occasions see stewardesses being barely able to reach the overhead bins (as in, able to open them but clearly struggling to put suitcases in there).

Hence why I am a big fan of you pack it,you stack it. I you cant put it into the bin then it goes in the hold.

H3llR4iser

Tenger wrote: »

Hence why I am a big fan of you pack it,you stack it. I you cant put it into the bin then it goes in the hold.

I would be myself - no need to put the extra stress on the girls and guys who are there for your safety.

That said, I've seen how some passengers grasp the concept of "stacking" - if it doesn't fit, punch and push it until it somewhat does. Now, if the something they're punching their humongous backpack against is my own, correct-sized bag with fragile stuff inside (often the laptop as I tend to travel in the emergency exit rows), then I will have a problem :eek:

Dardania

Tenger wrote: »

Hence why I am a big fan of you pack it,you stack it. I you cant put it into the bin then it goes in the hold.

I was on a ryanair flight a few years ago, with a very assertive shortarse attendent, who toed that line - I completely support it, as it's not fair to rely on others to try save money on luggage fees.

Irish Steve

Tenger wrote: »

Hence why I am a big fan of you pack it,you stack it. I you cant put it into the bin then it goes in the hold.

Having spent several years working on the ramp a while back, I'd go further, with exceptions (maybe) for elderly or disabled passengers.

If you can't carry the bag (without wheels or any other form of assistance) a distance of 10 Ft to the check in desk, don't expect anyone else to handle it.

The worst offenders in that respect were the incoming Spanish students in the summer, they'd arrive in on 757's that were stuffed to the gills with overweight bags, there was no way that most of the students they belonged to could come close to lifting the evil things, and they were even worse when they went home again at the end of their stay.

The worst I can remember was one evening, a chef returning home to Budapest, he paid excess charges on his bags, as he was carrying all his knives home with him, the total weight of his 3 bags was 105 Kilos! We had to make the dispatcher aware of them, as the combined weight was in danger of causing weight and balance issues with the loadsheet.

xper

I remember when JetMagic were starting up in Cork a few years ago, they had an ad for cabin crew in the paper that specified a fairly low maximum height. 5'8" or 5'9", I think. Anyone who's been on a jungle jet will know why.