Mandatory hand-to-hand combat training
It was reported today that The Association of Flight Attendants is pushing for mandatory han-to-hand combat training for all cabin crew. Is this a good idea?
Read the article here and make sure you vote in this weeks poll on the subject. It would be really good to hear people's opinions on this possible new area of training.
It seems mad like people
It seems mad like people needs to learn how to do fights with passengers. This is a joke yes?
What next are we having crews with guns next? That would be maddness.
I don't think this is a joke,
I don't think this is a joke, it's just a suggestion from the Union that could enable flight attendants to be better prepared to protect themselves and other passengers if called for.
It's an interesting idea but I certainly don't believe that it is intended to encourage crew to fight with passengers.
As a one-time martial arts
As a one-time martial arts instructor with a flight attendant that's a 7th dan black belt I can see a lucrative opening here
For easyJet and Ryanair there'll be the budget version. "Leave it Wayne! He's not worth it!"