There are some things that are off-limits even to first-class fliers.
On the Delta Reddit page, a traveler recently revealed that a simple question asked by a passenger in seat 1B sparked a security scare on board their red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale.
As cabin service began, the man allegedly pulled aside one of the flight attendants and asked about an apparent new procedure.
“Hey, totally random question, but on my last couple flights I noticed the [flight attendants] did not block access to the galley when the pilot used the lavatory. Is this a new procedure for you guys?” the person asked, according to the Redditor who was sitting in the nearby seat.
That flight attendant did not answer the question and rather said that it was “news” to them, then proceeded to report the conversation to the cabin manager.
According to the Reddit user, the cabin manager approached the passenger and informed them that they could not discuss “access procedures for the flight deck” for security purposes.
The passenger responded, “Oh, excuse me, I didn’t realize I wasn’t able to ask questions,” to which the cabin manager reportedly replied, “I can answer most questions, but I cannot answer questions related to the security of the aircraft.”
When the passenger inquired why the flight attendant couldn’t answer a security-related question, the cabin manager allegedly said, “Seriously? You know why. Don’t you remember 9/11? We cannot talk about that stuff. So thank you for letting us know what you observed on your prior flights.”
Later on, when the pilot used the lavatory, the poster noted that two of the flight attendants from the rear were called up to block the galley, and “one of them stared at 1B the entire time.”
“Unbelievable this guy can’t understand why it might be suspicious for the passenger seated in one of the two closest possible seats to the flight deck door to ask about galley obstructions procedures,” the original poster wrote.
Flight attendants are trained to be hyper-aware of any behavior that might be deemed suspicious and could be a potential threat to cause harm to the pilot, fellow passengers or the plane.
