2023-10-03 10:00:57
Updated3. October 2023, 12:00
Tiktok: That’s why the dancing Swiss crew gets away scot-free
A cell phone video from August shows three Swiss flight attendants fooling around and posing for photos on the wings of a Boeing 777. This has no consequences.
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This video from a Swiss crew went around the world.
That’s what it’s about
A video shows Swiss flight attendants dancing on the wing of a plane and posing for photos.
For Swiss it is clear: “This behavior will not be tolerated.” The action was dangerous and forbidden.
But the dance will have no consequences for the crew.
The corresponding video could be seen on the Instagram channel of the user “spottersbrasil” for a few hours before it was deleted. The Swiss were aware of their crew’s spontaneous dance performance on the wings of an aircraft, but they didn’t find it funny. “What looks like fun in the video is life-threatening. The wings of the Boeing 777 are at a height of around five meters. A fall from this height onto the hard surface can be devastating. This behavior will not be tolerated,” Swiss spokesman Michael Pelzer told 20 Minutes in August.
Written warning
Like research from CH-Media show, the dance performance has no consequences for the crew. “There was a written warning in the sense of documenting the case, but no sanctions that would have affected the employees’ activities as crew members,” as spokeswoman Meike Fuhlrott told CH-Media. Discussions were held with the crew involved. «We look for an error, not for the culprit, but for the cause – so that this error no longer happens. This is our top priority,” explains Fuhlrott. Employees are encouraged to report an error.
“The area of the wing around the emergency exit on a Boeing 777 consists of a metal layer made of solid aluminum on the surface. A sash is extremely stable at this point in particular – damage from being walked on is therefore fundamentally impossible. “The crew members seen in the video primarily put themselves in danger,” says Fuhlrott.
“The behavior of the crew members in the video neither corresponds to our safety requirements nor does it reflect the high level of professionalism of our employees.”
Swiss spokeswoman Meike Fuhlrott
Internal video to employees
After the video became known, things sounded a little different. In an internal video sent to all Swiss employees, the top cabin manager, Martin Knuchel, appears annoyed: “Hey guys, I’ll be honest. I’m angry and disappointed.” Such actions are damaging to Swiss and the cabin crew’s job profile, according to the manager. «What if the passengers no longer trust us after they see this video? This has to stop, there can be no more videos. But to counteract initial rumors, we won’t just fire anyone.”
Finally, Fuhlrott tells CH-Media: “The behavior of the crew members in the said video neither corresponds to our safety requirements nor does it reflect the high level of professionalism of our employees.”
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