Is This the Most Ridiculous Airline Story? It’s True!

[fountainhall]

Garuda Indonesia is an airline on the up and up. After being banned from both European and American airspace, it now flies to both continents and gets pretty good reviews on the Skytrax site. But the idiocy of some of its senior staff takes some beating!

In an internal memo dated 14 July, the airline announced that it was henceforth banning passengers and flight crew from taking inflight photos and videos. The reason? On a flight from Sydney to Denpasar last Saturday, one passenger who happens to be a frequent travel blogger posted a photo of the business class menu. It was hand-written. The caption read, “The menu is still being printed sir.”



The airline reported the passenger to the police and he could face charges under Indonesia’s strict electronic laws. On Wednesday he received two brown envelopes from police (no money inside as in Thailand!) calling him in for questioning. He then posted these on his Instagram account.

Such has been the outrage expressed on social media, Garuda has backtracked. On Tuesday, Garuda’s Corporate Secretary announced the policy had not yet been finalised and should not have been shared to the public! Ummm! The airline makes a policy public, and then says a passenger should not have made it public?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... itten-menu

[Gaybutton]

No inflight photos? Ok, next time maybe he'll keep it and take the photo once he's off the plane . . .

It is, of course, ridiculous, but as for most ridiculous, this story has a hell of a lot of competition.

[Jun]

A handwritten menu? Is this an airline without access to a printer ?

How exactly do they expect to enforce a "no photos" policy in the 21st century, when almost every passenger has a smartphone ?

With such stupidity over the simple things, I have no idea how they would cope with some difficult decisions. Some of the management probably need to be shown the door & replaced by rational people.