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The Food Incident

posted 14 years ago by HarlowMGM
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For Jane Wyman's first flight, she is so anxious and nervous she forgets to make sure the food is on the flight. She is blamed for the incident and her job is at risk. My question is (A) would a stewardess even back in 1951 be responsible for supplies not on the plane and (B) since she is not the one to LOAD the food supplies onto the plane, surely the people who are in charge of that are as responsible for the mishap as she was, after all they should have known when the flight was leaving that the food had not been put on the plane. I know the scene is there to make Jane's character seem nervous and overwhelmed for her first flight but still it's not all her fault.

[–] PACman66 13 years ago

Boom!
Great question...
I liked this film... But it's not at all "great". A cute trite rom-com.

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Swan
My, you're nosey, aren't you?

[–] robbearfl 13 years ago

I would think that since it was her first day on the job there would have been someone supervising and that the food would have been loaded by the ground crew that cleans/sets up the plane between flights.

Hillbillybob

[–] Nosferatu6979 13 years ago

What kills me is that bald-headed prick of a passenger was hollering for food before the damn plane even took off! I'm not exactly sure what procedure was back in 1951, but every time I've ever flown, the food isn't allowed to be served until the plane reaches its cruising altitude and there isn't a lot of turbulence. I guess airline employees were disgruntled with their jobs even back then! The pilots on her first flight were comlete jerks! If I were her, I would've "accidentally" spilled their coffee or their dinner right in their laps. Would've served em right! :oP Of course I wouldn't expect a movie like this one to be all that accurate anyways. I noticed Sidney Sheldon was one of the writers. The same guy who wrote all those fairy tale sitcoms in the 60's and 70's that had no connection with reality whatsoever.