Don't scream, but be assertive. They have ways of helping you, but they're typically not concerned for you and have no problem leaving you to solve your own problem. A couple years ago my wife, my parents, and I were flying overseas. We were supposed to fly with American to Dallas, then to New York, then switch to Lufthansa to fly to Geneva. When we got to Dallas, the airline had cancelled the flight to New York and told us we'd have to wait eight hours for the next flight. I told them we had a connecting flight that wouldn't wait for us.
"Oh, well. We can't do anything."
My blood pressure spiked, and I'm pretty sure the gate attendant could see the veins in my forehead. "Yes you can. We've already paid for the flight, and they're not going to give us a refund because you cancelled your flight. You need to get us there."
Five minutes later they hustled us over to the Lufthansa gate and we flew to Frankfurt then Geneva.
Polite assertiveness. If you're being passive, you won't get their attention.
Yep. I used to have to fly quite often and I absolutely hate it.
The enitre experiance just sucks.
If I have enough time, I will drive to a job in New York or Florida.
I have been in the seat next to people who puked and **** themselves.
Nut bags who freaked out and tried to open the door.
******* that tried to sell me Amway.
You name it.
But one of the worst was a morning Denver to Chicago on United.
We got sent back to de-ice 4 friggen times
When they finally got that pig in the air,
United served bran muffins, bananas, brocolli slaw, orange juice, tomato juice, and airplane coffee.
People were lined up in the aisle trying to get to the *******.
Some actually didnt make it.
It was vile.
Labor dispute at the catering service.
Nothing but respect for that United pilot though.
Once he figured it out he put that ***** on the ground.
I really hate flying.
Ill take my chance on the highway.
If you need to blow ass?
I will pull right the **** over.
And then decide whether you get back in the cab or if I need to put you in the bed and Google the nearest car wash