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What my flight attendant uniform taught me about confidence
It was like a scene out of a movie. I was in the terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport when I spotted a very attractive man standing in line at the Hudson News outside of security. We made eye contact, and he started walking towards me. “Excuse me,” he…
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Drunks on a plane!
It’s not hard to spot inebriated passengers when they walk on board and announce, “Let’s party and have some drinks!” Those we know to keep an eye on. It’s the quiet ones we have to worry about, the ones who ask for a cup of ice, and that’s it. That’s…
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Traveling to get lost helped me find myself after tragedy
I’d been in Saint Lucia less than 24 hours and already I felt antsy. It didn’t help that the resort was only 10 minutes from the airport, or that we were handed a rum punch the minute we walked into the hotel lobby. Thirty minutes after getting off the plane,…
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I’m not afraid to fly
An hour before our flight from Miami to Raleigh-Durham was scheduled to depart on Thursday, my coworker — a fairly new flight attendant — yelled “Mom!” into her phone as she stood in the airport. She looked upset as I passed by with my rolling bag and continued on to…
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Breastfeeding on planes
Unlike other body parts, breasts seem to confuse some people. Sometimes they’re sexy; other times, they’re a source of food. You may have recently read about the male flight attendant who allegedly tossed a blanket at a passenger who was breastfeeding, ordering her to cover up. It’s tempting to obsess over this…
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How much do flight attendants really make?
“Friendlier service doesn’t cost a thing.” That’s what one travel writer said, after complaining about an experience on board a flight recently. But as a flight attendant with years of experience, my first thought was: Yes. It does. Whenever I speak to people about what I do for a living,…
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Flight attendant uniforms are about more than just style
“Have you seen what I have to wear?” a first officer said when she overheard me talking about American Airlines‘ new uniforms. “A scarf,” she hissed. She may have used the f-word. “Pilots don’t wear scarves, we wear ties. TIES!” Got it? They wear ties. Not long ago I wrote about…
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Why Disrespecting Flight Attendants is Totally Nuts
Why Disrespecting Flight Attendants is Totally Nuts by Marisa Garcia originally appeared on Skift.com Dec 17, 2014 As flight attendant, industry writer, and Cruising Attitude author Heather Poole, says: “The problem is that nobody gets this job. My job is not hard, but 99% of people couldn’t do it.” Ongoing promotion of flight attendants as…
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