I’ve been a flight attendant for 20 years. In other words I’ve spent a lot of time talking to myself. Some of my best conversations happen with myself. Sad but true. Twenty years ago, when I first started flying, almost every passenger said hello during boarding. Oh how times have changed. Now when I stand…
Whenever I hear people talk about something being normal I think about the first airline I worked for. Sun Jet International Airline. Sun Jet was a low cost carrier that never flew anywhere international. At Sun Jet we didn’t have to pack underwear because we didn’t even have layovers. Well not unless you counted our…
35,000 FEET — Have you ever asked a sushi chef about his sex life? Have you ever seen a Starbucks barista in lingerie — on television? Have you ever wondered if the cashier at your grocery store has been hooking up with the other cashiers in the freezer, or maybe behind the deli counter? No?…
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You know you’re a flight attendant when you can easily say the word “goodbye” in six different languages. To say we meet a lot of people is an understatement — I greet at least 200 passengers a day. If we have four flights in a single day, that’s about 500 passengers, which equates to 500…
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A few years ago, on board a flight from Los Angeles to New York, a group of young girls wore nothing but jeans and T-shirts — in the middle of winter. They didn’t speak English, and they didn’t speak to each other the entire flight. I remember thinking it was odd, but I didn’t…
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We were walking the dog when my son said, “Why does it feel like my childhood is over? Does this mean I’m … a man?” I thought about it for, oh, half a second, and said, “In a way I guess it does.” I tried not to laugh, but it was nearly impossible. A man.…
There’s nothing like practically living on an airplane to change what you wish for every year. “All I want for Christmas is job security, being able to hold my first choice work schedule, two weeks vacation, a raise, longer layovers, more wide-body flying, faster flying times, grateful and polite passengers with a sense of humor,…
