If it’s not a Boeing, I’m not going. That’s a phrase I’ve heard often over the course of my 20-plus career as a flight attendant…
There’s a school that suspends kids for wearing deodorant,” said my 12-year-old son on the way to school one morning. “It was on a YouTube…
Initially, the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study set out to learn how flame retardants in the home affect the endocrine system. Who better to study than…
“YOU HATE SEX, DIRTY DIRTY SEX…” That’s what a stranger tweeted to me out of the blue last year. I remember staring at the computer…
“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…
Hold that flight: a good-news airline story by Christopher Elliott originally appeared in the Seattle Times. In the fourth to last paragraph I answered the…
“Does Sex Sell Airline Seats? Some Airlines Hope so. ” originally appeared on TravelChannel.com We asked Heather Poole, a 15-year flight attendant and author of Cruising Attitude:…
I’m always asked, “which airline do you work for?” whenever I’m being interviewed. As if the answer is going to give people a better understanding…
I’m scheduled for a flight attendant interview on Tuesday! I’ve been through the process once before so I am familiar with the questions they may…
I love this commercial! Doesn’t matter if I have no idea what they’re saying. Now how do I get cool music like that playing in…
“In 1974 I flew L.A. to New York for $250.00 round trip. Adjusted for inflation (google “inflation calculator”) that would be $1107.00 today. Orbitz has a roundtrip…
If you think long distance dating is difficult, try being married to an airline employee. It ain’t easy. Because working for an airline is not…