The first thing a flight attendant does before opening an emergency exit during an evacuation is assess the conditions outside. This is one reason why some airlines require passengers seated in the exit rows to keep their window shades up during takeoff and landing. The last ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Galley Gossip: Why flight attendants might not open an emergency exit during an evacuation
The first thing a flight attendant does before opening an emergency exit during an evacuation is assess the conditions outside. This is one reason why some airlines require passengers seated in the exit rows to keep their window shades up during takeoff and landing. The last ...Galley Gossip: Improve your travel with Bruce Lee
The following quotes are from the book Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living by John Little.
1. Something for nothing - "There is only something for something, never something for nothing."
Think about that next time you feel nickel and dimed by an ...Galley Gossip: How do flight attendants survive on such a small salary?
I've been offered a position as a flight attendant. Training hasn't started yet, but I'm freaking out a little. Should I back out? It seems like a fun and exciting job, but the pay is $20/hour with only a 79-hour guarantee of work per month. The first year I would have to ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendant haunted layover hotel ghost stories (and a haunted plane!)
In the spirit of Halloween, I'd like to share a few layover hotel ghost stories from flight attendants I know...
At a hotel in San Francisco the water kept turning itself on during the night. After the 3rd or 4th time, instead of getting up and turning it off, I had a ...Galley Gossip: Pilot sexually harassed by a passenger!
Dear Heather, I have to share this with you. I'm a pilot and I was sexually harassed last night. While jump-seating home, the lead flight attendant calls the cockpit and says a passenger thinks one of the flaps is out of position. The captain sends ...Galley Gossip: Elbow attacks and armrest wars (the battle continues)
Recently a friend shared a story about a woman who accused him of being an "elbow assaulter" on a flight from San Francisco to Dallas. To make a long story short, my friend is 6' 2" and 230 pounds. The woman who sat beside him was, in his words, not petite. During the flight ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendant interview - The pros and cons of speaking a second language and how it affects reserve
Dear Heather, I am hoping to become a flight attendant soon (have a face to face interview next week!) and have a question about reserve status. I speak Japanese fluently and was wondering how different things are for flight attendants who speak a different language. Are ...Galley Gossip: A letter to the producers of Project Runway regarding flight attendant uniforms
Dear Project Runway Producers,
Have I got a challenge for you! With the premiere of the new television show Pan Am airing September 25th on ABC, there's been a lot of talk about airlines in the news lately. One can't help but compare stewardesses of yesterday to ...Galley Gossip: Age, weight and height requirements for flight attendants (and why Christina Ricci could never be a Pan Am stewardess)
"In this male-dominated world, in that famously openly chauvinistic culture, these women were really taking the reins and running their lives in a way most women didn't," Christina Ricci said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter about her upcoming television ...Galley Gossip: Electronic devices & the passenger with the cat-like reflexes
When a passenger said to me with a straight face that he had cat-like reflexes, I tried not to laugh. Only it's impossible not to laugh when a person says something like this, and actually means it. FYI: I've been around a lot of passengers and I have yet to meet one with ...Galley Gossip: Why are so many male flight attendants gay?
Scary flights. International layovers. Old flight attendants. Gay flight attendants. In that order these four topics often arise whenever someone who doesn't work for an airline finds out what I do for a living. I have no problem discussing my job. In fact I love sharing ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendant training - from graduation to the first flight
After graduating from flight attendant training, how much time will I get to go back home and take care of things before moving to my crew base? - Lorelei
Two hours after my silver wings were pinned to my blue lapel on stage in front of classmates, family and friends, ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendants trained to spot human traffickers at the Super Bowl
What do hundreds of flight attendants, thousands of under-age prostitutes and the Super Bowl all have in common? Dallas. On Sunday they're all traveling to Texas. American Airlines, American Eagle, Delta, United, and Qantas hope to help stop human traffickers from pimping ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendant training - which airline to pick?
Next week I'm to start flight attendant training for American Eagle. But today I got a call from Delta and they want me to go for a face to face interview two days after I'm to start training! If I go to the Delta interview, I'll forfeit American Eagle completely and won't ...Galley Gossip: A flight attendant Christmas story
I graduated from flight attendant training on the 8th of December in 1995. Two weeks later, on Christmas Eve, my roommate and I were called out to work a trip - together. The crew scheduling God's must have been smiling down on us that day because it's not often a flight ...Galley Gossip: Snow globes, gifts, packing - just a few tips for travelers this Christmas
1. LEAVE THE SNOW GLOBE AT HOME: This time last year I asked a TSA agent in Dallas about the craziest thing he'd ever seen. I won't lie, the answer shocked me, which is why I won't repeat it here. Then he then went on to complain about the number of snow globes he'd ...Galley Gossip: Gifts for flight attendants (and travelers)
A stun gun, Xanax, travel massager that glows in the dark, ten foot pole for not touching things with, these are just a few of the things my flight attendant friends want for Christmas. What, not your gift-giving style? Okay so perhaps one of these will do....
1. PASSPORT ...Galley Gossip: Four year-old kid discusses airport security & TSA pat downs
The following video was created for parents traveling with small kids who might be a little nervous about subjecting their children to the new TSA procedures. Regardless of how you may feel about the new enhanced security measures, there's no need for children to be ...Galley Gossip: Can a mother of two young kids become a flight attendant?
My name is Stephanie and I am thinking of becoming a flight attendant. My only concern is my two boys ages 5 and almost 2. How can I have time to be a mom and work? I love to travel and I hear benefits are good. Can I work flights after bedtime? But when will I come back?
...Galley Gossip: Flight attendants, turbulence & scary flights
One of the scariest flights I ever worked also happens to be one of the first flights I ever worked for an airline called Sun Jet International Airlines. I lasted three months before moving on. Sun Jet is no longer in business. I'm going to guess this had a lot to do with ...
