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 ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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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 ...Galley Gossip: Celebrity passenger claimed to have special powers
Tom Cruise.
It's not often I get to start a Galley Gossip post with that name! But that's the name several readers mentioned after I asked if they could guess which celebrity passenger offered to assist an unconscious woman with his "special powers" on the airplane. ...Galley Gossip: IndiGo flight attendants forced to cut their hair - or wear a wig
Meet the flight attendants from IndiGo Airlines. They're young, chic, and might be wearing a wig. Well that is if they refuse to cut their hair. According to Anindita Ghose in the article A Curious Case of Stewardess Hair, the airline's new uniform includes a grey tunic with ...Galley Gossip: 5 reasons flight attendants don't serve first class predeparture beverages
You've boarded a flight and you're feeling pretty relaxed sitting in that big comfy first class seat. Sucka, you think to yourself as a couple of passengers check you out on their way to coach. Glancing at your watch, you wonder where the heck the flight attendant is because ...Galley Gossip: How much do flight attendants get paid?
In 1995 I made $18,000 a year working for a major U.S. carrier. Nowadays most newly hired flight attendants make even less than that. This is because right after 9/11 the majority of flight attendants took huge pay cuts in order to help keep the airlines up and running. Not ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendant fights with a passenger, escapes down the emergency slide and then drives home
When dealing with unruly passengers, flight attendants are taught a few different techniques to diffuse a situation, one of which is to separate yourself from the passenger and let another coworker step in and try to handle it. A new face is new energy. This alone can calm ...Galley Gossip: Funny flight attendant book - Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase!
Ever since reading the book Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase: Hilarious Stories of Air Travel by the World's Favorite Flight Attendant, written by Betty N. Thesky with Janet Spencer, I've been tempted to do a spin in the middle of the aisle as soon as I've finished serving ...Galley Gossip: The REAL reason for no cell phones in flight
Recently someone asked me what the real reason was for no cell phones in flight. My reply, "Does it matter? You still have to turn it off and put it away."
There are three things flight attendants should not discuss with passengers. They are religion, politics, and the ...
