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Video of the Day: SNL jokes about Southwest plane accident {Gadling}
Apr 11th 2011 6:47PM As a fellow flight attendant, that which does nots kill us makes us stronger. I for one was hysterical watching the skit. The funny thing was how much she reminded me of some of the FA's I work with. Good job Kristen Whig....
Fed up passengers demand child-free flights {Gadling}
Nov 16th 2010 8:12PM Wow... you people need to get a life. Yes, I was kidding... At least in real life anyway, but one can dream... LOL
Fed up passengers demand child-free flights {Gadling}
Nov 15th 2010 9:50PM As a flight attendant, I have seen my share of children problems on the airplane.
My solution would be to have the ticket agents weigh your bags, then check them. Then weigh your child and administer the appropriate dose of Dimatap. By the time they are through security, they would be limp rags, docile and ready to sleep through the flight.
I have considered selling those childrens Nyquil suckers to the parents. If they wouldn't buy one, I'm sure the passengers around them might. Could help to offset the lower wages...
Galley Gossip: Flight attendant fights with a passenger, escapes down the emergency slide and then drives home {Gadling}
Aug 11th 2010 11:21AM Its unfortunate that any story about a flight attendant always ends up on this blog as a FA Bashing. Not all of us are bad guys... come on.
I have been a FA for 2.5 years now with Republic Airlines, and I love my job. I am always nice and pleasant to my passengers. Most of the time, they are laughing and enjoying themselves with me on their flight. I set their mood for the flights. We have even set through a 3 hour delay, and still my passengers thanked me for my service on the flight.
Granted, I do find the occassional rude customer. I am amazed when someone expects someone to be nice to them when they themselves are rude to me. I am never rude to someone, but that rude passenger is going to get only what I have to do for them, no more and no less. I was taught from a very young age, you will only get that which you give.
I know what my job is... to provide the best service I can to my passengers. If you find that you are getting rude and unpleasant FA's, look to yourself and see if you are projecting what you want to receive.
Galley Gossip: Blocked ears - how to ease the pain in flight {Gadling}
Jun 11th 2010 2:24PM Heather,
I occassionally have kids crying from this on my flights. I have a fun way that helps their ears and ends their tears. We do Monkey Sounds. I have the kids jut their lower jaw forward and go "OooOooOoo" like a monkey.
This action pulls the euctachian (sp) tubes forward, and drains the pressure from the ears. It also makes them laugh, and cheers them up. Plus, its a riot to get the adults around them doing the same. Theres nothing funnier than a whole section of the plane doing monkey noises.
Give it a try next time your ears are clogging.
The 10 Commandments of Airplane Etiquette {Gadling}
Apr 30th 2010 4:03PM Wow, do you guys have a stick stuck somewhere unpleasant.
What was meant in fun, you guys took way too serious. But as a flight attendant myself, if everyone did follow these guidelines flying would be a much more pleasant experiencs for all of us, passengers and crew members alike.
OK, so maybe the religious overtone was a little wrong, but truthful none the less.
Galley Gossip: Special requests, two cubes of ice & a man's pair of pants {Gadling}
Jan 29th 2010 11:11PM I just love the gullible passengers. Just about every flight (I work on the Embraer 170/175's) I have a passenger ask me what is for the meal. I jokingly say the steak and lobster is being served today, but unfortunatly it ends two rows in front of you... They and I laugh and I serve them their drink.
I had a lady, after we passed her row, that overheard our conversation, get up and move to an empty spot a few rows up. I asked her why she moved, and she said she wanted the steak and lobster. I had to go to the back galley lav and bust out laughing. The guy I said it to also followed me back and stood in the galley laughing. We enjoyed that one.
Galley Gossip - Miss Oklahoma, Pop Rocks, a ripped skirt & other strange things on planes {Gadling}
Nov 26th 2009 11:30AM Your blog always rings so true.
I love meeting and talking with my passengers. I had a couple in their 70's last month that had never flown before. This was their first time flying, and they were going to see their son. I was so excited for them, and congratulated them on their adventure. I then asked what was the occassion... They were going to see him in the hospital, he had had a motorcycle accident and was braindead, and they were going to turn off his life support. WOW, sure put my excitement in check. I've learned to ask the occassion before congratulations now.
We have a man who flies out of Philly monthly, and he always brings a box of chocolates for each crew member. We all enjoy seeing him come aboard.
And about kids... the little darlings. I think ticket agents should weight the toddlers upon check-in, and administer the appropriate dose of Dimatap. Bye the time they get to the plane, they are limp, docile little creatures. Peaceful flights for all.
Keep flying Heather, you are a benifit to your kind.
Galley Gossip: Enforcing rules in flight! {Gadling}
Nov 12th 2009 3:46PM Guilty !!!! I too am a rule stickler. I have been with republic for about 19 months, and nothing irks me more than people who can't read the signs or follow the rules. I usually get people to do what I want with humor, but inside I'm thinking IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT.
Last person I had using a cell phone when we closed the door, I told him if President Obama were here solving world problems on his cell phone it wouldn't be as important as what the pilot needed to hear at this time. Turn It Off!!
I had a guy complain that like fastening his seat belt would save his life... I told him it would keep me form killing him. LOL, he fastened it.
Just tell them like it is ....
Galley Gossip: 20 ways to use a maxi pad in flight {Gadling}
Sep 1st 2009 12:52PM Great List. I was once at a regional florist meeting, as President of Indiana's Teleflora unit (I was a florist 16 years before becoming a FA). The regional director, a woman, put maxipads on all the guys plates before dinner. When we got into the room in the restaraunt, we all looked at them, pulled off the strip, and stuck them to our sleeves. We jokes that these we true guy napkins, since we could wipe our mouths on our sleeves and still keep our shirts clean. Great fun evening, and we kept them on our shirts all night. LOL. Not at all what she was hoping for.
