Nov 29th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
Who says print is dead?
The newspaper business may be in trouble, but if you find 10 great bodies, take pictures of them and line them up with the months of the year, you could be in business for a while. This is exactly what a handful of unemployed flight attendants from Mexicana airlines did, according to the Associated Press.
They lost their jobs when the carrier filed for ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Unemployed Mexicana airline flight attendants raise more than cash with sexy new calendar
Nov 29th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
Who says print is dead?
The newspaper business may be in trouble, but if you find 10 great bodies, take pictures of them and line them up with the months of the year, you could be in business for a while. This is exactly what a handful of unemployed flight attendants from Mexicana airlines did, according to the Associated Press.
They lost their jobs when the carrier filed for ...Pilot body scans and counter-terror operations: distant consideration for special forces
Nov 24th, 2010 at 3:00PM:
The uproar over TSA body scanners and pat-downs has hit every corner of the aviation world, from passengers to pilots. The vocal consensus, at least, is that nobody likes them, even though 64 percent of Americans support the practice and 70 percent don't expect it to impact their travel. A friend of mine, flying today, tweeted that he made it through security at New York's JFK airport in a mere ...Contest: Steven Slater and Toktumi want your crazy flight stories
Nov 16th, 2010 at 12:00PM:
Who would have thought that Steven Slater could actually get another job? The disgraced former flight attendant has even picked up a gig in the travel industry, though he obviously isn't pushing the beverage cart any more. Rather, the man who may have had close to two decades of flight attendant experience, depending on which of his claims you believe, has landed his first job as a spokesman.
...Feds call degree-toting flight attendants over-educated
Nov 2nd, 2010 at 10:00AM: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, you don't need a college degree to be a flight attendant, regardless of what arises in the interview process. This lumps them in with waitresses and parking lot attendants, other jobs in which a BA is considered over-education. Yet, 29.8 percent of flight attendants have at least a college degree, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, along ...North Korea: flight attendants redefine customer service
Oct 22nd, 2010 at 8:00AM:
There's no shortage of gripes among both business and leisure travelers about the level of service we receive from the airlines. We've all had our shares of miserable customer service experiences, from bad experiences with orange juice to getting bumped by the beverage cart. Yet, nothing compares to what you experience on Air Koryo, it seems.
There's only one airline that flies in and out of ...Steven Slater's home burglarized by partner's brother: insult added to injury
Oct 21st, 2010 at 3:30PM:
If Steven Slater was going to use the cash under his mattress to repay JetBlue, he needs to put together another plan. The day after he plead guilty to a felony charges (which could be knocked down to misdemeanors in year), it was revealed that the former flight attendant's home was robbed.
John Rochelle, Slater's partner's brother, is accused of having absconded with a laptop, printer and ...Flight attendants find dead Filipino passenger in Gulf Air lavatory
Oct 20th, 2010 at 3:00PM:
The cause of death – including suicide – still isn't clear, but the facts are. Gulf Air flight attendants found a 36-year-old Filipino passenger dead in the plane lav today; he was flying home to Manila from Bahrain. Attempts to revive him using CPR were unsuccessful.
The event occurred on Gulf Air flight 154, and is the second strange lav event in as many months. In September, ...Former JetBlue Flight Attendant Steven Slater pleads guilty
Oct 20th, 2010 at 1:30PM: For putting lives at risk – rather hypocritical for a person who's supposed to be in the "safety business" – he faced felony charges for criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing. He faced up to seven years in prison.
By pleading guilty, Slater will only serve a year in a mental health and alcohol/substance abuse treatment center, instead of the one-to-three-year ...Flight attendant Steven Slater may avoid jail
Oct 19th, 2010 at 12:00PM:
Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who popped the slide and grabbed a beer after an altercation with a passenger, is scheduled to appear in court today. According to a report on Fox 5 New York (broadcast), he's expected to plead guilty. The Associated Press reports that he may be eligible for an alternative sentencing program, such as treatment or community service (depending on his ...Delta to flight attendants: come back!
Oct 17th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Delta's looking for 1,000 flight attendants, some of whom will be furloughed workers recalled for international assignments. Some will be new hires. But, it's going to take some time get them in the door: they'll be working the aisles by the middle of 2011. In particular, the airline is looking for flight attendants fluent in Japanese and Mandarin, which narrows the field a bit.
Delta already ...Costume store develops angry flight attendant Steven Slater costume
Oct 13th, 2010 at 3:00PM:
I haven't put on a costume for Halloween in years, but I think that's going to change this year. I want to spend an evening as flight attendant hero irresponsible nut Steven Slater. In case you spent the summer living under a rock, Slater's the flight attendant who tangled with a passenger (you know, one of the people he was responsible for protecting), popped the emergency slide, grabbed some ...Sex over service? Airlines try vixen pitch with passengers
Oct 13th, 2010 at 12:00PM: It's no secret that airline customer service is generally perceived to be as pleasant as a root canal. I was thinking about this over the weekend, as I walked home from Penn Station, after catching Amtrak's Acela back from Boston. I had a fantastic trip (up and back) and was hung up on the contrasts to air travel.
Later that night, I met a friend for a glass of wine and talked through the ...Qantas flight attendants restrain would-be murderer
Oct 7th, 2010 at 12:00PM: A man threatened to kill the other passengers on a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong, forcing flight attendants to restrain him. An airline spokeswoman wouldn't confirm what some were saying – that the would-be murderer was praying before threatening to kill himself and others and said, "You will all die."
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But an Australian passenger, Helen, ...Airlines powerless against the pregnant
Sep 22nd, 2010 at 10:00AM: Fortunately, there aren't many babies born on planes. Run the numbers on this one: it just doesn't happen much. One would assume that rules around flying later in pregnancy have helped, but it turns out that these requirements really boil down to an honor system that leaves the carriers virtually powerless.
Of course, most pregnant women pay attention to the rules (or guidelines, in ...JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater's head being examined to avoid jail
Sep 8th, 2010 at 9:30AM: Is anybody shocked that Steven Slater's head is being examined? While we all think know he's nuts, this step is necessary for the criminal case that's in the works. Remember: while the former JetBlue flight attendant was becoming a hero to airline employees across the country, he broke the law several times over, putting some of those very employees at risk of injury or death.
Attorneys on both ...Are airline passengers getting ruder? Deal with it!
Sep 8th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Recent mayhem in the skies has obviously raised the question of whether passengers are getting ruder, and the consensus seems to be that we are. The average passenger may cite fuller planes, less room in overhead compartments and an endless array of fees as reasons for the lack of courtesy, not to mention an increasingly tough gauntlet from the curb to the gate. And, the cabin crew will probably ...Nutty flight attendant Slater leaves JetBlue, claims he wasn't fired
Sep 7th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
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For JetBlue, at least, the Steven Slater saga appears to be finished. The flight attendant who couldn't handle his passenger safety cart-pushing responsibilities any longer resigned from JetBlue last week, according to his attorney. Initially, the delusional employee wanted his old job back. JetBlue has said that Slater ...
Ryanair CEO questions the need for the co-pilot - wants to replace them with flight attendants
Sep 6th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary is making the news again. And as usual, the news is controversial and absurd. O'Leary is apparently fed up with paying for two people to fly his planes, and wants to convince safety regulators that one pilot would be more than enough. In a magazine interview, O'Leary had the following to say:
Why does every plane have two pilots? Really, you only need one pilot. ...Flight Attendant terminated after admitting she qualified for food stamps
Sep 5th, 2010 at 3:00PM: We're beginning to sympathize with the JetBlue flight attendant who made the dramatic exit via emergency slide after hearing this latest news from the flight deck. A legal battle is pending after a Compass Airlines flight attendant admitted publicly that she qualified for food stamps.
Kristen Arianejad was terminated on August 25 after being featured in a local television program and admitting ...Five reasons flight attendants should become Wal-Mart greeters
Sep 4th, 2010 at 12:30PM: Flight attendant complaints about compensation are not unusual, but they've certainly gained momentum with the recent admission of food stamp use by one. Sure, it's a low-paying gig – the average income of $35,000 isn't what newbies to the friendly skies are pulling down. Some make less than $20,000 a year, which is tough in just about any part of the country. The work isn't easy, especially ...
