Nov 26th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
While travel as the act of discovering a new place can be exhilarating and exciting, travel as the act of being in transit can be annoying and exhausting. Long lines, delays, rude people and all the frustrations that go along with moving large amounts of people from A to B can make the physical movement involved with travel something to really complain about. But this Thanksgiving, I wanted ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Seven travel-related things to be thankful for
Nov 26th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
While travel as the act of discovering a new place can be exhilarating and exciting, travel as the act of being in transit can be annoying and exhausting. Long lines, delays, rude people and all the frustrations that go along with moving large amounts of people from A to B can make the physical movement involved with travel something to really complain about. But this Thanksgiving, I wanted ...Galley Gossip - Miss Oklahoma, Pop Rocks, a ripped skirt & other strange things on planes
Nov 25th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Obviously the best thing about being a flight attendant is being able to travel at a moments notice, as long as there's an open seat available on the flight. The second best thing about being a flight attendant has got to be all those days off! The third best thing about being a flight attendant is that we never know what the day will bring, and being able to leave that day behind as soon as we ...Flight attendants fake strike to make point
Nov 22nd, 2009 at 3:00PM: Contract negotiations between American Airlines and its flight attendants have stalled. So, the flight attendants kicked off a fake strike on Wednesday. At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, they picketed, handed out leaflets and wore red badges, showing flights they feel couldn't run without them. So, just think of how strong a real strike would have been! Similar protests were held at 12 ...Galley Gossip: Advice for the employees of US Airways
Nov 6th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
Heather,
Yesterday the flight attendants got terrible news at US Airways. THREE base closures. Mine included. In all these years, I've never commuted. And now, gone early next year: BOS, LGA and LAS. We got the news in the crew room. Some of the senior girls started to tear up. One cried, "I have thirty years, I've never commuted." The base is closing and we didn't even receive any ...Irony: NWA pilots land late because of scheduling discussion
Oct 27th, 2009 at 4:00PM: The investigation into the overshooting Northwest Airlines flight continues. The National Transportation Safety Board has found that the pilots were distracted by conversations and the use of personal laptops when flying 150 miles past Minneapolis. One of the topics being bandied about was scheduling, though I suspect it didn't involve the impact of a late arrival because of a missed airport. ...Galley Gossip: Can an average Joe date a flight attendant?
Oct 21st, 2009 at 9:30AM:
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Hi my Name is Mark and I've wanted to date flight attendants for years, but like a lot of guys I don't get the chance to chat with them much. When you see one that's friendly and smiles a lot and is nice, those are the ones you want to kidnap and take ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendants under investigation for bomb threat
Oct 3rd, 2009 at 1:00PM:
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Like I mentioned in my last post, Fly-Girls, a flight attendant docu-series airing soon, it's rarely ever a good thing when flight attendants are in the news...
It happened a few seconds after the Captain on my flight from Miami to New York ...FBI hunts for close in Miami-Boston bomb threats
Oct 3rd, 2009 at 12:00PM: The FBI is looking for common denominators in bomb threats on American Airlines flights between Miami and Boston. Two cases have arisen, prompting the FBI to dig a little deeper. The most recent incident occurred on Wednesday, when a flight attendant found "bomb on board, Boston-Miami" written on a bathroom cabinet. A search of the luggage yielded no bombs or other weapons.
On September 17, a ...Galley Gossip: Fly Girls, a flight attendant docu-series airing soon
Sep 25th, 2009 at 9:30AM: The first thing I thought when I heard about the new flight attendant show called Fly Girls was, why didn't they ask me! Not that I really want to be on a reality show. It's just...well...it would have been kind of nice to have been asked.
The second thing I thought was, I wonder if any of the "fly girls" are guys? Because guys do fly, and that Virgin America flight attendant over there, the one ...Galley Gossip: A question about "flight attendant training schools"
Sep 3rd, 2009 at 9:30AM:
Dear Heather,
Could you please tell me which course of action I should take to become a flight attendant. Should I take a college training program that offers a diploma, or should I go to a airline and go through their training program? I have read a lot concerning flight attendants today and I don't know what to believe when it comes to the training procedures. Thank you for your time and hope ...Galley Gossip: In-flight emergencies - what are the odds?
Aug 20th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
Standing at row 33 behind the beverage cart, I handed a passenger a Diet Coke with extra lime. That's when another passenger came racing up behind me and yelled, "There's a fire in the bathroom!" A fire on the airplane is one of my biggest fears as a flight attendant. Only because I'm quite familiar with how quickly a fire can get out of control. Once, years ago, I lit an Aveda travel candle ...American Airlines flight attendant accused of racist remark
Aug 5th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Dudu Nobre, a Brazilian singer, has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines. He, his wife and producer are looking for $4 million in damages, claiming that flight attendants used racial slurs when talking to him and that they stabbed his producer with a sharp pen. So, the next time you're wondering what could make the long flight from Sao Paulo to New York worse, in a world where amenities and ...Galley Gossip: A weekend in Chicago- talking about blogging & a quick trip report
Jul 29th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
It's been a few years since I've had a nice long layover in downtown Chicago, so I'd forgotten what a truly wonderful city it is. You see, whenever I'm visiting the Windy City my crew and I usually get stuck at an airport hotel, if we even leave the airport at all. So when I got an invitation to speak at the travel blog exchange conference, I decided to make it a long weekend. I also decided to ...10 annoying passengers as told by a flight attendant
Jul 7th, 2009 at 5:30PM: Here at Gadling, we love stories about annoying passengers. It gives us a chance to read about the kind of things that annoy us when we travel, and there is something deeply satisfying knowing that we are not the only ones that get annoyed when we bump into one of these annoying people. Our tart friends over at Lemondrop have compiled a list of annoying passengers, from the perspective of a ...10 passengers we love to hate: Day 8 -- passengers who misuse the FA call button
Jun 10th, 2009 at 11:00AM: We've already reached the 8th day of our "10 passengers we love to hate" lineup. You've been able to read about passengers who misbehave around the baggage carousel, people who don't know how an escalator works, and folks who annoy others with their Bluetooth headset. This entry in our lineup is about passengers who think the attendant call button is a butler call bell. For some reason, almost ...10 Passengers we love to, umm....not like as much as the others: Day 4 - The passenger who tries to score a free first class seat
Jun 4th, 2009 at 9:30AM: In Grant Martin's post, The top 5 myth's about getting an upgrade, he wrote...
Flight attendants have no control over who gets upgraded when there always might be one last business class passenger coming down the jet bridge right before departure, so they can't give away a seat. After the boarding door is closed? Maybe if you're discreet, but with everyone watching, the flight attendant will most ...Flight attendants on hunger strike
May 27th, 2009 at 8:30AM: It's hard for most of us to imagine a situation so dire it would inspire us to go on hunger strike. Sadly, that is not the case for the Russian flight attendants who were not paid for eight months of work when their airline folded. According to United Press International: "KrasAir ceased operations last October when it ran out of cash, the news service said. Part of the AirUnion alliance, the ...Drunk mailman threatens mayhem, grounded for half decade
May 4th, 2009 at 7:30PM: Why is it always the postmen?
Robert Russell had added "former" to his "mail carrier" title after being laid off by Royal Mail. So, he took a trip to Malaga, Spain. This isn't unusual; plenty of people do something nice for themselves after losing their jobs. It's great for morale.
It didn't work.
Russell got wasted on lager and vodka in the Gatwick departure lounge. By the time he was ...Flight crew tasty, but off-limits
May 3rd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Man bites dog? Well, woman bites fight attendant (or tries to, at least).
A Russian-born British woman will be spending the weekend in a Maine jail this weekend. She's accused of having popped some prescription drugs and washed them down with a few bottles of wine and – you can't make this stuff up – liquid soap from the plane's lavatory.
Amazingly, she had the energy to rumble ...Galley Gossip: Swine flu on the airplane (a few things you can do)
Apr 29th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
Today I'm flying from Los Angeles to New York to start my reserve rotation for May. I'm bringing my son along with me. He's two. Because my husband travels on business often and I'll be on-call, my son will be spending eight days with grandma and grandpa. Oh sure I'll take the train out to see him in-between trips. That's not the problem. The problem is with all this talk about swine flu, I ...
