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One of my posts on Flightster covers a flight from, you guessed it; New York to Los Angeles. This flight was with my two great friends Brad & Savannah, and thank god it was! We encountered some of the strangest complaints and issues and because we’re friends outside of work as well as great teamplayers [...]
Archive for the ‘A Day in the Life’ Category
Trip Report: No Surprise Here
August 31st, 2010 
Bobby 
Posted in A Day in the Life, InFlight, Passengers 
Tags: airline, airport, airport security, los angeles, new york, Passengers, security, travel 
1 Comment »The Life We Lead
August 29th, 2010 Bobby It’s no secret that being a flight attendant comes with short layovers, little sleep, a lot of work, time zone changes, unruly passengers, long days, and scheduling snafus. But, do the positives of the job outweigh the negatives? That’s the question I posed to the readers of Flightster. The media has been covering my career [...]
Buddy Bidding
August 24th, 2010 Bobby Working as a flight attendant brings a lot of variety. Not only do you visit different cities and meet new people, but you also get different crews. I’ve written about it here before, flight attendant’s bid for their monthly schedules. Your preferences are inputted into a computer system and then in seniority order it assigns [...]
Posted in A Day in the Life Tags: airline, bidding, buddy, crew, flying, schedule, travel 2 Comments »Notes from the Air
August 13th, 2010 Bobby Over on the Flightster Blog I posted a few observations from my travels over the past few weeks. I think any passenger or airline employee can relate to what I’ve seen. Here’s a small taste of what you can find: To parents: Play-dough should not be used by children on board an aircraft. It sticks [...]
PACKiT the new Crew Cooler?
August 8th, 2010 Bobby Okay, so you know when it comes to this blog I’ve never written about one product in particular other than my eBag Crew Cooler and how much I love it (and I do!). In my last (and seemingly only) Travel Tuesday post I wrote about shopping at Fresh&Easy and spending $40 for my four day [...]
The O.C.: Onboard Problems
July 25th, 2010 Bobby Not many “civilians,” or non-flight attendants, realize how tough initial flight attendant training really is. Throughout the 4-8 week training course we’re taught everything from CPR to surviving a water landing and even how to assist in delivering a baby. But, the one thing we’re not taught is how to predict how your passengers will [...]
Travel Tuesday: $40 for a Four Day
July 13th, 2010 Bobby We all know Rachel Ray can spend $40 a day while vacationing in a new city. But, can she strech $40 for four days? I’m heading to work tomorrow and beginning a four day trip. I’ll be flying to Washington DC, Seattle and Boston. In Washington I only have a 10 hour layover, which is [...]
Posted in A Day in the Life Tags: airline, flight attendant, food, fresh&easy, packing, travel 11 Comments »Why Flight Attendants Do What We Do
July 11th, 2010 Bobby I’ve seen it time and time again: passengers ask me if they can use the restroom while the seatbelt sign is on and I respond with “I’m sorry, but the seatbelt sign is on so you need to remain seated.” They become visibly upset and then add: “so I can’t use the restroom?” and I [...]
Posted in A Day in the Life Tags: airline, airplane, airport, attendant, cabin, crew, flight, flightster No Comments »13 Days of Travel
July 8th, 2010 Bobby The end of June was busy. That is an understatement. In order to attend the Travel Blog Exchange in New York City I had to move my work schedule around a bit. On paper, it looked fine. Actually doing it, not so much. Follow along with the maps. June 17: On the night of June [...]
Posted in A Day in the Life, General, Live from the Line Tags: airline, airlines, airplane, airplanes, airport, airports, blog, cabin, cabin crew, crew, flight attendant, flying, TBEX, travel 14 Comments »NonRev NonSense
July 3rd, 2010 Bobby It seems I’ve been having a lot of issues surrounding nonreving lately. First it was my mom not getting on the flight to come out and visit me, then it was my inability to pass ride to the Travel Blog Exchange, now, I’m dealing with nonrevs. I just worked a long haul flight which carried [...]
Posted in A Day in the Life, InFlight, Passengers Tags: airline, airplane, airport, cabin, crew, emergency, flight, flight attendant, medical, nonrev, staff, travel 6 Comments »
