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A Day in the Life of a Flight Attendant
It’s no secret if you read my blog on occasion that I usually only work First Class at my airline. Every now and then I’ll pick up a flight in the maincabin to switch things up and take a break. I know, now you’re thinking — a break? from what? Dealing with a smaller group of people? Yep, exactly. There are...
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sen·ior ma·ma
noun
1. older or elder flight attendant
2. of earliest admission to group of flight attendants at a particular airline
3. flight attendants whom have been flying for said airline since the beginning of time
When I first started working for US Airways back in 2006 the first word I learned was “senior...
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I posted earlier this week that I think SFO and LAX are getting themselves confused with each other. One of the many benefits of being based in Los Angeles is the fact that the airport can handle weather delays pretty easily without it getting backlogged and causing a ground delay program.
This past week, however, the reverse was...
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The holiday travel season is in full swing, that’s for sure. All you have to do is stand on the curb at the airport and watch folks getting dropped off to figure that out. No one seems to know where they’re going, why they have to be x-rayed (and we’re not talking their bags) and no one has a clue that...
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I’ll be honest. I haven’t been flying much lately. My seniority here in Los Angeles has gotten better each time they’ve added to the base and I’ve slowly found myself becoming one of those “senior mamas” at my ripe old age of 27.
For the most part now, I do transcon turns. Early check-ins, late...
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Close your eyes. Now, imagine you’re a flight attendant who wakes up on the morning that you start a trip and you realize that at the end of the day you’re going to layover in Las Vegas, with free accommodations! Now, imagine having to work flights from Los Angeles to Seattle, then Seattle back to Los Angeles, from Los Angeles,...
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