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News broke early yesterday of a flight attendant losing it at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Steven Slater, a jetBlue Flight Attendant since 2008, did something flight attendant’s always dream about doing.. but never actually do. According to reports, Slater was dealing with a passenger who attempted to remove his luggage from the [...]
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Flying Fact-checker on “Today.”
July 9th, 2010 
Bobby Those of you that might have purchased my blog book “Planely Speaking” know that I had a dream of working in the communication field before I landed (no pun intended) in the job that I’m in now, as a Flight Attendant. Before I gave up my job search in the communication field I applied for [...]
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1 Comment »Duct Tape Deliriousness
June 6th, 2010 Bobby This morning I woke as usual, earlier then I’d like though, checked my Facebook, emails and Twitter account like the good social media ‘internet personality’ that I am. Before going to bed last night I tweeted the link to my article on Examiner.com which has pictures of an aircraft incident in Charlotte, N.C. yesterday in [...]
There’s a Charge for That
April 10th, 2010 Bobby We knew it was coming. They’ve been talking about it for a while, but it seems this time, they’re serious. Ryanair, a low-cost airline based in Ireland, has asked Boeing about creating a bathroom door which is released (unlocked) after coins have been inserted into an appropriate slot. Thats right, there may soon be a [...]
Back to Reality
March 29th, 2010 Bobby It’s no secret that life at 35,000ft is entertaining, fun and also hard work. I write about my experiences here and talk about them on The Crew Lounge Podcast, but what we saw on TheCW this past Wednesday night was anything but reality. Meet Fly Girls, a new reality show on TheCW which claims to [...]
Posted in Airline News, General Tags: attenant, flight, fly, girls, plane travel, show, television, travel 6 Comments »This Week in the Cabin
March 1st, 2010 Bobby Say hello to my weekly news round-up, brought to you by the crazy people who fly, flight attendant’s who probably shouldn’t be, and the twilight zone, because we all know even if things are going smoothly, crazy things do happen! This Week in the Cabin two flight attendants in Rochester, NY got into in argument which eventually [...]
Oh Canada! Take Him Back!
February 23rd, 2010 Bobby For those of you who don’t live in the Phoenix area, you might not have seen the news. On Monday, February 15th, a Canadian man named Stephen Walter Tait, traveling out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport created quite the scene. Allegedly intoxicated, Tait creates quite the commotion in front of US Airways gate A4. It is [...]
Posted in Airline News, Passengers Tags: airport, drunk, flying, passenger, phoenix, travel 14 Comments »The Replacements
February 4th, 2010 Bobby In recent news, American Airlines has come out publicly to say that in the event of a flight attendant strike (over contract negotiations) the airline is committed to their operation and would consider training their managers and support staff as flight attendants. Putting aside the ramifications and reasons over a strike, this is a bad, [...]
When Complacency goes Up, Up, and Away.
December 30th, 2009 Bobby The last week has been anything but quiet in the airline industry. On December 25, 2009 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, otherwise known as the Underwear Bomber tried to take down Northwest Airlines flight 253. Thankfully, the passengers and crew were able to apprehend the terrorist when his explosives failed to ignite. Following this event, the Transportation [...]
Can't we all just get along up in the air?
December 21st, 2009 Bobby I came across this blog post on Gadling, via Twitter. The author, George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog, writes about passengers and crewmembers being polite to one another up in the air. He writes about the famed orange juice incident on American Airlines and a few personal situations he’s found himself in. He also comments: When [...]
