Join the Mile High Club! No, Really!

Feb 16, 12 Join the Mile High Club! No, Really!

Posted by in Airlines, check it out, Travel Tips

Flamingo Air, Inc. based in Cincinnati wants you to join the mile high club, and they want to help you, for a fee of course. How does taking a private flight with champagne, chocolates and a very discreet pilot sound for your first inflight air-mattress escapade?  Flamingo Air is hoping that it sounds romantic and something that...

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Hi, Hello, Good!

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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The Traytable Trial

Nov 02, 11 The Traytable Trial

Posted by in Airline Insight, Airlines

When a flight attendant asks you to put up your tray table, you usually do it and don’t think anything of it. In fact, if you have it down when you know it’s not supposed to be, you expect someone to tell you that it’s time to put it up. Now, here’s the question: If you’re in the bathroom, and your tray table is down when...

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Patti’s Post: Should Children be Banned?

Oct 31, 11 Patti’s Post: Should Children be Banned?

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I recently was working a flight that was a little over four hours long and had been extremely busy. We had several families with small children onboard and we worked very hard to accommodate all of their needs from seating to food as well as proper diaper disposal! With approximately one hour left in flight a female passenger...

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Special: Overnight Safety

Oct 29, 11 Special: Overnight Safety

Posted by in Airlines, check it out, Security

It was reported today at Nick (Nicolas) Aaronson, a US Airways flight attendant based in Phoenix, Ariz., was found murdered in his hotel room in Mexico City (MEX) this morning. His crew only learned of Nick’s fate when he didn’t show in the lobby for this 6am van to the airport. A Mexican Newspaper reports that Nick was...

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AirTran ‘Customers Of Size’: Adopts Southwest’s Policy

Oct 16, 11 AirTran ‘Customers Of Size’: Adopts Southwest’s Policy

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Southwest Airlines has garnered a lot of attention in the past few years for booting passengers for being “too fat to fly.” “Clerks” director Kevin Smith had a famous tiff with the airline after he was booted from an Oakland to Burbank flight in 2010. He then proceeded to lose 65 pounds. This summer, Kenlie...

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