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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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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?

Posted by in Airlines

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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Airport Madness: The Nightly Rate?

Sep 27, 11 Airport Madness: The Nightly Rate?

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Every time I show up at the airport for an early flight I’m always amazed at the amount of people who sleep at the airport. Whether it be across a row of seats, sometimes even across a row which has armrests, on the floor or in desperate cases, in the bathroom (I’ve seen it) lately stranded passengers seem to prefer the...

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