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Richard Simmons: Sweatin’ to Safety

Hey Everyone! I’ve been absent for the past week. Consider it a mini-vacation, even though it was hardly a vacation or a relaxing time. I’ll fill you in on what happened to me eventually. But, in the interim, enjoy this video by Air New Zealand to get you through the weekend, and I’ll see you back here on...

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Delta first US airline to offer check-in via Facebook

Mar 22, 11 Delta first US airline to offer check-in via Facebook

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Delta is first U.S. airline to offer check-in via Facebook. Delta Air Lines Inc. has enhanced its Facebook page to include online check-in within 24 hours of a scheduled departure, according to a Delta blog. The airline becomes the first in the U.S. to offer the feature. The site also shows flight status and SkyMiles account...

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Trip Report: Los Angeles to Florida

Every time I come to work I feel like I’m going on an adventure. A lot of the times when I talk to my co-workers on layovers and in the crew room and we discuss the crazy flights we’ve had and the interesting people we’ve met. It always seems to be that I have the crazier stories. I guess I attract them because the...

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Plane Spotting – For geeks: it never gets old.

Mar 17, 11 Plane Spotting – For geeks: it never gets old.

Posted by in Airlines

I don’t know what it is about watching planes take-off and land. I can sit in a park for hours and watch plane after plane land and never tire of just sitting and waiting for the next one. Call me an airline “geek” or “nerd” but there’s something to be said for plane spotting. A lot of folks,...

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During a Tsunami/Quake, where do the planes go?

Mar 14, 11 During a Tsunami/Quake, where do the planes go?

Posted by in Airlines, Travel Industry Insight

The recent earthquake in Japan, along with the preceding tsunami also sent shock waves through the airline industry. What exactly happened to airliners scheduled to land at the very airports that were affected by these natural occurrences? Well, if they were American airliners, some of them went to Yokota Air Force Base (OKO) in...

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What Would You Do: Lock Down or Over Look?

Mar 14, 11 What Would You Do: Lock Down or Over Look?

Posted by in Security

Police and firefighters met an Alaska Airlines jet as it taxied to terminal two at LAX  at 8.30am yesterday morning. Pilots locked down their cockpit when flight attendants advised them that three passengers performed a bizarre Jewish prayer in the middle of the jet’s cabin. They radioed a security alert after passengers...

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Tsunami at Japan’s Sendai Airport

By now I’m sure you’ve heard the news of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake to hit Japan this morning at 2:46pm local time. It was the largest earthquake ever in Japan and the 5th largest on records. The quake triggered a Tsunami with30 foot waves to come ashore and cause massive destruction. My thoughts to go out to all of...

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Coping with a Baby

Mar 09, 11 Coping with a Baby

Posted by in Travel Tips

  What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing! You didn’t expect me to say that, did you? Sure, as a flight attendant what I’m seeing is a mess. Crumbs everywhere that’ll end up on the floor and items in the seatback pockets that I’m going to have to clean out when we land. But, as the passenger...

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