Airport Security Scrutiny

Oct 27, 10 Airport Security Scrutiny

Posted by in Security

Would you like to travel the world for free? How about being able to pick your preferred seat on board the plane, including First Class? Board first? Yes Please! Welcome to the life of a Federal Air Marshal. The Air Marshal program has been in the news a lot recently because airlines are asking the organization that their Marshals...

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TSA as a Regular Traveler

Oct 18, 10 TSA as a Regular Traveler

Posted by in My Views

I’ve been doing a lot of flying on my time off recently. Bridging the communication gap between passengers and flight attendants is hard work! Well, not really, it’s fun work – and I enjoy doing it. I decided that while on our mission to make travel less stressful I had to fly in the passengers shoes. Usually, when I fly...

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Trip Report: No Surprise Here

Aug 31, 10 Trip Report: No Surprise Here

Posted by in Flightster

One of my posts on Flightster covers a flight from, you guessed it; New York to Los Angeles. This flight was with my two great friends Brad & Savannah, and thank god it was! We encountered some of the strangest complaints and issues and because we’re friends outside of work as well as great teamplayers we were able to work...

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Why Flight Attendants Do What We Do

I’ve seen it time and time again: passengers ask me if they can use the restroom while the seatbelt sign is on and I respond with “I’m sorry, but the seatbelt sign is on so you need to remain seated.” They become visibly upset and then add: “so I can’t use the restroom?” and I say “I’m sorry, the seatbelt sign is...

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Flying Fact-checker on Today

Jul 09, 10 Flying Fact-checker on Today

Posted by in Media Monitor

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 everything from production...

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