Flightster Friday: Gifting to your Flight Attendants

Feb 25, 11 Flightster Friday: Gifting to your Flight Attendants

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This is going to be one of those posts that not everyone agrees with. But, it’s true of any airline. As airline employees, when we fly or “non-rev” (travel as a non-revenue making passenger), it’s usually in good taste to bring the crew a gift. Whether it be chocolates, candy, packaged cookies, it’s a sign that you...

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Doing the Turn: Hours or Horror?

Since I’ve switched bases back to Los Angeles, I’ve been enjoying a short reign of seniority. I say short because the next group of transfers bumps me down by 3, but I’ve been able to hold my preference in trips for the most part. So, I’ve been bidding high credit 3 & 4 days. They’re usually high...

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Flightster Friday: Call Buttons Gone Wild!!

Feb 04, 11 Flightster Friday: Call Buttons Gone Wild!!

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DING. DING. DING. You hear them through out your flight. Sometimes it’s the person seated next to you, behind you, or may be it’s someone seated in the front or the back of the plane. You hear the DING but you don’t always hear what they’re asking. Enter my Flightster.com post for this week. I’ve...

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Flightster Friday: Recurrent Training

Nov 26, 10 Flightster Friday: Recurrent Training

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Did you know that your flight attendant goes through training every year to refresh their skills in saving lives and evacuating airplanes? It’s true. It’s called “recurrent training.” Each year each flight attendant must attend and pass a training program designed to keep vital life saving skills fresh in their minds. Each...

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Generalizations fly in bloggers post about Flight Attendants

Oct 07, 10 Generalizations fly in bloggers post about Flight Attendants

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On October 6th freelance writer Tom Johansmeyer posted a blog post on Business Insider titled “Five Reasons Flight Attendants Should Shut Up and Push the Cart.” I believe that Mr. Johansmeyer makes few valid points, but he makes many generalizations. He starts off his post with this quote: To hear the job description...

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