#TravelTuesday Tip: Sit forward for your back.

Mar 08, 11 #TravelTuesday Tip: Sit forward for your back.

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The following is true for most airlines. When selecting your seat for your next vacation try to avoid selecting a seat forward of an exit row. Generally speaking, your seatbacks in these rows won’t recline because the airline/FAA doesn’t want you to block the exit at any time. Some aircraft are equipped with “levers”...

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Flightster Friday: Middle Seat Mayhem

Oct 29, 10 Flightster Friday: Middle Seat Mayhem

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I’ve been doing a lot of traveling on my time off recently. Usually, I’m not one to travel on my time off, I see enough of an airplane during the week that I don’t want to spend my time off on one. However, I’ve been offered some great opportunities in the last few weeks that I couldn’t pass up so traveling was a must. I...

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Knowing the ESP

Sep 22, 10 Knowing the ESP

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No, I’m not talking about the ability to predict or know what their passengers are thinking (but that would be nice!) I’m talking about an airlines “exit seat program.” Each airline has a different program in place, that the FAA has approved, to manage who is seated in an exit seat. Additionally, the FAA has their own set of...

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Armrests and Flashlights

Mar 12, 10 Armrests and Flashlights

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You would think that being a flight attendant I’d be on time for my flight to Newark, NJ.  I didn’t have to be there to work the flight but as an “other airline nonrev” I can check in with the gate agent one hour prior to departure, and, with how full New York City area flights usually get, I definitely...

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The Cast of Characters

Oct 09, 09 The Cast of Characters

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It never ceases to amaze me how people act once they get on an airplane. I’m starting to wonder if they also behave the way they do when they’re at home and if they do, how they get by in everyday life being so rude to everyone they encounter. The cast of characters that I had on day 2  of my last 4 day trip was...

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