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Air Travel: The Boarding Process

By The Flying Pinto

Last weeks post about carry on baggage brought in a couple emails and comments: “Of course, there’s the other side of this — why are the bins always full of little tiny bags that fit under the seat? I’ve lost track of the number of 2 bag passengers I see who put both bags in […]

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Hurricanes and Flight Attendants

By The Flying Pinto

How do flight attendants prepare for a hurricane? We hear in the news how many flights are being cancelled and what the airlines specifically do to prepare, but you don’t really get a behind the scenes look at what happens with the flight attendants and pilots. What happens if they commute or they live where […]

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Lifting Bags Into The Overhead Bins

By The Flying Pinto

Lifting bags is such a hot topic when it comes to air travel. Let’s talk about the bags! We love each other right? We’re all here on facebook and twitter getting along, having a great time, flight attendants, frequent flyers and not so frequent flyers alike. But, we get on the plane together and we […]

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<img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1578" title="passengers" src="http://www cialis preis.theflyingpinto.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/passengers1-225×300.jpg” alt=”” width=”374″ height=”376″ /> Do you have things in your job that annoy you? Do you notice it’s the same things that annoy your co-workers? Yeah me too. As a flight attendant I get asked over and over again what is the most annoying things passengers do? […]

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Top Ten Reasons to be a Flight Attendant

By The Flying Pinto

With the recent flutter of activity and airlines finally doing some hiring my friend Elyse, Ms. Foodie International has decided to offer up some reasons why she’d make a great stew.  And although, I don’t recommend you use any of her top ten reasons she’d make a perfect flight attendant to convince any recruiter that […]

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Are You Coachy or First Classy?

By The Flying Pinto

<param name="FlashVars" value="domain=http://www.hbo.com&videoTitle=Ep cialis frankreich. 76: Clip – Larry on… First Class&copyShareURL=http%3A//www.hbo.com/video/video.html/%3Fautoplay%3Dtrue%26vid%3D1200133%26filter%3Dcurb-your-enthusiasm%26view%3Dnull”> Ep. 76: Clip – Larry on… First Class

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Do Passengers Really Hate Us: A Parody

By The Flying Pinto

Before you read this post you have to take a minute and read Christopher Elliott’s post, “Do Flight Attendants Really Hate Us?” So go on…and then come back please. When exactly did passengers stop caring about us? I ask for two reasons: First, because of the luscious new trailers for the upcoming TV show Pan […]

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Flight Attendant Hazing

By The Flying Pinto

I made my way down the aisle, sick bag in hand, open, holding it in the air, catching the wind as I walked. Half way a passenger stopped me to ask “what are you doing?” I gave him the “wait a minute” finger and kept walking because what I was doing was very important! Or […]

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Flight Attendant Resume

By The Flying Pinto

I wrote a few weeks back about how to answer the question, “why do you want to be a flight attendant?” Since then I have gotten many emails asking for more information on getting hired as a flight attendant. Here I will give you a few pointers on the first step, your flight attendant resume. […]

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A  flight attendant career is glamorous! Or so I thought! I admit, I signed up for the glamour eighteen years ago, but I quickly learned that most of the glamor was gone from this industry. I was on my second trip as a new hire flight attendant, my uniform was crisp, my hair was pulled […]

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