Category: flying

I lucked out this year and got a great schedule for December. So great that to hold the schedule I got you’d normally have to be flying about thirty years to get anything like it. How did I get it then, you ask? I bid what is called a vacation relief line. A vacation relief […]

Boarding: I’m setting up for my pre-departure drinks when I over hear a male passenger as he’s boarding tell the lead flight attendant that he is a life guard. He says to come get him if we need any help. She says, “Yeah, ok. I’ll come get you if anyone is drowning.” (I had to […]

Sit time or airport appreciation for a flight attendant is what most of you would call a layover. The time you have at an airport in between flights. I don’t mind sit time like most flight attendants do, for it has become valuable alone time that I don’t get at home. It’s a time to […]

I’ve had an opinion about airline fees for a while and now seems a good time to express them, although I doubt I hold the popular opinion here goes. Joan Lowy of the associated press said: Airlines, travel agents, online travel services and other ticket distribution channels should be required to disclose fees for checked […]

Another red eye, soon it will be dark and smell of fart and bad breath. 24b throws her credit card in the trash by mistake, luckily the man next to her sticks his hand in after it because not sure I would have. As I walk through the cabin, 27c trying to be helpful, picks […]