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This weeks question comes from Mike. Mike will be flying from Germany to the U.S. and suffers from panic attacks, here is an excerpt from his e-mail: Mike: “My fear is having a panic attack on the flight, have you ever had a customer have a panic attack during a flight? And do you have […]

We have our winner, and I love his story! I am happy to see I stumped (almost) everyone. It’s hard to have a contest like this with google around. The first person to get the correct answer was my friend over at twitter, geekydewd. He found the answer through google reader and was kind enough […]

Ya know, I thought I was being clever using a movie quote from, “A View from the Top.” And, yes, as one of my clever readers, RJ Sullivan pointed out it was on television the previous night. I know a lot of you might think you are the winner but the sad truth is the […]

I love give aways and my friend Rita (check out her crew brief here) has decided she wants to give away one of her personalized luggage wraps (see one of my faves in post pic) to the first person who can tell us what movie this quote is from: “I don’t know if I mentioned […]

“Had a question that occurred to me when reading your Crew Briefing question about whether someone goes out or is a “slam clicker.” When you all head out for the hotel bar or a night on the town, do you all shed the FA & pilot uniforms as fast as you can & get into […]

March 13, 1993 Wow! They have us so busy, this is the first chance I have had to write. I don’t know where to begin! The hotel is nice, my room mate is nice but young. She’s only twenty! She says she is only going to do this for a few years and then she’s […]

This weeks question comes from our friend, Mark Lawrence:(check out Marks blog, he is a fantastic photographer and has some pretty amazing aircraft shots) Mark: Is there any particular type of aircraft you prefer working on? The 777 or the 767? And – why do you like to work on that particular type of aircraft? […]

These entries are from the few weeks I had at home until I left for training. Tony was my boss at the time. I worked at Land Mark realty in the North End of Boston. February 11, 1993 I still can’t believe I am leaving for training in a three weeks. Tim is over the […]

This weeks Crew Brief is with Rita, also known as binhog737 over at Twitter. We have a great group of Flight Attendants at Twitter…come on over and join the conversation! Rita also has a web site displaying her luggage handle wraps…she has a great selection…check them out and make your bag unique from the sea […]

This weeks question comes from, lisleman a regular reader and fellow blogger: “FP, did you ever want to get a pilot license?” Yes! I did think about it. When I first started my career as a Flight Attendant, I actually had know idea that becoming a pilot was an option. Truthfully, I was surprised I […]