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I’m starting a new series called “Crew Briefings.” I’ll be interviewing Flight Attendants from all airlines, starting with my friends at twitter. Brad is up first, (he actually gave me the idea after I did my interview with Shelby on the fourth of July) I love my first “Crew Briefing” Brad has a great lifestyle […]

What happens when those children are unaccompanied minors? What’s a Flight Attendant to do? Flying, children and sugar don’t mix. I always say, if you want to offer your child a special treat because your flying…offer that treat contingent upon their behaviour during the flight instead. We all know how “nutty” a child can get […]

This weeks question comes from David over at navyaircrew.com: “Do you ever get the Captain to keep the seat belt light on?” FP:In a word, “guilty!” However, it is rare and this tactic is only used out of desperation. There are times when FAs are trying to get through their service and it’s near impossible […]

Hmmm…I couldn’t really tell you…until I read this great post, “suck, squeeze, bang and blow” by my new friend from Twitter! David “Genghis” Khan is a Navy Reservist who recently joined the world of blogging. If you are interested in learning about the life of a reservist (fascinating) and want to know some real interesting […]

Most of you know, Comedian, Mark Malkoff spent thirty days living on an airplane…as a FA this intrigued me from the moment I heard about it! I followed his journey through his videos and on twitter. Mark was kind enough to answer a few questions for me: FP: You decided to fly/live on an airplane […]

This weeks question comes from Albert, he’s got a great photo blog, “The secret life of pixels,” check it out if you haven’t already! A: Pilots have a mandatory retirement age set by the FAA. Do FA’s have also a mandatory retirement age? Is it set by the FAA or by each airline? FP: Flight […]

Some of you may know Lucky from his blog at Boardingarea.com, “one mile at a time.” He has a great site, and flies about 200k miles a year, so he knows a little something about the ins and outs of the airline world! He is a self described “points collector”….I had know idea this world […]

I have another great question this week form Joe: Q: Since you work first so much, I’ve got to ask, what’s the easiest/hardest meal to serve? Seems to me like breakfast would be pretty easy since it has a lot less options, at least on AA, which is who I tend to fly. It’s basically […]

Some of you may no Shelby, from her blog, “My view from UP here,” or from Twitter. I decided to interview Shelby for my Fourth of July post for two reasons, the obvious, she serves in the Army and the other reason I found out yesterday while tweeting with her that she and her husband […]

Congratulations, Mark! Hope you are enjoying your comfy bed at home!