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TODAY’S TRAVEL TIP: THROW A DINNER PARTY!

By The Flying Pinto

This is one of my favorite things to do! In lieu of bringing gifts home for family and friends from your travels why not bring home the experience? When I flew internationally, I was in Europe every week so I would bring home spicy mustard’s from Germany, Limoncello and pasta from Italy, waffles from Belgium…you […]

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SOUTH WEST IS FUN!

By The Flying Pinto

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AND THE WINNER IS….

By The Flying Pinto

I had some great entries for my first give away! I would like to thank all of you that entered. I was laughing all week, but there was a clear cut winner. Here is what Aviatrix (Check out her blog, she is an Airline Pilot and Grammar Coach ;- ) had to say: I fly […]

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I have a myriad of responsibilities as a Flight Attendant and one of them is handling medical emergencies. Most people actually don’t know how much training goes into being a FA. Tonight I was reminded just how important my yearly recurrent training is when I had an on board medical emergency. Thankfully, our passenger was […]

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HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY

By The Flying Pinto

I love how people unwind in Dublin. Here are some folks after work at The Duke.Here I am with some FA’s in the Temple Bar area of Dublin…being accosted..LOL..by some Irish boys. Fun Times!

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DATE NIGHT AND A PHOTO SHOOT

By The Flying Pinto

Great news!! I am so excited!! I have been asked by Michelle Strashoon to be a contributor to her new project, Escapes Magazine, a new digital travel magazine that will makes it’s debut April 15. Today was my deadline for sending in my head shot and bio, so my husband and I headed to the […]

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SPAIN FOR FREE??? YES!!

By The Flying Pinto

Listen up my fellow airline employees, this is for real. Call it a volunteer vacation but all you have to pay for is your airfare to Madrid. (Ok, that could be the tricky part flying stand by….) This is also a great deal for anyone who is backpacking or traveling around the world and has […]

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GO GIRL! MY FIRST GIVE AWAY!!

By The Flying Pinto

When I first came across this I thought it would make a great commercial on Saturday Night Live…it probably would…but after closer inspection I started to realize,”hmmmm…they could be onto something.” Check it out. For any of you hard core Travel Girls, campers or just plain germ phobes (me, I’m a squatter, thank you very […]

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Illustration by Thomas A. Boucher We’re all becoming more aware of the environment around us, and trying to do our part by recycling and making better choices for our environment in our everyday lives. I think about my career choice and what kind of impact flying has on the world we live in. Most of […]

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Flight Attendant Announcements

By The Flying Pinto

Here are a few flight attendant announcements overheard that you may not have heard: “There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane…” “Your seat cushions can be used for floatation, and in the event of an emergency water landing, please take them with our […]

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