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What type of baggage do you have? Ok, that may be a personal question, but what bag you choose to travel with can affect your trip in a positive or negative way. Not all bags are created equal, your individual needs will determine what type of bag you need to have a successful travel day. […]

  Flying with everything you need is a balancing act, especially if you are flying with small children and babies. It’s a fine line between having all the necessities and being over loaded. The airlines are making harder and harder to travel with everything you need as they get tougher with the carry on regulations. […]

“True adventure begins when everything goes wrong.” –Yvon Chouinard Five years ago, if you had told me that I would live in Los Angeles, Hawaii, Washington State, and Florida, as well as travel to over thirty different countries, in just a few years, I would have said that this was not possible.  This sounded too […]

The best way to prepare for air travel is to use the serenity prayer, the one I’m partial to as a flight attendant is: Only after I’ve arrived at my long layover destination of course! But, seriously think about the things you can’t control when you fly like weather delays, other angry or stressed out […]

contigo pronoun English Translation of CONTIGO: With you If you are a flight attendant or any road warrior for that matter, you’ll know what I am talking about when I say it is hard to find the perfect travel mug or water bottle. Starbucks gets expensive, but I had yet to find a hot travel […]

Delta posted that they were hiring flight attendants and the applications started coming in two per minute! Why is a flight attendant career so desirable? Isn’t it low pay and long hours away from home? It definitely takes a special person who can handle the job; one who enjoys flying, is independent and can handle […]

Guest post by flight attendant Raul Zambrana I want to share with you something that just happened to me on my last flight. This experience has grounded me, humbled me and reminded me why I still love my job and also why I love being an American. A great true story for this Memorial Day […]

I loved my first crash pad. I lived there with my closest friends from training. We had a one bedroom suite with three beds out in the living room and four beds in the bedroom. It was in a very shady motel across the street from a strip joint. They had a wing for “crew” […]

Guest post by Debbie Powell The three self-entitled princesses sat squished together in their seats, looking down their long noses at anyone who tried to interrupt their inflight movie.  They barely acknowledged the flight attendants in the aisle, giving only an occasional sidewards glance if we tried to get their attention to offer a drink […]

Thank you to everyone who has read and posted some amazing reviews of my new book, The Flying Pinto’s Flight Attendant Survival Guide! I’ve gotten great feedback and am excited to give out five copies to my lucky winners! Well, make that seven! I had seven comments, too hard to pick five (I love you […]