Category: flight attendants

Before you read this post you have to take a minute and read Christopher Elliott’s post, “Do Flight Attendants Really Hate Us?” So go on…and then come back please. When exactly did passengers stop caring about us? I ask for two reasons: First, because of the luscious new trailers for the upcoming TV show Pan [...]

I made my way down the aisle, sick bag in hand, open, holding it in the air, catching the wind as I walked. Half way a passenger stopped me to ask “what are you doing?” I gave him the “wait a minute” finger and kept walking because what I was doing was very important! Or [...]

I wrote a few weeks back about how to answer the question, “why do you want to be a flight attendant?” Since then I have gotten many emails asking for more information on getting hired as a flight attendant. Here I will give you a few pointers on the first step, your flight attendant resume. [...]

A  flight attendant career is glamorous! Or so I thought! I admit, I signed up for the glamour eighteen years ago, but I quickly learned that most of the glamor was gone from this industry. I was on my second trip as a new hire flight attendant, my uniform was crisp, my hair was pulled [...]

Q: I would like to make a career change, and I’ve always wanted to be a flight attendant. The problem is I’m a nurse and I make $60,000. a year. I’ve heard that flight attendant salaries aren’t that high. Is it unrealistic to expect to match my current income? A: Flight Attendant salaries vary from [...]

In a previous post I shared twenty four hours in Chicago with you. What I didn’t tell you about was the flight to Chicago and how a day off to enjoy the city was well deserved by all. The flight started out like any normal flight. Well, except for the fact that it was less [...]

Q. I am interviewing  with USAirways soon, and am really excited. I am an older applicant, with years of customer service experience. I have two questions, 1. How would you recommend I dress? I am told the interviewers grow weary of Blue suits. 2. Do credit checks highly impact hiring as a flight attendant? Thanks [...]

I love having twenty four hour layovers! The only downfall is sometimes, like my Chicago layover, I wish it was 48 hours! There is just so much to do downtown Chicago. If you remember from a previous post, Twenty Four Hours in Boston I try to stay in budget with my per diem which is [...]

Hi Flying Pinto, I would like to start a room for stewardesses/Stewards laying over in my home and I’m wondering what a stewardess would look for in a home other than your own bathroom, bedroom, cable, Internet and delicious meals. Would laundry done be good? Transportation to and from the airport? I’d like to be [...]

Jaunted recently ran an article “How $20 can turn you into a flight attendant’s favorite passenger” Last night I recorded an episode on The Crew Lounge and we discussed the article and the benefit of bringing gifts while flying and whether or not it makes you the flight attendant’s favorite passenger. The Jaunted article goes [...]