Category: inflight reports

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 […]

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 […]

Passenger to flight attendant: “Can I sit in the premium row if no one sits there?” Flight Attendant: “No.” Passenger: “Why?” Flight Attendant: “Because it costs extra money and others have paid for it.” Passenger: “I’ll give you $10.” Flight Attendant: “You’d have to give me a lot more than that!” Passenger: “How much?” Flight […]

I dead headed to my thirty hour layover in Edmonton Canada this week. What is dead heading? Deadheading is the transport of a flight attendant for the purpose of covering a trip. In other words, I flew as a passenger because I was needed to work the flight back. I love being a deadheading flight […]

“”See honey…this is why you need to do well in school. You don’t want to end up like her.” This is what a flight attendant overheard a passenger saying to her young daughter while she was picking up trash. I asked the flight attendant what her response was and she said she chose not to […]

1. A crew really does make or break a trip! I worked a hellacious three day trip, but at least I worked with amazing people who were in it with me. (a couple opportunities for bloody marys didn’t hurt either) 2. Reserve flight attendants really do need better protection and sick call rules than line […]

Boarding: I’m setting up for my pre-departure drinks when I over hear a male passenger as he’s boarding tell the lead flight attendant that he is a life guard. He says to come get him if we need any help. She says, “Yeah, ok. I’ll come get you if anyone is drowning.” (I had to […]

Just got done with four days of flying, a turn on Friday and then a three day Saturday, Sunday, Monday. It was a long four days. Your crew can make or break a trip, and sometimes just one flight attendant can set the tone for an entire trip. Unfortunately, that was the case for my […]

Another red eye, soon it will be dark and smell of fart and bad breath. 24b throws her credit card in the trash by mistake, luckily the man next to her sticks his hand in after it because not sure I would have. As I walk through the cabin, 27c trying to be helpful, picks […]