Comments on The Flying Pinto... A Flight Attendant Blog: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW....WEDNESDAY

This is absolutely fascinating to me. I have no c...

2009-07-08T13:20:04.601-05:00

This is absolutely fascinating to me. I have no connection to the airline industry (other than my grandfather praying every day when I was a little girl that I'd grow up and be a flight attendant - he thought it was my one-way ticket to marrying a rich pilot and getting out of poverty...uhh..yeah.) But I just love coming here and reading all the stories. I love to travel, and it helps to hear the little anecdotes about what makes a flight attendant's day a little easier. I travel with two small children, so any niceness I can get goes a long way.

anyway, thanks again.

Interesting stuff! We saw a flight crew checking i...

2009-07-03T03:02:17.356-05:00

Interesting stuff! We saw a flight crew checking into our hotel in Helsinki a couple weeks ago, and it got my mind wondering about some of these logistics.

Very interesting. I don't know how you keep track...

2009-07-01T16:51:32.244-05:00

Very interesting. I don't know how you keep track of where you are let alone cab vs shuttle vs hotel.
Thanks for sharing.

I can attest to those beautiful hotels in Europe w...

2009-07-01T10:00:44.905-05:00

I can attest to those beautiful hotels in Europe we stayed in when I hitched trips with you. Fat pillows, big fluffy towels, outstanding service...very luxurious. SO Fabulous!! Thanks for the memories!
I need more!

Great post in response to a great question. I work...

2009-07-01T09:54:13.429-05:00

Great post in response to a great question. I work for a fractional airline, which is midway between a scheduled airline and corporate. So we have many qualities in common. Our travel department books our rooms, but we pay with the company credit card (and, yes, have the dreaded expense reports). We have "preferred" hotels, but because we never know where we'll stay, we might be staying in a hotel further down the list. We have blocks of rooms in hotels where the company always has pilots staying, like near NYC, but not often. We take a shuttle if we can, taxi if we can't. Corporate pilots, especially if it is a small flight department, will take care of ALL of their arrangements. Some employers more generous with the expense allowance than others. =)