First-class economy All praise to Singapore Airlines who looked after my 80-year-old-brother on his return flight to Heathrow from Melbourne. His sight is very poor and he carries a white stick. On entering the plane he asked if there was a step up. When the flight attendant realised he was travelling alone he summoned a […]

More than a month after his wife and seven others were detained amid gold smuggling allegations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pat Shannon is fed up. All he gets, day after day, are vague answers and half-hearted assurances. His wife, Kelly, did nothing wrong, he insists. Nobody says she did. But still the flight […]

Thai Airways International imposed body mass index and waistline restrictions on its 6,000 flight attendants last June. According to the Bangkok Post, all flight attendants, both male and female, were given six months to comply with the weight restriction. For female attendants, a BMI of 25 and a waistline maximum of 32 inches was implemented. […]

(MartinRottler) A JetBlue flight from JFK Airport to the Dominican Republic was grounded for three hours over the weekend after a flight attendant discovered three boxcutters in the carry-on bag of a passenger — three boxcutters that no one at the security checkpoint seemed to notice. The passenger, who uses the boxcutters at his job […]

They hand out drinks, demonstrate those emergency evacuation procedures and do their best to make a 14-hour flight comfortable for the 250-odd passengers cooped up in a metal tube . But here’s what your flight attendant is probably thinking behind that broad smile… the 11 things your flight attendant would never tell you: “When you […]

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) International President Veda Shook today was seated on the Executive Council of the largest federation of unions in the United States, the AFL-CIO. As a member of the Council, President Shook will play an influential role, ensuring a strong voice for Flight Attendants […]

Alamy “This airline sucks!” exclaimed a passenger after he spun from the ticket counter and looked directly at me. As if it were my fault he didn’t get an upgrade! My faint smile – a nervous reaction – caused him to go from angry to irate in a matter of seconds. He quickly called my […]

DUBAI – A flight attendant was given six-month imprisonment on Sunday by the Court of First Instance for molesting a woman friend. The court panel presided by Judge Fahmi Mounir Fahmi also ordered the 29-year-old Tunisian’s deportation after serving his jail term. The defendant was originally charged with rape but the court modified it to […]

Slideshow: Actor Kelsey Grammer marries Kayte Walsh in NYC theater (photos) New York, NY – On Friday, Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh tied the knot in a New York City theater. The couple exchanged their wedding vows on the stage of the Longacre Theatre where Grammer starred in the musical ‘La Cage aux Folles,’ reports […]

Injured Flight Attendant Prompts Emergency Landing COLUMBUS, Ohio — Turbulence further jostled an already injured attendant on a Philly-bound US Airways flight Friday, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Columbus, ABC6/FOX28 News’ Beth Bradley reports. The flight attendant was hurt while boarding the aircraft in Las Vegas and decided to stay on the […]