I hope you’re enjoying the long Labor Day Weekend, but also hope you’ll make some time to check out some of these great blog post from the past week. It’s always hard to pick the best of the best, but these captured my attention this past week: Up, Up, and A Gay, a recently discovered [...]
Flight Attendant Friday: Deadheading
September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Anther reader question having to do with the specifics of Flight Attendant scheduling. Q. What is deadheading? A. In aviation speak, deadheading is a phrase used to position a flight crew member as part of their scheduled trip. The term “positioning” is also used. A Flight Attendant who is deadheading is on duty, that it, [...]
Flight Attendant Friday: All Those Hotel Rooms
August 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve seen a hotel room or two in my career. Everything from a rundown dilapidated hotel, with no heat, but they’d send up a space heater, to lovely resort properties that cared about your every need. So, today’s reader questions, from Marty, is one that is near and dear to my heart. Marty asks: Q. [...]
Flight Attendant Friday: Where Do I Vacation?
July 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Flyaway Cafe’s Travel Favorites 7-26-09
July 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Flight Attendant Friday: Training
June 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today’s question comes from Zoe, who is interested in the training process that we go through before qualifying as a Flight Attendant. She asks: Q. During the training, what will be taught by the training center? Do they have evaluations tests every day? A. Training differs among various airlines, but the two basic areas covered [...]
Flight Attendant Friday: Do We Get Breaks?
June 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today’s Flight Attendant Friday question comes from Lauren, a young woman who is working on her degree while the economy gets turned around and airlines start hiring again. Which, I would add, is a very wise choice to make. The degree will help give you an edge in the hiring process. Here’s what she wants [...]
With Respect – Air France Flight #447
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
There are no words to convey the deep sadness and sense of grief that sweeps of the Flight Attendant community when news hits us that we have lost compatriots. When I reported for work this morning, the news was all abuzz that a plane had disappeared, Air France Flight #447 flying from Rio de Janeiro [...]
Rapping Flight Attendant
March 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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