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Flight Crew Dirt #3: Tricks of the Trade

Who’s ready for some flight crew dirt? Robin, our very own flight attendant, is retired from service.  Her husband, Berry, a retired pilot, also chimes in with anecdotes that will leave you laughing and give you a whole new respect for flight crews. What, exactly, do those uniformed folks do in the cockpit and galley? Remember, read this with a SENSE OF HUMOR. All flight attendants & pilots take their jobs very seriously. But, just like you & me, they [...]

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FEBRUARY 19: Big Passengers/Small Seats, A Peek into the Crew Lounge, and a visit from blogger Queen of the Sky

Director Kevin Smith was in the news, the latest in a string of  passengers Southwest Airlines judged as too big for one of their seats.  To help sort out the controversy and look at effective solutions we will be joined by Bill Fabrey from the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination, Inc. Bill helped found the Council in 1991, along with seven others, and has served as a director since that time.  Bill has been an advocate for size [...]

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Flight Attendant’s Facebook Friendliness Frowned Upon

Jetstar Airbus

Coffee, tea, friend request? I know, not very original but it’s all over the news.

A flight attendant is in big trouble after sending a friend request to an underage passenger that had been on his domestic Australian flight.

Australian airline Jetstar forgot to put something in their social media policy about sending Facebook friend requests to 15 year old girls or maybe they should be a bit more specific when they ask their flight [...]

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