Martha’s Grab Bag

MyTSA Mobile Application For Travelers To provide passengers with 24/7 access to the most commonly requested TSA information on their mobile device, TSA has developed the MyTSA mobile application. No matter where you are, you’ll have easy access to information you need to get through security and onto the plane safely and smoothly. MyTSA...
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Dallas strip club shuts off spotlight after complaint by pilot landing at Love Field By Gloria Salinas- Dallas Morning News The owner of a Dallas strip club has agreed to shut off a large spotlight that distracted a Southwest Airlines pilot landing at Love Field over the weekend. The pilot of Flight 939, from...
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From sexy stewardesses to former NYPD officers, AOL Travel charts how cabin crews have changed over the decades By Ralph Martin~ When Steven Slater grabbed some beers and slid down his plane’s emergency chute, he became an instant American folk hero, especially among flight attendants. Facebook groups like “The Fabulous Life of a Flight Attendant,”...
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To the Flying Public: We’re sorry We’re sorry we have no pillows. We’re sorry we’re out of blankets. We’re sorry the airplane is too cold. We’re sorry the airplane is too hot. We’re sorry the overhead bins are full. We’re sorry we have no closet space for your oversized bag. We’re sorry that’s not...
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Flight Attendant Stress: Keeping Cool on the Plane Flight Attendants are the Human Face of Airlines and Often Deliver Bad News Column By RICK SEANEY FareCompare.com CEO What’s with all the yelling and screaming on airplanes these days? Yes, I’m talking about the alleged extreme bad behavior by JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater — the...
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Bigger Cars, Fatter Passengers: The Fuel Cost of Obesity By Joel Feder Contributor, GreenCarReports.com America loves to complain about gas mileage and the cost of gasoline.  As it turns out, part of the problem is us. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a 1.1 percent increase in self-reported obesity,...
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Somehow, this nearly blind cat has seen it all. Or at least experienced more in the last year than most domestic ‘sighted’ cats will see in a lifetime. Great story from SFGate.com. Thanks to all who participated in returning Jack to his hometown. Abducted cat’s trek from S.F. to N.Y. a mystery San Francisco...
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By Martha Stewardess Enough with the discussion and complaints about airline fee’s. They’re here to stay. Let’s accept being “unbundled” and move forward. The *new* Airline Ticket – airline & flight attendant revenue I want to start issuing citations to passengers. We’ll call these citations “Airline Tickets” since airline bookings are now “ticketless”. This...
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Thinking outside the box…….. Why go through the hassles of airport security, lines, crowds, and jetlag for sensational Singapore Airlines meals if they’re available in the privacy of your own dining room? As an added bonus, you will ALWAYS get your first choice ! And for a good cause too. Above & Beyond Maria...
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As Seen on The Today Show! “Aww! Your next pet could be a ‘potcake pup’ Group gets stray dogs off streets, beaches of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands” ~ Pets and Animals on TODAY Elizabeth Sunshine was rushing to the airport in Newark, N.J. She had a date to meet her new baby...
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Airline passenger advocate’s credibility under fire By: Michael FabeyJuly 26, 2010 When American Airlines stranded 121 Dallas-bound flights and thousands of passengers on Dec. 29, 2006 — some for more than nine hours with fouled toilets, little food or water and no way to deplane — it triggered a national outcry in the news media, on...
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Cabin crew: An insider tells all Vomiting babies and frisky businessmen are all in a day’s work, but what is life above the clouds – and on the ground – really like? (click on accompanying video below) Anonymous The Guardian.co.uk There are no average days when you’re cabin crew; each flight is unpredictable in...
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Around India in the World’s Cheapest Car Vanessa Able, ABC News When Tata Motors announced the release of the Nano back in January 2008, there was a rush across India as people clamored to fill out order forms for the pint-sized car that, at a shelf price of $2,500, was contracted to be the...
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Delta Air Expects 65,000 Applicants for 1,000 Job Openings July 16 (Bloomberg) — Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s largest carrier, said it anticipates getting about 65,000 applications for its 1,000 airport job openings as millions of Americans continue to look for work. The airline is hiring workers at its 25 biggest U.S. airports...
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Airport Janitor Allegedly Peeped on Women ONTARIO, Calif. (KABC) – It happened on one of the busiest days of the week at Ontario International Airport, in a place where women and girls expect privacy. Airport police allege they discovered a cell phone set up inside a tissue dispenser in a stall to take pictures. It...
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Spot The Northwest Flight Attendant By Simon Sinek I flew to London and back on Delta Airlines, which was great because I got to play my new favorite game: spot the old Northwest Flight Crew. Northwest and Delta merged last year to form America’s largest airline. Though the planes are now painted the same and the...
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UAE Airlines to Recruit 80,000 Staff in a Decade Ivan Gale, The National, July 10. 2010 The country’s two largest airlines are gearing up for one of the biggest recruitment drives in aviation history, with plans to hire 80,000 pilots, cabin crew and other staff over the next decade. The immense growth in hiring at...
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I get a kick out of people watching during airport sits. And believe me, flight attendants have a lot of airport sit time! Most will go to a ‘crew lounge’ (if available) for napping, eating, reading, or just to catch up with colleagues. Not me. I’d rather sit in the terminal observing the constant...
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This story has “Made for TV Movie” written all over it……….. ‘Barefoot Bandit’ strikes again! Colton Harris-Moore suspected of crashing ANOTHER stolen plane The so-called “Barefoot Bandit,” an impudent teenage outlaw from Washington state whose two-year run from the law has made him a folk hero, apparently wrecked a stolen plane in the Bahamas July 4...
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MarthArt…. On the all-nighter from Maui to San Francisco~ not so ordinary pics of my ordinary work space. The lights, the darks, the ice, and the nuts.  Here you go……..
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Business class seats turned implants into airbags The Register UK,  June 10, 2010- The owner of Russia’s biggest silicone breasts is suing an airline after a combination of turbulence and skimpy business class seats forced her professional assets to double up as airbags. Model Iren Ferrari is demanding €100,000 in restitution after the buffeting...
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Adelaide.com.au Jun 9, 2010 AUSTRIAN police claim that a man hid himself in the landing gear of a jet parked at Vienna’s airport and survived a flight to London. Police chief Leo Lauber said that the man, a 20-year-old Romanian, told British authorities that he crawled under the wire of the fence surrounding the airport and...
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by Daddy Stork , full time pilot and part-time stay at home dad. In the cockpit, when an alarm sounds, the first response is to “Identify and Cancel” the warning. This is the call to acknowledge the source of the alarm, silence the warning and then determine a course of action. If there are...
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Virgin Bleeds As Qantas Holds Firm 31/05/2010 3:15:02 PM By Greg Peel I have never been a fan of longer term investment in airlines. Traders can find shorter term price fluctuations to exploit, but historically airlines are struggling businesses unless they can sufficiently lever off route protection. If the global economy is solid, holiday-makers...
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As a Flight Attendant for one of the ‘biggies’, I’m often asked “what do you do on your layovers?”  Well, not that often really. Maybe twice. And one of those times, it was a misunderstanding on my part. What he actually said was “lady, what you need is a makeover!” Anyway, on layovers and...
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Judge issues warrant for Lindsay Lohan’s arrest By Sandy Cohen AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A judge issued a warrant Thursday for Lindsay Lohan’s arrest after the actress missed a mandatory hearing. Bail was set at $100,000. The 23-year-old actress was due in court for a progress report on her probation stemming...
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By Meg Marco, The Consumerist An Olsen twin was flying from JFK to to Los Angeles when the United Airlines plane she was traveling in caught on fire and had to land in DC. EW says an electrical fire caused a crack in the planes windshield. The Washington Post says that the fire was...
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By Harriet Baskas, special for USA TODAY A recent Scientific American story noted that, with the help of airlines, the 30 largest airports in the country create “enough waste to equal the trash produced by cities the size of Miami or Minneapolis.” That sounds pretty dire, but in the days before airports embraced the”‘reduce,...
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Architect Gary Chang is brilliant. We could all learn from his “transformer” design. Less really is more. New York Times previously reported, Mr. Chang hopes that some of his home’s innovations might be replicated to help improve domestic life in Hong Kong, which has been troubled in recent years. The population grew by nearly...
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Summer Travel Tips: San Francisco Vacation By: FareCompare | Posted: May 6, 2010 Martha Stewardess is a veteran flight attendant, who dispenses wit, wisdom and travel news on Martha Stewardess – Living at 34,000 feet. We got in touch with Martha (via email and phone) and asked her to help us plan a San...
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