63 Years Flying, From Glamour to Days of Gray Michelle Higgins & Jamie Schwaberow~ The New York Times DENVER — As the crush of passengers boarded United Flight 618 to Hawaii here last month, they passed by a silver-haired flight…
‘Overweight’ Flight Attendants may be grounded According to the Bangkok Post, “flabby” flight attendants are put on notice to shed the pounds or stay on the ground. While most airlines are looking at ways to trim the budget, Thai Airways wants to…
Lady Gaga and Katy Perry’s music featured in an airline safety demonstration with a difference. During a demonstration of how to use seat belts and life jackets, cabin crew on-board a Cebu Pacific Airlines flight danced to pop hits California…
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,…
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…
Flight attendant’s job: Harder than it used to be? By Matt Rocheleau, Contributor / Christian Science Monitor August 11, 2010 Flight attendants, including JetBlue’s now-famous Steven Slater, often deal with annoyed or irate passengers. But the climate in which they work is…
Air steward ‘terror’ rage By JANON FISHER, NY Post A flight attendant with a short fuse threatened to unleash jihad on American Airlines after it fired him for hurling a coffee pot at a stewardess, the feds charged yesterday. Rodney…
June 16, 2010 01:00am Patti DeLuna hadn’t piloted a plane in about 20 years until this week. Back then, it was a small Cessna. On Monday, she quickly stepped up to a Boeing 767 airliner. DeLuna, 61, an American Airlines…
~Updated with news footage~ Kristi E. Swartz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Delta Air Lines flight attendant preparing to board a plane bound for Atlanta was arrested after authorities found a handgun in her purse. Amber Robillard, who lives in Atlanta, was…
Translation: “Who would want to be a Flight Attendant” By Ben Groundwater “The Backpacker” Doris (which is almost certainly not her real name) had stormed on to our Jetstar flight from Osaka to the Gold Coast clutching a couple of…
Flight Attendant Unleashed: Why Flying Isn’t Fun Anymore By: Anne McDermott | Posted: May 10, 2010 The flight attendant interviewed below is a real person who has been flying for United Airlines and other carriers for more than two decades.…
By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville worked as a Frontier Airlines flight attendant April 23 to show viewers what the job is really like. From learning how to hit or subdue a dangerous or unruly…