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Phoenix-Based Flight Attendant Death In Mexico Investigated As Homicide
By Phil Villarreal on October 31, 2011 11:15 AM
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Authorities are investigating the possibility that a US Airways flight attendant who died during a layover in Mexico City was murdered. The 33-year-old employee, who was based out of Phoenix, was found dead in his hotel room, stripped naked and tied up. More »
Travelers Would Actually Pay Attention To Pre-Flight Safety Instructions If They Were More Like This
By Ben Popken on October 28, 2011 5:00 PM
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Airlines should take a cue from this sketch video and incorporate more dance moves into their pre-flight safety instructions if they really want passengers to start paying attention. More »
Southwest Flight Attendants May Sue Over Pilot's "Gays, Grannies & Grandes" Rant
By Chris Morran on June 23, 2011 5:15 PM
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Yesterday, an unnamed Southwest Airlines pilot made headlines when it was discovered he'd accidentally broadcast his complaints about the lack of straight, slender, young hotties working as flight attendants for the airline to Houston air traffic control and anyone else listening in. Not surprisingly, the attendants — regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation or bangability — are not pleased. More »
Flight Attendants Stage Mini Mutiny, Give Away Free Booze On Flight
By Chris Morran on May 3, 2011 3:30 PM
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No one — aside from airline shareholders — is a big fan of the numerous ancillary fees airlines continue to nickel-and-dime travelers with, not even the flight attendants. And at least on one recent flight, some attendants decided they were going to quietly flip the middle finger to their overlords by giving out a bunch of free stuff. More »
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Why Your Flight Attendant Hates You
By Chris Morran on October 26, 2010 11:30 AM
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Ever wonder what could drive a flight attendant to curse passengers out, pop open the emergency slide and go for a ride? Well, even if you hadn't, the good people at Reader's Digest asked a bunch of flight attendants what sort of behaviors really get under their skin. More »
Zero Witnesses Back Slater's Story
By Ben Popken on September 9, 2010 4:00 PM
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Authorities have interviewed every single passenger that was on Steven Slater's last flight, and not a single one says events went down the way he's been describing them, according to a Port Authority police official. More »
Ryanair's Newest Cost Cutting Idea: Remove Second Pilot
By Chris Walters on September 7, 2010 11:30 AM
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Did Ryanair's publicity-chasing CEO Michael O'Leary read about that American Airlines flight back in June? In a recent interview, he suggested that one way to reduce costs would be to get rid of the second pilot and just make sure every flight has a flight attendant with a pilot's license. More »
JetBlue CEO: Slide-Jumping Flight Attendant 'Not A Hero In My Book'
By Chris Morran on August 31, 2010 12:15 PM
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Three weeks after JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater earned his 15 minutes of fame by freaking out and taking an unscheduled trip down the jet's emergency exit slide, the airline's CEO Dave Barger is finally speaking out on the incident. Let's just say he won't be watching Slater's reality show. More »
Southwest Flight Attendant Changes Her Story About Taking Crying Baby From Mom
By Chris Morran on August 20, 2010 9:45 AM
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Remember how there was much confusion over exactly what happened with the crying baby who was reportedly taken from her mother during a Southwest Airlines flight? The police said the flight attendant took the baby to the back of the plane, while a Southwest rep said she just offered to hold the baby for a second. Now, the attendant is saying she "made a mistake," but it wasn't her actions that were mistaken, it was what she originally told police. More »
Southwest Flight Attendant Takes Screaming Baby From Arguing Parents
By Laura Northrup on August 18, 2010 7:17 AM
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What, exactly, happened on a recent Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Albuquerque? Did a thoughtful flight attendant give a restless baby a change of scenery while her parents argued, or was the airline employee out of line to remove a screaming child from her parents and notify police on the ground of a suspected abuse case? Even those who were on the plane aren't sure. More »
Woman Says Southwest Refused To Serve Her Alcohol, Wouldn't Say Why
By Chris Walters on August 17, 2010 9:30 AM
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Angel says she hadn't had any alcohol before getting on her Southwest Airlines flight last week, but for some reason the flight attendant decided—after first taking her order—that she felt "uncomfortable" serving Angel her vodka and Coke. More »
Don't Tweet Steven Slater Jokes Or JetBlue Will Chastise You
By Ben Popken on August 12, 2010 11:00 AM
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JetBlue Tweet-spanks comedian Andy Borowitz for making bad jokes about their cranky flight attendant. More »
Dramatic Animated Recreation Of Flight Attendant Quitting, Using Emergency Slide
By Ben Popken on August 11, 2010 2:00 PM
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Taiwan news media produced this thrilling animated replay of how JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater quit his job, complete with cursing on the PA, beer grab, emergency slide run, and embracing his lover. This looks like the making of the best Sims mod ever! More »
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Flight Attendant Weighs In On Angry Passengers, Job Stress
walk-off slide-down on Monday wouldn't have been anywhere near as cool if he hadn't used that escape slide. Another flight attendant named Bobby Laurie, writing about the stress of the job for The Daily Beast, says popping the slide and stealing alcohol are "the two most taboo things in the industry." He also says he's fantasized about doing something similar after being forced to deal with angry or obnoxious passengers. More »
By Chris Walters on August 11, 2010 10:30 AM
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Steven Slater's dramatic job
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United Removes Passenger From Flight After He Asks Whether A Meal Will Be Served
By Chris Walters on July 20, 2010 10:30 AM
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Over at JoeSugarman.com, Joe writes that on his way home from a seminar in Austin, he settled into his first class seat—he's what United Airlines calls a 1K traveler because he flies over 100,000 miles with them every year—and asked the flight attendant, "Are you serving any meals during our flight?" A few minutes later, he writes, "two armed Austin police officers boarded the plane, looked at me and said, 'Sugarman, follow us.'" More »
American Airlines Flight Attendant Uses Awesome Pilot Powers To Help Land Plane
By Chris Walters on June 16, 2010 1:55 PM
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It's good to have outside interests. For instance, there's this 61-year-old flight attendant who works for American Airlines who also happens to have a commercial pilot's license, which was good news for the pilot—and the 225 passengers—after his first officer went all Airplane! on him mid-flight. More »
United Leaves Blind Passenger On Plane
By Chris Walters on May 18, 2010 2:01 PM
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Jessica Cabot was born blind, but she'd been on two flights by herself before boarding a United Airlines flight last month, so she figured she knew what to expect. On all three flights, she was told by the flight attendants to remain seated until everyone else was off the plane, and then someone would help her off. That worked the first two times at any rate. More »
United Flight Attendant Refuses To Help Disabled Woman With Bags
By Phil Villarreal on April 12, 2010 1:00 PM
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Evilpuppy, who says she's disabled, blogs that a United flight attendant refused to help her hoist her bags into the overhead compartment. More »
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American Airlines Flight Attendants Moving Closer To Strike
By Chris Morran on March 18, 2010 1:13 AM
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The flight attendants at American Airlines say that contract negotiations have hit a wall, so they've asked for permission call an end to the talks. If granted, this would move the union one step closer to what could be the largest airline strike in the U.S. since 2005. More »
Are You Ready To Go Shopping On Your Next Flight?
By Chris Walters on November 17, 2009 11:51 PM
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—>American Airlines is beginning to experiment with turning flights into shopping opportunities, reports the New York Times. We're not just talking about in-flight purchases of Sky Mall schwag, either: the paper reports that limousine services, tickets to theme parks and Broadway shows, and train tickets are some of the offerings being considered or currently being tested. More »
