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Just a reminder: “You DO love your flight attendant job”
It’s over ten years in— or maybe it’s your first year— but either way, every bright and shiny element of flight attendant life is faded; dull and tarnished by your jetlag, the worst of travelers
Continue readingYour job as a flight attendant is more important than you think
“Summer. It was so nice talking to you. I hope you pursue yachting and wish you the very best.” I say this while standing to give this girl— a girl I literally met less than ten minutes before— a
Continue readingFlight Attendant Schedules: A Flight Attendant At A Major Airline ‘Bids’
One of the most frequent questions flight attendants field, or that I hear on this blog is, “What is your schedule like as cabin crew?” This inquiry usually
Continue reading“No Middle Runway:” Why A Career As A Flight Attendant Is A Bad Idea If You Only ‘Kinda Like It’
It seems to be a divided road, or maybe I should say; ‘runway.’ Either people— observing us as flight attendants— wonder how in the world we can
Continue readingThe “Becoming A Flight Attendant” Story: That Leap That Changed Your Life
It’s a question so common and familiar. It’s asked almost every time a flight attendant meets someone and ‘that someone’ finds
Continue readingIn With The New…
I rubbed my eyes; shaking my head from side-to-side as if to shake the sleepiness from my brain and body. Tel Aviv. Paris. Delay. Los Angeles. It had been a long day of travel, and yet, I felt more rested
Continue reading“These Boots Were Made For Travel:” AirlineShoes.com ‘Cabin Crew Shoe (& Winter Boot) Review
I practically lived in my new pair of boots from AirlineShoes.com while in Paris over the weekend. “Have you worn those every single day?” he asked me.
Continue reading“The Illusion…”
“This job– is just an illusion. It gives you the impression that you are travelling, but you’re not; really. But then, you meet people. But then, you leave people. You don’t decide anymore… Most
Continue readingIt’s Gonna Be Ok
The cursor hovered over the send button, as if it was cursing me; daring me to ‘just do it.’ Pressing send— it seemed impulsive, especially since
Continue readingSo…This Is It?
Dream Job: CHECK London. Los Angeles. New York: CHECK. Pretty smile. Perfect Lipstick and the proper pour of Diet Coke. Done and done. You got it. You did it. You do it— The Flight Attendant Life. And, you
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