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You’re going to give up on me…
My schedule is NOT the reason we won’t work out…or maybe it is. A flight attendant’s schedule and dating.
Continue readingA Flight Attendant’s Time
When travel and schedules are dictated on someone else’s time table. It’s the nature of aviation, but what happens when it conflicts?
Continue readingThat ‘Other Life’
You live ‘Flight Attendant Life’ and then you live that ‘other life.’ The one that includes the realities of home, unrequited crushes, babies, bills, stillness, and all the things
Continue readingHoliday Schedule
Do you ‘Fly for your sanity’ or is Flight Attendant Life something else entirely?
Continue readingThe One Guarantee as a Flight Attendant
What consistently happens in my job is CHANGE and LOTS of it. I plan my trips, the catering, and what I pack based on one scenario— redeye departure, one passenger, reposition, back on Wednesday— only
Continue readingAdventure vs. Security: Can you have both as a flight attendant?
Human nature is funny. It’s as if we equally crave both adventure and security. If we have too much stability, routine, and predictability, we become bored. If there is too much unknown, uncertainty,
Continue readingStaying sane when a ‘flight attendant schedule’ means NO schedule
It was 6am, in whatever mid-western city I happened to wake up in that morning. My phone brightly blinked awake as an incoming text vibrated an announcement. “Do you have an India Visa?” The words
Continue readingDon’t Get Attached
“Hey, Alex! It’s Karalee…or Kara.” I pause for a second before continuing my ‘cold-call.’ “I’m on your trip tomorrow…” I transform my statement into a question by the slight intonation
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 readingA Life Consumed
I can do both. I can totally fly and freelance. I can fly and date. I can fly and blog and sleep enough and have friends and, and, and… Yeah. Totally. I
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