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“Not Always Ok:” The Story Of The Red Balloons
When you aren’t “always ok” with the adventure you are in— honest thoughts on letting go of what’s holding you back
Continue readingGoing The Distance: Two Perspectives On Loving And Dating A Flight Attendant
Featured Image is by Melanie Robin Photographie Months ago, I asked one of my dearest friends—Katy, who is a colleague of mine— and her boyfriend Frantz to write about their long distance relationship
Continue reading“For Me”
I haven’t figured out a concise and relatable way to explain the weird oddities that come along with working for a European airline. Flight benefits? No, we don’t have those. Bidding? Non-existent.
Continue readingWhen The Friendly Skies Are Too Friendly
I remember being dizzy with exhaustion. I remember feeling so disconnected— more tired than usual after working a ten hour flight—but, I had agreed to go with this pilot to his boat that was a few
Continue readingConfessions Of A Flight Attendant: Absolutely Worth It
The cooling unit of my hotel room in Queens sounds like the traffic buzzing on a crowded New York street. It’s loud and obnoxious, but I drown it out, because I accept that the noise comes with the
Continue readingThe New Approach I’m Taking To Flying And Life
I slept 13 hours and when I woke up, I really wanted to keep sleeping another four or five, but I had to write some things before those in another corner of the globe woke up. Some deadlines can’t
Continue readingRejection: It’s not just a flight attendant thing
Within the past week, I fielded a couple of rejections- one writing related and one dating related. The simple email response from the intern telling me, “I’m sorry, but we won’t be
Continue readingI Don’t Want To Fly Anymore…
And as I write that sentence, I feel tears welling up, blurring my current view, which is a street in the city of Nazareth. Yeah, you read that right. I’m in Israel. Not for work this time,
Continue readingTrue Stories: How I Became A Flight Attendant
A few months ago, while biking to a small Swedish town, I asked Rachael to contribute to 'The Flight Attendant Life.' I felt that the website could use her contagious energy and spirit of adventure. I
Continue readingDon’t Rush Her- That Thing Called Life
As the train clicks and rocks its way past buildings colored with Japanese characters, and trees dusted with the yellow, orange, and red hues of Fall, I sit quietly, contemplating how life discoveries
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