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Air Vent- a flight attendants thoughts on air travel etiquette
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Air travel etiquette from a flight attendants perspective. Also humorous stories from flights.
Recent Posts
Your Headphones, Our Headache...
After years of careful consideration, I have decided that there are people who were most definitely put on this earth for the sole purpose of annoying me. For some, annoying me requires little to no effort on their part...which annoys...
Air Vent: Airplane Amnesia...
I have a hard time figuring out how someone could be surprised by a flight attendant in front of a three hundred pound bar/meal cart...yet it seems to happen all the time. We are apparently very sneaky...able to serve two out of ...
Air Vent: Flight attendant interpretation of the airplane call button...
In the panel above each passenger seat there is a button which usually features the outlined figure of a skirt clad woman carrying a tray which holds a drink. Completely disregard this picture. It has no place in modern society. ...
Air Vent: First Class? And baby meets floor...
While working in a recent first class cabin full of unlikely upgrades, I stumbled upon a situation that I would like to think is odd. Midway through the meal service I was refilling wine for a very nice couple with thick accents, when I recalle...
Air Vent: How to ask for coffee on a plane...
Coffee, coffee, coffee...all morning long we serve coffee. All morning long we have to ask if you want cream and sugar. You have probably never pondered what it would be like to ask that 150 times in an hour...it's not pretty. Why d...
Air Vent: High altitude meets high maintenance...
Hearing loss is a common hazard of our profession. To make up for the lack of auditory aptitude, flight attendants have been afforded a special "seventh sense", that comes in handy on a daily basis. As cave dwelling animals adapt to "see"...

