World traveler, connoisseur of wine and wings, documenter of filth, she can smile while serving you watered down Sierra Mist just as easily as she can disable you and have you secured to the seat with plastic ties.
Military charter flights are the most pleasurable flights for me to work. They are so kind, respectful, and grateful for everything I do. The verbal exchanges with them are so sweet and fun. And of course, looking at them in uniform isn’t so bad either. What they don’t know is the admiration that I have for them. To try and even THINK about what they go through is not even possible. The physical and mental challenges that they must face just blow my mind. I have such great respect for these special angels that protect my freedom every single day.
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The Friendly And Stupid Skies
From a frequent contributer who is a flight attendant and over the holiday weekend got to use a Thermal Containment Bag for the first time. Obviously, fires on aircraft are, well, bad and these bags will smother and extinguish smoldering objects. Like a red hot vaping...
There Appear To Have Been Snails In The Room
From a flight attendant on layover in Oklahoma City where not one but TWO of the chairs (room and Business Center) appear to have been visited by the same guest.
Layover Filth
From a flight attendant on layover in Orlando. Nice. Probably not a tub you'd want to take a bath in.
Hairy Scary Shower Handles
From a Flight Attendant working on Thanksgiving: Bad enough I am flying and coming down with the FLU. So I was not too observant before stepping into shower this time. Almost through with shower and I then see this. Since I had not eaten anything today it was just dry...
Actual Dang Ceiling Splatter
That's the problem with chainsaw murders: the stuff gets everywhere. From a horrified flight attendant on a layover.
A Hairy Scary End Of A Long Day
From a travel industry employee: "You work a 15 hour day, equipment delays, cancellations, quarrelsome coworkers and this is what I'm greeted with when I finally click-and-lock at midnight"
Little Pig, Little Pig, Let Me Come In…
Someone really wanted in. Submitted by a flight attendant who said "Screw it" with latching the door and just curled up in a corner with a can of mace for the night. If you notice, the door has been kicked in about half an inch making it "off" and hard to close.
Moldy Moments In Hotel Art
From a flight attendant for a regional carrier who has shared three photos from three different rooms on three different layovers at the same hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. A true aficionado would look at this piece of art and say, "I see a conflict of hues and...
Someone Had A Lonely Night In Albuquerque
From a flight attendant who spent a long day of traveling, finally checked in to her hotel room and found that a previous guest had "made happy" over the back of the toilet lid. The splatter, spray, specimen is kind of hard to see but it's kind of impressive.
An Inexplicable Hotel Thermostat
Good luck with the AC tonight.
Pre-Used Soap
Housekeeping forgot to change in a new bar of wrapped soap at a Hampton Inn in So Cal. It's soap, so it should be clean, but still, using someone else's soap is a little gross.
Another Disgusting Discovery By A Flight Attendant
From a flight attendant laying over in St. Louis, where she found the remnants on the couch of someone else who was laying over.