thoughts from the sky
One of the advantages of being on the fringe of luxury lifestyle, is that you get to "outfit" an airplane.
The term refers to purchasing and setting up everything -- and I mean everything -- on the business jet; from cocktail napkins and sugar packets to the cushions on the couch, bedding, soaps, garbage bags, and dish washing sponge, etc..
What that means is that you get to go shopping, basically. When a company gets a new jet, they usually come empty, and it will be up to ...
One of the most common question I get is "how did you get the position as a corporate flight attendant?"
This industry, as I have explained before, is very discreet, and extremely hard to get into.
One of the ways -- if you get to the point of an interview or a meeting -- is doing a "practical" service interview.
I recently had a practical with a flight department based in the Bay area.
It certainly was challenging, yet a lot of fun while planning and very ...
I have not been in this industry long enough to have "seen it all" -- however -- I have noticed few considerable facts about the corporate flying that has triggered me to write this post.
Loooong hours of preparation for the flight - and the answer is always "yes"
It is not unusual in many cases where the amount of time you spend for the preparation of the flight is much longer than the actual flight.
Whole Foods (a rather ...
If you've ever wondered if the 'private flights' you see on TV and movies -- where the rich older men parade onto an elegant private jet with bevy of women, pop opens a champagne or an expensive bottle of wine, and they fly around the world.....were true or remotely accurate, the answer is yes. (This would be just one example though - as not all flights are like this.)
I know this because I work there -- and I love it.
I started my contract work with ...
Basically all of my adult life, I have been in the aviation industry. I became a flight attendant for a commercial carrier at 20, and here I am now, as a corporate FA.
Holidays (and weekends) are basically non existent and I am used to it.
It doesn't hurt my feelings or anything when I have to leave or be on the road during Christmas, NYE, birthdays -- it just comes with the territory, and I have actually had a lot of fun flying with friends during all of the ...
Catering is a big deal in the world of Corporate Aviation.
What your clients want, they will get.
One of the flight department (I will refer to as "A" from this point on ) I fly for is part 91 and has a "standard" menu, and if the clients don't have any specific requests, standard catering (for a short flight we have two different kind of finger sandwiches, fruit mix, and chocolate covered strawberries) will be provided.
Though the catering is usually a piece of ...
