Posts Tagged with "flight attendants"

Rumors abound regarding crew scheduling, how its organized and if they have their favorites and not-so-favorites. In this week's flight attendant podcast we are joined by a former pilot crew scheduler to hear the conversation from the other end of the phone. We discuss scheduler pay, hours, bidding and the differences in pilot and flight attendant scheduling.

Disclaimer: The views expressed are the personal opinions of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers.

Ramp agent, operations, weight and balance and baggage handling are just a few of the jobs that Susan performed before becoming a flight attendant. Listen to this week's flight attendant podcast to learn more about balancing each of these roles.

Disclaimer: The views expressed are the personal opinions of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers.

Being a flight attendant can often be a thankless job. We do our best to rearrange bags so that your precious gifts won't have to be sent to baggage claim at Christmas.  We ask people to switch seats during the already hectic boarding process so that your 5 year old doesn't have to sit with a stranger.  We are smiling (sometimes) after a 14 hour day, complete with delays & cancelations, and no time to get off the airplane all day to use a real bathroom, and greet you with a warm ...

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The idea for The Crew Lounge was to give everyone a peek inside the life of a flight attendant. Social media has become a great resource for me to not only give you my insights but, that of my fellow co-workers. I belong to a private flight attendant chat room, and though I can't share everything with you sometimes there are funny or interesting threads that I can. So, here's what I overheard in "the crew room" this week!

A flight attendant asks, ...

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In this week's flight attendant travel podcast we are joined by Sluggo and Paul to discuss the news, funny passenger stories and the sordid details that he sees in hotel van rear view mirror.

  • Qantas investigates pilot's steamy midair 'interaction'
  • Crew hotel layovers
  • and more...

If you're a flight attendant, gate agent or other crew and would like to join us on a future episode, please email us at [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

Disclaimer: The views expressed are the personal opinions of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers.

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Today is Thanksgiving in the United States and we want to express a heartfelt thank you to all our listeners worldwide. In this week's travel podcast, we share stories from flight attendants and crew about what they're thankful for and their best Thanksgiving memories.

Thanks for listening and thank you for all your great feedback here, on Twitter and Facebook!

If you're a flight attendant, gate agent or other crew and would like to join us on a future episode, please email us at [email protected]

Disclaimer: The views expressed are the personal opinions of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers.