As a frequent traveler, and frequent resident of many hotel rooms, one of the first things I use to pick up before anything else, was the rooms' TV remote control. I don't like getting into a quiet room, so I would immediately locate the remote to turn the TV on to get some noise.

That was, until I watched an ABC News story back in 2010 about the dangers that lurk in the room. Their story;  "7 Hidden Hotel Germ Magnets" highlights that as clean as your room seems, it may not be. ...

This week our flight attendant podcast hosts are joined by Sara's inflight team to discuss the news and working together. We discussed:

Can you dance to Lady Gaga? Cebu Pacific is hiring Portuguese flight attendant says yes to inflight marriage proposal and more

We hope to see you every week in the lounge, where we'll dish the dirt and give you a peek behind the galley curtain! Remember to check out Sara's blog at TheFlyingPinto.com and Bobby's at ...

In this week's travel podcast we take a quick look at what your favorite flight attendants do on their layovers. We are joined by Megan to discuss:

• A young Southwest airlines passenger who was allegedly offered sex and drugs
• Sara's reviews of the towels at Westin hotels
• What happens on layovers including transportation, hotels, crew rooms, hot tubs and more...

If you're a flight attendant and would like to join us on a future episode, please email us at FA@upgrd.com.

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

On the last upgrd.com podcast, we talked a bit about New York airports. The consensus seemed to be that flying in or out of Newark isn't necessarily any more inconvenient than flying out of JFK or LGA.

Turns out that someone at JetBlue disagrees.

I stayed at the Crowne Plaza by Newark the last couple nights, even though I flew in and out of JFK (the client is in that part of New Jersey, but flying into EWR on AA would have cost way more than flying into JFK, so if I wanted to ...

This week we are honored to be joined by the "front end" of the aircraft. Kyle and John, two commercial airline pilots, together we discussed:

The pilots view of the flight attendant role crew briefings federal flight deck officers (FFDO) pilot chat during cruise relations between the two work groups (get your mind out of the gutter) forgetting FA's names the all important crew food subject and more...

We hope to see you every week ...