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In our first double digit episode we finally go behind the galley curtain prompted by this week's news, including:

• A flight attendant prostitution ring
• Flight attendant fight
• Flight attendant photos on a porn site (nsfw!)
• and funny stories from our panelists
• in honor of our 10th episode, Bobby made a video!

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 UpUpAndAGay.com. If you have a comment about something we've spoken about, question for our panel of flight attendants, or if you just want to say "hi!" call our comment line and record your message at: 620-CREW-LGE (620-273-9543).

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

Thanks for listening!

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This week we are joined by two former flight attendants - Virgil and Erin. We discuss why they left, what they miss, and why they want to come back. In addition we talk about:

• Why Bobby and Sara almost quit
• Longing for delays, cancellations, and irregular operations. Yes, that's right.
• Starting over from the beginning
• Keeping in touch with old colleagues
• Trash carts
• and a special Twitter question

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 UpUpAndAGay.com. If you have a comment about something we've spoken about, question for our panel of flight attendants, or if you just want to say "hi!" call our comment line and record your message at: 620-CREW-LGE (620-273-9543).

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

Thanks for listening!

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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 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 UpUpAndAGay.com. If you have a comment about something we've spoken about, question for our panel of flight attendants, or if you just want to say "hi!" call our comment line and record your message at: 620-CREW-LGE (620-273-9543).

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

Thanks for listening!

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This week we are joined by the Sky Steward to discuss Jetiquette and other topics including:

• Bidding schedules without seniority
• Irregular operations during bad weather
• Flight Attendant pay (or lack thereof!) during irops
• The Sky Steward's background, website, and Jetiquette program
• The ups and downs of blogging and podcasting
• Sky Steward's recognition winning a Magellan award from Travel Weekly Magazine

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 UpUpAndAGay.com. If you have a comment about something we've spoken about, question for our panel of flight attendants, or if you just want to say "hi!" call our comment line and record your message at: 620-CREW-LGE (620-273-9543).

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

Thanks for listening!

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Welcome to episode six of The Crew Lounge where we discuss flight atttendant schedule bidding. This week we are joined by panelists Shelby and Jenn.

In this week's news

• American Airlines is following British Airways' lead by possibly training replacement flight attendants in case of a strike,
• find out why a man attacked his flight crew on a recent flight to Los Angeles, and,
• as this weeks "hot topic" we discuss, in detail, flight attendant schedule bidding.

And of course to bring things to a close we answer your questions from the cabin!

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 upgrd.com/TheCrewLounge for blog posts by Sara & Bobby in between podcasts or check out Sara's blog at TheFlyingPinto.com and Bobby's at UpUpAndAGay.com. If you have a comment about something we've spoken about, question for our panel of flight attendants, or if you just want to say "hi!" call our comment line and record your message at: 620-CREW-LGE (620-273-9543).

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

Thanks for listening!

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It's almost hard to believe that we've completed 5 episodes of the podcast already. We've been receiving a lot of great feedback from you, our listeners, and the repetitive message is that you want MORE. A weekly show isn't enough, and our current podcasts aren't long enough, you want the conversation to continue. Unfortunately, we do have a full time job that has to pay the bills so a daily podcast just isn't possible at the moment and the podcast file would be HUGE if we were to talk for over 30-40 minutes (but trust me, we could). So, the best solution is to stay connected with you in between our tapings!

Speak Out!: It's no secret that the show is taped and edited before you hear it each weekend, but after you hear it we want to hear you! We want to know what you thought about our news items, hot topics, discussions, and the questions that were submitted. We invite you to call into our voicemail comment line at 620-CREW-LGE (620-273-9543) and record your comments. All comments and questions received may be aired on a future episode, so join the conversation and get talking! 

Twitter: You can follow TheCrewLounge on twitter by visiting twitter.com/thecrewlounge. You can expect instant announcements when a new episode is posted, polls, flight attendant news, Q&A, and so much more. 

Facebook: Join TheCrewLounge facebook group by visiting http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=255626600972. Join in on the listener discussion on our wall, view photos of our Flight Attendant panelists, post your own photos and videos and get new episode updates, instantly. 

TheFlyingPinto.com: When not recording the podcast, flying, or attending to everyday life, Sara can be found  blogging on her blog at TheFlyingPinto.com. Sara puts so much time and effort into this podcast and her blog that she often forgets to bid her next months flying schedule. Sara's blog features excerpts from her journal while attending flight attendant training, interviews with other flight attendants, news, and also answers industry related questions. 

UpUpAndAGay.com: When Bobby isn't in the air, he can be found on his blog,UpUpAndAGay.com. Usually blogging from his airport appreciation sits, 10 hour overnights, and from his couch with a glass of wine (sometimes before noon.. just kidding!), Bobby keeps his blog updated with events that occur on his recent travels, an ongoing look at what a "day in the life" of a flight attendant is like, and he offers his take on recent industry news events. 

Be on the Show: Planning is underway for future episodes of TheCrewLounge and we're currently looking for pilots, former flight attendants, reserve flight attendants and those seeking a job as a flight attendant who would be interested in joining Sara & Bobby on an episode of the show. If you're interested, please send an email to FA@upgrd.com with the category that you fit into and your contact information. 

Email: Finally, as always, you are welcome to email us your questions for the panel, comments, complaints, suggestions, and whatever else to FA@upgrd.com. Every email sent to this email address gets automatically distributed to Sara, Bobby and Mike (the show's producer from UPGRD) to be read and discussed. We take your comments very seriously and look forward to reading them. 

We really appreciate your feedback and involvement, and as always, thanks for listening to The Crew Lounge!