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Did you know Flight Attendants don’t get paid during boarding?
My LEAST favorite part of my job is without a doubt, boarding the plane. Mostly because itโs the hardest part of the day and Iโm not getting paid. Let me repeat that for those of you wearing headphones and not paying attention, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DON’T GET PAID DURING BOARDING. Okay thatโs a bit of lie, Iโm making about $2 an hour at this point. Once boarding is over and the plane starts moving I start making the “big bucks.” Other reasons why boarding a plane is the worst: People have lost their common sense. Some people have never flown before and have no clue what is going on or how to…
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10 Things Your Flight Attendant Doesn’t Know
There are so many things that we get asked on a daily basis that we donโt have the answers to. So I’ll just save you the trouble by writing up this blog post telling you what your flight attendant doesn’t know so you don’t even have to bother asking next time. Trust me, I really wish I could ease your anxiety and be able to tell you all the things you want to hear. Unfortunately that is not the case. So I spend most days making up answers or just telling everyone I donโt know, cause I donโt. 1. Your Flight Attendant doesn’t know what city we are currently flying…
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Let me Introduce Myself
Since you came all the way here I figured I should introduce myself. I’m a lot of things but mostly I’m a flight attendant, a writer, a coffee addict, beer snob, college graduate, girlfriend, bookworm, and a wanderluster. No matter how many crazy stories I write on here, I really do love my job. I am so thankful for all the experiences and friends it’s given me just in the last three years and I hope to fly until I can’t lift my bag into an overhead bin, or maybe even several years after that. For those of you non aviation people, there are flight attendants who only fly one…
