Flight Attendant Life
Everyone assumes the life of a flight attendant is full of fun, travel, and anything that's glamorous. Those things are true, however there is so much more to it and there are definitely many challenging parts. I'm here to tell it to you straight. Also you may be wondering why I call it a lifestyle, that's because it is way more than a job. You have to change so much about your life in order to be a flight attendant. As with any job in customer service we deal with the best of the population and the worst. We go through 1-2 month long trainings learning how to fight fires and perform CPR. We pick up trash, lots and lots of trash. Flight Attendants become therapists for passengers going through hardships. We work with new people every trip. Lots of our time is spent away from our friends and family and our homes. At the end of the day this job is worth all the hardships, at least to me it is. The chance to travel all around the world and meet so many new people is priceless and I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. If you have any questions about being life as a flight attendant please don't hesitate to contact me or comment below! See you in the skies!
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7 Fun Facts About Flight Attendants
Flight attendants have a job like no other and besides the flight attendant vloggers and the newest HBO Max show nobody outside the industry really knows what our lives are like. Trust me not only is our job interesting but it makes our lifestyle interesting as well. My closest friends and family are still confused about how my job and life work. I can’t tell you all our secrets but here are 10 fun facts about flight attendants that you probably don’t know. 1. We Sleep in one Bed and Eat in the Other Even though I do love having a king size bed it is nice to have somewhere…
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Flight Attendant Must Pack Items
Now more than ever it’s so important to pack well as a flight attendant. Some of my friends have gotten stuck in hotels for days or weeks at a time because they’ve gotten covid while on a layover. Luckily this hasn’t happened to me yet but I don’t want to be stuck somewhere with nothing to do! So here are my must pack layover items that I always have in my suitcase as a flight attendant. Fire stick or other streaming device I always pack my fire stick so that I can watch all my favorite shows on my layover. I just hook it into the back of the hotel…
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Feature Friday – @thevictorialeighproject
Welcome back to another Feature Friday post! In the past year I have created so many friendships with flight attendants, travel bloggers and craft beerstagrammers! I really wanted to start showing off some of my favorite people that I’ve met and start building up a community of like minded people. If you’d like to be part of a future feature Friday please email me: willtravelforbeer@thehoppyflightattendant.com Or message me on Instagram @thehoppyflightattendant Below meet my friend Victoria or as she’s know on Instagram and Youtube @thevictorialeighproject. She just moved across the country into a brand new home and got some amazing news that she will be returning to the friendly skies after being furloughed…
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A Walk Through Downtown Los Angeles
Layovers during the pandemic haven’t been what they used to be. The life of a flight attendant can already be pretty lonely but in 2020 it’s become even lonelier. While I’ve been trying to stay in my hotel room as much as possible, it’s been nice to just walk through the cities that I layover at. Luckily it’s summer time and all that vitamin D has helped me try to stay positive through all the changes this year. Downtown Los Angeles, or rather DTLA, is full of people watching, lots of coffee shops, and plenty of murals to gawk at. Since we usually get in late at night, we have…
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5 Gift Ideas for Flight Attendants
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Okay full disclosure I meant to write this post up several weeks ago, so I guess now this is mostly for all you procrastinators out there! Here are five helpful and fun gift ideas for flight attendants. Some can also be good gifts for any frequent traveller you know! Happy shopping & Happy Holidays! 1. Inflight Kits I sell these kits on my shop (shop will be back and running soon) and they have literally everything that flight crew needs in the air. Things like lotion, a nail file, room spray, a pen, gum, hand sanitizer and more! 2. Pins & Tags for Their Bags…
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Detroit Airport Guide – McNamara Terminal
Disclaimer! I have never been over in the North Terminal so this Detroit Airport Guide will only be helpful to you if you’re taking Delta and will be in terminals A, B, and C. I bet you’re wondering why Detroit? Well Detroit is actually one of my favorite airports. It’s very easy to get around, spacious and bright. It’s also one of Delta’s biggest hubs and the gateway to Asia. So here’s my guide to help flight crew and passengers make the best out of their layovers in Detroit. Food Options My favorite food is Corridor Kitchen! (A7) Their food really doesn’t taste like airport food and I’ve eaten there…
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Missing the Flight Attendant Life During Quarantine
I’ve been on voluntary leave for over 2 weeks now to help my company get through the Covid-19 epidemic and I miss flying so much already. Since I’m no longer considered an essential employee I’m on quarantine with everyone else, no more flight attendant life for me for the next 2-3 months! It’s been nice to catch up on my writing and reading, cook more and spend time with the boyfriend and the cat. However I’m already missing everything about my usual lifestyle. Being grounded as a flight attendant isn’t easy and I still got 6 more weeks to go. Let’s just say I’m running out of things to clean…
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Hotel Travel Hacks – From a Flight Attendant
So I’ve been living out of hotels now for about 3 years, I don’t have much of a choice since I’m a Flight Attendant. That being said, I’ve had to get pretty smart & come up with lots of hotel travel hacks to make myself as comfy and safe as possible away from home. The only thing getting me through my work day is knowing that I have a nice king size bed waiting in a quiet room & the ability to have Doordash deliver guilty pleasure food for me to eat in bed instead of standing in a nasty galley while people bug me. (Want to help me not…
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An Honest Day as a Flight Attendant
I mostly intend for this blog to be all about adventures & beer & funny flight attendant ramblings, but the thing is some days are rough in this industry. I know a lot of you think I spent two months in training learning how to pour a coke, but the truth is we spend most of our time learning how to make people feel comfortable and to be able to keep everyone safe in an emergency. Luckily today was not a fatal day, nor was it anywhere near as bad as a flight attendant’s worst day. However, it was an emotional roller coaster, and I cannot wait to get to…
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What not to do on an airplane
Just like everywhere else in the world there are people that don’t make any sense or are making their life way more complicated than necessary. In the airline business I like to call them questionable passengers. The following is a list I’ve compiled of the most questionable passengers onboard an airplane and all the odd, confusing and stupid things they do. I’m pretty sure TSA does something to people’s brains when they go through. That or travel is just that stressful for some people. People who travel with soft guitar cases & other soft cases for various expensive instruments and expect them to not get ruined or expect us to…
