My World As A Flight Attendant

I always say that every day is different in the aviation world. It is OK to anticipate what will happen for the day and to say that good things will happen for the day, but it is hard to plan your day until you made it to your destination. To be flexible is a key requirement to have on this job. It is a universal advice to  always bring your luggage with your personal stuff all the time, even if you only have a day trip. Don't assume that you will never get stuck somewhere. A passenger asked me one day why Flight Attendants carry luggage all the time. And that was my answer. When I was new back in January 2015, I made a wrong decision of not bringing my personal stuff for a day trip.  I assumed that we would go back to NY that night.  I was wrong! We couldn't fly back to NY and were stuck in Detroit because of the weather. I worked with my friend, Lea on that trip, and John was deadheading with us. It was of course, a ...

A ferry flight is a non-revenue flight with the purpose of returning an aircraft to the base, positioning an empty aircraft or moving an aircraft to and from a maintenance base. It is also known as a repo flight or repositioning an aircraft to leave its current location to pick up passengers. Since I have started, I've had more or less 4 of this flight. This was one of the ferry flights when I was new. It was a flight from Toronto back to the US with Tenisha in February 2015. I don't mind having a ferry flight once in a while.  The door is closed and we are paid.  When there's no passengers on board, it means I can relax and read my book. We don't get this ferry flight often, but when I do, I just enjoy the ride!

Montreal airport My family and friends know me as a person who loves sunset. I just finished a 4 day trip on CRJ 200, with trips back and fort Montreal - JFK - Cleveland.  After having done 200 trips lately, I am proud to say that I enjoy doing it now. On November 14, I started my day from Montreal bright and early.   The fact that our hotel is at the airport, I was still rushing that morning. The TSA line was a little slow because in front of me was couple of wheelchair passengers.  I was a little stressed, and decided to be proactive to call crew scheduling and let them know that I am running a little late.  I like the gate agents in Canada. They are nice and don't give us a hard when we don't show up exactly on time. I started boarding, with no more stress.  One wheelchair passenger boarded first and I helped her settled on her seat.  Then the second one boarded, and greeted me back saying t...