For the first time since the 9/11 terror attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will allow small knives and some previously prohibited sports equipment onto airplanes as carry-on items. According to the TSA, passengers will be able to carry-on knives that are less than 2.36 inches long and less than one-half inch wide. Larger knives, […]
Has anything unusual or humorous happened to Finnair flight attendants? Looks like we’ll have to get a copy of Airborne: Tales From A Thousand And One Flights, to find out. The book is billed as “a collection of true stories written by customer service professionals of the sky” and appears to be filled with stories […]
A small gesture is getting big raves from flight attendants who now work for the company created by the merger of United and Continental Airlines but who continue to fly separately—in their traditional United or Continental uniforms—while final union and contract issues are were being worked out. Flight attendants who came from the old Continental […]
Today – a few tidbits from the inbox at StuckatTheAirport.com: First up: there are some very interesting comments to my story from earlier this week about the Virgin America flight attendant who says she was fired for asking a breastfeeding passenger to cover up. KLM is asking travelers to send in photos for consideration for […]
For the first time since the 9/11 terror attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will allow small knives and some previously prohibited sports equipment onto airplanes as carry-on items. According to the TSA, passengers will be able to carry-on knives that are less than 2.36 inches long and less than one-half inch wide. Larger knives, […]
Has anything unusual or humorous happened to Finnair flight attendants? Looks like we’ll have to get a copy of Airborne: Tales From A Thousand And One Flights, to find out. The book is billed as “a collection of true stories written by customer service professionals of the sky” and appears to be filled with stories […]
A small gesture is getting big raves from flight attendants who now work for the company created by the merger of United and Continental Airlines but who continue to fly separately—in their traditional United or Continental uniforms—while final union and contract issues are were being worked out. Flight attendants who came from the old Continental […]
Today – a few tidbits from the inbox at StuckatTheAirport.com: First up: there are some very interesting comments to my story from earlier this week about the Virgin America flight attendant who says she was fired for asking a breastfeeding passenger to cover up. KLM is asking travelers to send in photos for consideration for […]