Lufthansa seeks to offer service with a smile
It can’t be easy running Lufthansa German Airlines. On one hand, the carrier is being squeezed by discount European carriers, which can offer considerably lower fares for flights within the continent....
View ArticleUnited Airlines debuts new uniforms
United Airlines debuted new uniforms for its front-line workers on Tuesday, more than two and a half years after the carrier completed its merger with Continental Airlines. The new uniforms means that...
View ArticleWhat do flight attendants do when they’re not working?
Earlier this week, I wrote about flight attendant and best selling author Heather Poole, who shares the minutiae of her career daily with about 90,000 Twitter followers. But Poole is not the only...
View ArticleCan you survive a ‘Water landing’? It depends.
As I promised, I successfully completed emergency water evacuation training last week. I joined a group of corporate jet flight attendants and pilots at a facility run by Aircare Solutions Group at...
View ArticleWhat’s it like to go through flight attendant emergency evacuation training?
As my loyal Twitter followers know, a couple of weeks ago, I participated in flight attendant emergency evacuation training. This week, that story finally ran in the newspaper. Here’s a little teaser...
View ArticleWhat’s it like to be a flight attendant? One answers our questions.
What is your flight attendant really thinking about you? Kara Mulder is a flight attendant at a major low cost carrier, and the brains behind The Flight Attendant Life website. Popular posts include...
View ArticleWhat airline has the best uniforms? And other interesting stories of the past...
What’s news in the world of aviation? Read on to see some of the stories I’ve found interesting the past week or so. Why is Delta adding so many domestic flights in Seattle, home of Alaska Airlines?...
View ArticleAviation jobs: How Hawaiian Airlines schedules its flight attendants and pilots
How do airlines schedule which flight attendants and pilots work on what flights? If you think a computer might handle the bulk of this work, you might be right — at least at most airlines. But at...
View ArticleVideo: How JAL flight attendants would respond in an emergency, circa 1985ish
It probably takes a special person to appreciate this, but someone sent me the video above this week. I’m told it’s a video of Japan Airlines flight attendants engaging in an air crash drill. If you...
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