A 25-year flight attendant did a Reddit Ask Me Anything and shared how many times they catch passengers trying to join the mile high club (“I average about once a year”), how often passengers try to sneak a cigarette in the lavatory (“about once a week”) and how often their fellow crew hook up with each other and passengers.
Author: Travel Curmudgeon
Hilton Toronto Airport Requires Guests To Sign A Waiver Before Eating Their Burger
When you order a burger at the Hilton Toronto Airport they present you with a liability waiver to sign. It spooked the guest enough – asked to sign a waiver prior to eating their burger? It must be unsafe!
There’s water in my Pasta?
American Airlines has introduced a new ‘shelf stable’ “Meal of the Moment Three-Cheese Pasta,” that flight attendants will mix hot water into prior to serving. This replaces the shelf stable MyPasta introduced in fall 2022.
Naked Passenger Strolls Through Fort Lauderdale Airport, Wants To Get Screened By TSA
Earlier this month, a naked man strolled through the Fort Lauderdale airport and proceeded up to TSA security screening.
This should be the easiest security screening of the week: no shoes to remove, no pockets to empty, and he’s obviously not concealing hidden water anywhere. I’m not sure though if he just wants to avoid a pat down, or he’s actually hoping for one.
Hotel Prices Taking Off!
Look for hotel and other lodging prices to seriously increase in the coming months to take advantage of “record” travel based on airline advance bookings — make your lodging reservations NOW before room prices take off!!!!!!!
American Airlines passenger breath a sigh of relief when an overly gassy passenger was removed from a flight.
NO ROOM FOR MOMS?
American Airlines’ motto of, “Caring for Passengers on Life’s Journey,” apparently draws a hard line on “life” when a passenger was denied bringing her mother’s ashes aboard the plane when overhead bin space was limited. Gate agents began yelling at her to check her — highly personal item — and even threatened to have her arrested when she began filming the interaction.
IS UNITED PLANNING TO MOVE ITS HEADQUARTERS TO DENVER AIRPORT AREA?
Could be — they are building a major work campus in the DENVER Airport area and have told over 5,000 current employees to expect a new work location … we’ll see?
Did you receive a gift from Alaska Airlines?
Alaska is doing something special for their million milers: luggage tags made from the metal of former Alaska Airlines planes. Good idea — as long as the planes aren’t flying anymore???