Photo: Robert Smith | MI News/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Scorching temperatures on the ground this summer (and for every summer hereafter) are causing soda cans to explode on Southwest Airlines planes, injuring at least 20 flight attendants. The cans are baking in the sun while waiting on the tarmac to be loaded, then blowing up when … Read more
If you’re someone who looks forward to your trip but absolutely dreads packing your bags and enduring the actual flight to your destination, we have some tips that’ll change everything. Everyone can benefit from some hacks from the pros themselves — in this case, flight attendants who travel for a living and know a thing … Read more
Airplane safety is paramount to flight attendants. They inform passengers of emergency protocols and flight rules, ensure bags are properly tucked away so no one gets hurt, and help everyone be comfortable during their journey. But while flight attendants work hard 30,000 feet in the air to keep people safe, many passengers do something detrimental … Read more
Modern air travel is often terrible. Cramped seats, tiny luggage compartments — the list goes on. Yet, most of us in those cramped seats actually have it far better than the folks strolling the aisles, who — at least on American Airlines flights — earn barely over $27,000 per year while forced to live in … Read more
The flight attendant revealed that hotel rooms don’t really need a room key for power. A flight attendant has shared a “game-changing” tip to ensure hotel guests never forget valuables in the room when they check out. Esther Sturrus shared the travel hack in a TikTok video, which is now going viral on the social … Read more
Earlier this week, a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore was thrust into chaos and forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok following severe turbulence that left a 73-year-old British man dead and injured over 104 other passengers. In just a couple of minutes, the Boeing 777-300ER dropped nearly 6,000 feet. ‘Plane’ Is … Read more
Photo: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg American Airlines is under fire for blaming a 9-year-old girl for using the airplane bathroom when she was allegedly recorded by a former flight attendant in January 2023. The airline initially argued in court on Monday that “she knew or should have known [the lavatory] contained a visible and illuminated recording device,” … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) A federal judge ruled last week that a British airline passenger must pay $20,638 for interfering with the flight crew on a United Airlines flight between London and Newark, New Jersey on March 1. According to the Department of Justice’s account, the unruly passenger got into an argument so heated … Read more
A Delta passenger from Texas somehow managed to use a child’s boarding pass to get on a flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Austin, Texas; flight attendants caught onto his little scheme after he hid in multiple bathrooms shortly before takeoff. Salt Lake City police arrested Wicliff Fleurizard on March 17 after he was removed … Read more
Airplanes have been in the news a lot lately. Whether they’re falling apart in the sky or having their routes drastically cut because of money, it’s almost always bleak. So, why don’t we take a look at a more innocent airplane story? Namely, what’s the deal with those little triangles you see above some of … Read more
