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This is the Scary Reason Why Flight Attendants Don’t Sit On Their Hands During Takeoff… Despite What You Might Have Heard
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Don’t Listen to Those Scare Stories About Why You Shouldn’t Have Ice On a Plane… Coffee Shops Are Probably Worse
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Why Experts Believe the ‘Brace, Brace’ Emergency Command We’re So Accustomed to Might Not Help in a Crash

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This is the Real Reason Why Flight Attendants Turn The Lights Off For Takeoff and Landing
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Why Do Airlines Tell You to Open Your Window Shades For Takeoff and Landing? And Why the United States is Unique
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Why do you sometimes see flight attendants traveling in uniform on another airline’s airplane?
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United Airlines Flight Attendants Can Get at Least $20 For Every Night They Choose Not to Stay in Company-Provided Hotels
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Airlines Are Hiding ‘Easter Eggs’ With Hidden Meanings Into Their Flight Numbers… Here Are Some of Our Favorites
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Which Airlines Have Already Chosen Starlink’s High-Speed Inflight Wi-Fi Service And Why Does it Matter?
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Do Flight Attendants Still Get Paid When They Are Involved in an Emergency?… It’s Complicated
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How Reaching Out To Your Airline On Elon Musk’s X Could Leave You Preyed Upon By Scammers And Out Of Pocket
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Why Does the United States Ban Extension Seatbelts For Securing Infants On Airplanes When the Rest of the World Requires It?
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Why Do Gate Agents and Flight Attendants Describe a Flight as ‘Completely Full’… Surely You Can’t Get Fuller Than Full
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Why is it Often Cheaper to Have a Layover Rather Than Flying Non-Stop to Your Final Destination?
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When is it Acceptable to Press the Flight Attendant Call Button?
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Could Your Airplane Be At Risk of ‘Tipping Over’ If You Stand Up Too Quickly After Arriving at the Gate?
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If You’re In The Plane Bathroom When the Oxygen Masks Drop, Should You Make a Run For Your Seat?
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Airlines Love ‘Boarding Not Boarding’ to Achieve On-Time Performance But Is There a Better Way? 
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Is it Acceptable to ‘Go For a Walk’ Around the Airplane During a Long-Haul Flight? Here’s the Correct Answer
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Why Do Passengers Find it So Hard to Use New Supersized Overhead Bins Even When There Are Printed Instructions?
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This is Why ‘Dine-On-Demand’ in Business Class is More Complicated Than You Might Think
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Annoyed With Flight Attendants Plunging 787 Dreamliner Window Shades Into Darkness and Then Locking Them? Ask The Crew to Set a Range
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OMG, Qatar Airways Flight Attendants Left a Dead Body In Their Seat Surrounded By Other Passengers – But What Else Were They Supposed to Do?
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I Thought The Airline Industry Prided Itself in Safety? Flight Attendants Struggle to Close Door Risking Fall to Tarmac Below
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Lufthansa Abolishes Mandatory HIV Tests For Flight Attendants After Years-Long Equality Campaign
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British Airways Offering Business Class Ticket Giveaway to Staff if They Manage to Hit Punctuality Targets During Easter Holidays
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Poland Grapples With Bomb Hoax Dilemma After Threats Force Two Passenger Jets to Make Emergency Landings on the Same Day
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Spanish Court Orders Flag Carrier Iberia to Limit Hand Luggage On Airbus A350 Because Overhead Lockers Are So Big
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Flight Attendants Are Scared They’re About to Lose One of the Best Perks of the Job
Claims: Ryanair Still Isn't Complying with Local Laws in New Cabin Crew Contracts
Ryanair Could Be Forced to Make Big Payout After Passenger is Left Badly Burnt By Hot Pasta
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Why Don’t Iberia’s New $317 Million Long-Haul Airbus A350 Aircraft Have Proper Business Class Seats?
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Why Have Flights In And Out of Beijing Suddenly Been Grounded And Could it Mean a Military Coup is Underway?
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So, You Really Thought Air Travel This Summer Wasn’t Going to Be a Hot Mess?
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Should You Buy Sweets and Chocolate For The Flight Attendants On Your Next Flight?
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Did Dropping Inflight Face Mask Rules Lead to a “Huge Spike” in Pilot and Cabin Crew Sickness?
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If Omicron is So Much More Transmissible On Airplanes, Is it Time to Upgrade Our Face Masks and If So to What?
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As United Airlines Brings Back Pre-Departure Beverages, Flight Attendants Sigh and Say ‘At Least Pay Us’
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What Would it Take to Set Up a National ‘No-Fly’ List of Unruly Passengers?
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What Do The Different Lights On An Airplane Exit Sign Actually Mean to Flight Attendants?
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What Does the Computer Screen At the Front of an Airbus A320 Airplane Actually Do?
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Fact Check: Has Delta Air Lines Really Ditched the Federal Vaccine Mandate for its Employees?
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6 New Flight Attendant Uniforms That the Pandemic Has Delayed
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Fact Check: Did a Delta Air Lines Pilot Die Mid-Flight Just Days After Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine?
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Should We Now Ditch Face Masks Mandates On Airplanes And Leave it to Personal Choice?
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No, Your CDC Vaccination Card Isn’t Good Enough For Singapore. Here’s What Proof You Need for Quarantine-Free Travel
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Does Using the Air Vents On an Airplane Reduce Your Chances of Catching COVID-19?
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The Top 10 Flight Attendant Uniforms Gracing the Skies in 2021
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What Are The New Rules For Travellers Entering The United Kingdom From 4th October?
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The Top Five Emirates Airline Commercials of All Time | 2021 Edition
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As a Flight Attendant, I’ve Racked Up 400,000 Air Miles Since the Beginning of the Pandemic and I Haven’t Caught COVID-19
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