Elliott Neal Hester

  • Common cattle

    Every now and then, flight attendants must fly with the unwashed masses. It sucks.
    By Elliott Neal Hester December 14, 2000

  • When pigs fly

    A smuggled swine raises a ruckus on a cross-country flight.
    By Elliott Neal Hester November 3, 2000

  • When passengers rage

    She hated my guts and ached to put me in a headlock, but I swear I never meant to send her to Barbados.
    By Elliott Neal Hester October 20, 2000

  • Look out below!

    Luckless birds, wayward engine pieces and frozen aircraft stowaways are plummeting from the sky.
    By Elliott Neal Hester October 6, 2000

  • Wham! Bam! Rocky times in the skies

    Turbulence strikes while I'm in the lavatory, and I become a virtual Peter Pan.
    By Elliott Neal Hester September 22, 2000

  • The flight attendant from hell

    Finally, the time had come for me to face Big Bertha -- the airborne antichrist.
    By Elliott Neal Hester September 8, 2000

  • How my ass ended up in a sling

    While fantasizing about a Salma Hayek wannabe, I accidentally broke the plane.
    By Elliott Neal Hester August 25, 2000

  • The heavenly vacation from hell

    She was into sexual domination, crazy laughter and toothpaste; I was having the scariest, sexiest time of my life.
    By Elliott Neal Hester August 24, 2000

  • Straitjacket for the skies

    To immobilize air ragers, airlines try on the handcuffs and straps of the "Body Restraint Package."
    By Elliott Neal Hester August 11, 2000

  • Out of the Blue

    Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service.
    By Elliott Neal Hester July 28, 2000

  • Robbery at 30,000 feet

    Adventures in real-life airplane stickups. (And you thought hijacking hardly happened anymore.)
    By Elliott Neal Hester July 14, 2000

  • The ferret in first class

    It's a zoo up there! You never know what hairy critter you might meet on your next flight.
    By Elliott Neal Hester June 30, 2000

  • Wacky airline adventures are "first class"

    "Flight attendants should get hazardous duty pay"
    By June 21, 2000

  • Just another flight to Cali

    Mini-dramas unfold on a Colombian odyssey. First of two parts.
    By Elliott Neal Hester May 30, 2000

  • Eating on the fly

    Better than anyone, flight attendants know the nightmare that is airline food.
    By Elliott Neal Hester May 16, 2000

  • Snoring in Paradise

    Murderous thoughts are generally discouraged at Club Med. Leave it to the Canadians to send you to the brink.
    By Elliott Neal Hester May 2, 2000

  • Flying the stinky skies

    Can a passenger be thrown off a plane for offensive body odor?
    By Elliott Neal Hester April 18, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Readers welcome Lynda Barry. Plus: Defending ourselves against air rage; are Elian's relatives unfit guardians?
    April 12, 2000

  • Cockpit assault

    Since July 1997, over a dozen passengers have attempted to breach cockpit doors during commercial airline flights. We've been lucky so far.
    By Elliott Neal Hester April 8, 2000

  • The sky's the limit

    Flight attendants can fly anywhere for almost nothing -- but sometimes, there's a catch.
    By Elliott Neal Hester March 21, 2000

  • Thank you!

    A grateful, if trembling, reader writes: Flight attendants, they're worth their wings.
    By Elliott Neal Hester February 29, 2000

  • Tests, drugs and swollen bladders

    Random drug tests for flight attendants mean saving a bladder full of urine. Fair enough, but the tests aren't always right.
    By Elliott Neal Hester February 15, 2000

  • Staring death in the eye

    An in-flight emergency totally transforms the behavior of passengers -- and flight attendants.
    By Elliott Neal Hester January 25, 2000

  • Fly boy faux pas

    Sometimes even high-flying airline pilots turn out to have feet of clay.
    By Elliott Neal Hester January 11, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Confessions (and tips!) from a wine-toting overhead bin hog Plus: Do algebra flashcards and soccer practice create thumb suckers? In defense of John Rocker.
    Letters to the editor January 6, 2000
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