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Ask the pilot: Lessons from a burning plane: What the media didn't tell you about a near disaster in Asia.; By Patrick Smith Sep 7, 2007
Flying the child-unfriendly skies: Woman kicked off flight after refusing to medicate her child into silence.; Carol Lloyd Jul 12, 2007
Ask the Pilot: From "cross-check" to "wind shear": A glossary of airline-speak for the curious passenger.; By Patrick Smith May 4, 2007
Ask the pilot: Flight attendant, stewardess, trolley dolly. Whatever you call her, she was once a high-fashion sex symbol. At some airlines, the image lives on.; By Patrick Smith Feb 9, 2007
I'm a gifted high achiever who wants to be a flight attendant: Will it be a waste of my education if I do what I really really want?; By Cary Tennis Apr 4, 2006
What cost air safety?: Flight attendants demand that flying be made safer, through measures like screening all bags -- but the airlines are resisting.; By Jake Tapper Oct 8, 2001
Common cattle: Every now and then, flight attendants must fly with the unwashed masses. It sucks.; By Elliott Neal Hester Dec 14, 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Aug 25, 2000
Wacky airline adventures are "first class": "Flight attendants should get hazardous duty pay"; Jun 21, 2000
Flying the stinky skies: Can a passenger be thrown off a plane for offensive body odor?; By Elliott Neal Hester Apr 18, 2000
The sky's the limit: Flight attendants can fly anywhere for almost nothing -- but sometimes, there's a catch.; By Elliott Neal Hester Mar 21, 2000
Thank you!: A grateful, if trembling, reader writes: Flight attendants, they're worth their wings.; By Elliott Neal Hester Feb 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 Feb 15, 2000
Staring death in the eye: An in-flight emergency totally transforms the behavior of passengers -- and flight attendants.; By Elliott Neal Hester Jan 25, 2000
Fly boy faux pas: Sometimes even high-flying airline pilots turn out to have feet of clay.; By Elliott Neal Hester Jan 11, 2000
'Tis the season to be pissed off: Too many bags and too few bins make frequent flyers cry foul.; By Elliott Neal Hester Dec 22, 1999
Roaches, rats and other unticketed passengers: From cucarachas to dachshunds, flight attendants contend with a mind-boggling menagerie of stowaways.; By Elliott Neal Hester Nov 16, 1999
The agony of the long-distance commuter: For some flight attendants, three airports and 2,500 miles isn't a major trip -- it's a normal journey to work.; By Elliott Neal Hester Nov 2, 1999
Flying in the age of air rage: When pilots are stabbed to death and flight attendants are taken to the hospital in ambulances, the skies are out of control.; By Elliott Neal Hester Sep 7, 1999
The passenger from hell: When a man goes berserk on board, what can a flight attendant do?; By Elliott Neal Hester Aug 17, 1999
When fists flew on the San Juan Special: Only the strongest flight attendants survived this legendary New York-Puerto Rico flight.; By Elliott Neal Hester Aug 3, 1999
Sex and the thin-walled room: When you spend half your life in hotels, you learn a lot about your neighbors.; By Elliott Neal Hester Jul 13, 1999
Flying the queasy skies: Sometimes turbulence is just the start of your problems.; By Elliott Neal Hester Jun 29, 1999

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