http://dir.salon.com/topics/flight_attendants/?source=rss&aim=flight_attendants en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT By Patrick Smith Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/09/07/askthepilot244/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/09/07/askthepilot244/index.html?source=rss Lessons from a burning plane: What the media didn't tell you about a near disaster in Asia. Carol Lloyd Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/12/flying/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/12/flying/index.html?source=rss Woman kicked off flight after refusing to medicate her child into silence. By Patrick Smith Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/05/04/askthepilot230/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/05/04/askthepilot230/index.html?source=rss From "cross-check" to "wind shear": A glossary of airline-speak for the curious passenger. By Patrick Smith Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/02/09/askthepilot220/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/02/09/askthepilot220/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/04/04/flight_attendant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/04/04/flight_attendant/index.html?source=rss Will it be a waste of my education if I do what I really really want? By Jake Tapper Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/10/08/attendants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/10/08/attendants/index.html?source=rss Flight attendants demand that flying be made safer, through measures like screening all bags -- but the airlines are resisting. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/hest/2000/12/14/full_fare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/hest/2000/12/14/full_fare/index.html?source=rss Every now and then, flight attendants must fly with the unwashed masses. It sucks. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/col/hest/2000/09/22/turb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/col/hest/2000/09/22/turb/index.html?source=rss Turbulence strikes while I'm in the lavatory, and I become a virtual Peter Pan. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/col/hest/2000/09/08/hell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/col/hest/2000/09/08/hell/index.html?source=rss Finally, the time had come for me to face Big Bertha -- the airborne antichrist. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/col/hest/2000/08/25/chute/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/col/hest/2000/08/25/chute/index.html?source=rss While fantasizing about a Salma Hayek wannabe, I accidentally broke the plane. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/06/21/first_class/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/06/21/first_class/index.html?source=rss "Flight attendants should get hazardous duty pay" By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/04/18/smell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/04/18/smell/index.html?source=rss Can a passenger be thrown off a plane for offensive body odor? By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/03/21/flyfree/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/03/21/flyfree/index.html?source=rss Flight attendants can fly anywhere for almost nothing -- but sometimes, there's a catch. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/02/29/fanmail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/02/29/fanmail/index.html?source=rss A grateful, if trembling, reader writes: Flight attendants, they're worth their wings. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/02/15/drugtest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/02/15/drugtest/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/01/25/landing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/01/25/landing/index.html?source=rss An in-flight emergency totally transforms the behavior of passengers -- and flight attendants. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/01/11/faux_pas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/2000/01/11/faux_pas/index.html?source=rss Sometimes even high-flying airline pilots turn out to have feet of clay. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/12/22/wine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/12/22/wine/index.html?source=rss Too many bags and too few bins make frequent flyers cry foul. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/11/16/hester/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/11/16/hester/index.html?source=rss From cucarachas to dachshunds, flight attendants contend with a mind-boggling menagerie of stowaways. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/11/02/hester/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/11/02/hester/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/09/07/rage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/09/07/rage/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/08/17/passenger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/08/17/passenger/index.html?source=rss When a man goes berserk on board, what can a flight attendant do? By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/08/03/san_juan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/08/03/san_juan/index.html?source=rss Only the strongest flight attendants survived this legendary New York-Puerto Rico flight. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/07/13/hotel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/07/13/hotel/index.html?source=rss When you spend half your life in hotels, you learn a lot about your neighbors. By Elliott Neal Hester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/06/29/queasy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/hest/1999/06/29/queasy/index.html?source=rss Sometimes turbulence is just the start of your problems.