Once a flight attendant, always a flight attendant. It’s like the Marines. That might sound crazy to some people. It’s true though. Only another flight attendant can truly understand what the job is like. It doesn’t matter which airline we work for, we all have the same experiences. At times…

How do airlines keep passengers safe during a pandemic when face masks have become the symbolic defining line in a growing battle between civil liberties and health? I don’t know. But what I do know is that airlines can’t physically force passengers to wear masks in flight. Flight attendants can’t…

Like clockwork every year, a journalist will contact me to ask the same question I’ve been asked by a dozen journalists before him: if I think passengers who dress nicely have a better chance of getting a free upgrade to first class. My answer is always the same, not what…

You’ve probably heard people say, Don’t feed the Trolls! This was very good advice…5 years ago. Trolls have evolved. They’re very hungry. They don’t care if you’re offering snacks because you’re the food whether you like it or not. When they attack, they act like wolves. Wolves stalk large prey…

Before September 2016, I didn’t think that much about fashion. I enjoyed looking nice, but I didn’t do a lot of shopping because I didn’t have the money to shop. But that was OK because I spent most of my time at work wearing a uniform. That’s one of the…

If it’s not a Boeing, I’m not going. That’s a phrase I’ve heard often over the course of my 20-plus career as a flight attendant for a major U.S. carrier. …

When it comes to air quality and your health, keep asking questions — What does Bill Clinton’s sex life have in common with dead people? I’ll get to that in a moment. First, a little bit about me. I’m like Pavlov’s dog when it comes to the word “safe,” except that instead of drooling when I hear it, I start googling. That’s because…

How everyday products are making us sick — “There’s a school that suspends kids for wearing deodorant,” said my 12-year-old son on the way to school one morning. “It was on a YouTube video about the top 10 stupid reasons kids get kicked out of school.” We’re exposed to over 80,000 chemicals on the market that have never…