... and random bits before 2009

... didn't get activated for flight, so I predictably spent the...airport after my 2nd SNY flight. I'd just returned from...Galley layout which my Chief Stewardess drew for me the very...guest-starring Chief Steward. I recall that flight turned out well...no matter how difficult the flight was. I am a little...each time I'm on flight. Oh, I started blogging more...to not having a pre-flight cigarette. Sigh, one of my...

Fic: Lips are sealed

...Ackles hates flying and one particular flight means that he blurts all ... the voice announcement for the flight boarding and cut my phone ... have business class on this flight.” He raises his voice back to... It’s my friend the steward again. Champagne! “Yes please.” “And ... going through my contacts a stewardess hovers over me. “Sir, can ...’s bleeding. Oh god. The stewardess from earlier is trying to ...

Do We Really Have to Tip Everyone?

... ten shillings to the room steward or stewardess, ten shillings to the dining-room steward, ten shillings to the deck steward, ten shillings to the lounge steward, and so on. (Or if you...give 20 shillings to the deck steward, and ten to his assistant, ...you give five to the bath steward. What, and have nothing left to...or mechanics, or dentists? Why not flight attendants, if personal service is the...

...down felt excessive and quite uncomfortable. My flight was due to leave at 12:30...think I heard her asking the stewardess and steward if she could be reseated away...back of the plane where the steward and stewardess stood "Thanks for all your help," she said sarcastically and ... "you're not missing the connecting flight to the funeral." My heart sank; the steward asked the stewardess what the lady had ...