@aardvarsk
@emilynussbaum
The best part is you have no idea just how “shitty” it really is, even shittier than you can imagine. I’m a flight attendant. I know.
Now for the best part: Look at the bathrooms! This is after a 6 hour flight. Nobody on the crew cleaned it. It’s spotless. My coworker said it happens on every flight he decorates with flowers. So what is it about fresh flowers that makes people more respectful?
Pretty sure only 10% of pilots are female. Whatever the official number is, it always shocks me when I see it. Way to go Tammie Jo Shults! Way to go cabin crew! SWA
#Flight1380
: you make us proud to do what we do.
Passengers praise "amazing," "incredible," Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 pilot Tammie Jo Shults after she safely lands their plane following mid-air engine failure. Learn more about her here:
#breaking
Now for something strange and exciting. I sent the CEO of Ebay a tweet about how I have a few ideas to improve the website. He forwarded my tweet to a VP who sent me an email to schedule a time to talk. Tomorrow at 4. HOW COOL IS THAT?
@aardvarsk
@emilynussbaum
Book 1 is fun - before things got shitty. So guess what book 2 will be about? Yep, another memoir, but a totally different story. I’m a real life reality show - on twitter. I have a lot to say about the shitty things that are happening in Airline World
A5. As a flight attendant, I'm here to tell you the best travel trick, besides bringing bottled water & wearing a sweater, is smiling & saying "please" "thank you" & making eye contact at the same time. More snacks for you! 😜
#TravelSkills
#halloween
YOU GUYS!!!! This is my niece, Layla. She’s auditioning for America’s Got Talent today. She’s never had a professional vocal lesson. She’s incredible, right?!
@AGT
@aliciakeys
#AGT
Yesterday I had an A-list actor on board who has an incredible voice. I wanted to ask him to whisper my name (or tell me he didn’t need anything else to drink) but when I walked through first class and saw his giant bare foot up on the side table, I kept walking.
New York ✈️ Los Angeles today. Business class. Praying starts now. Please let the WiFi & inflight entertainment work. Please let everyone get their first choice entree. Please let all emotional support animals be under 80 pounds, the sort that don’t live in barns or zoos....
If you have a place to live, you’re lucky. If you have someone in your life that’s kind & supportive, you’re lucky. If you can do things like eat, breathe, walk, run errands without really thinking about it, you’re lucky.
Whenever I had an irrate passenger onboard a flight I'd say, "Tell me what you want me to know and then tell me what you want me to do." It helped to diffuse a tense situation. Most people just want to be heard. Listen to what people say. Hear what they say.
The fact that so many passengers on SWA
#flight1380
didn’t know how to use the oxygen mask tells me that maybe, just maybe, all those cutesy safety videos are a problem. I wrote this in 2015. Still applies
I’m sad to report Gatsby passed away this morning. We’re shocked, but thankful it happened quickly. I think he might have had a heart attack. A few of my favorite photos...
Harper Collins just informed me that my book is going into its 15th printing! This is a big deal this far out in the game. It's been almost five years since it was published. I haven't quite sold 100K copies, but it's getting close. I should say close-ER.
After I was trained to spot human trafficking on a plane, I began to see things in my hometown I never noticed before. There are shady looking massage parlors in almost every strip mall across America. Wrote this in 2016. Still applies.
The Kiddo made cinnamon rolls from scratch. He banned me from entering the kitchen and that's probably why they taste soooooo good. Best I've ever had.
Heroism personified.
Aboard hijacked AA11, Flight Attendant Betty Ong calmly informed ground controllers of the horror unfolding on her flight on 9/11.
Her final update: "Somebody's calling medical and we can't get a doc…”
Listen to the tape:
My son was playing bari saxophone on the pier at the same time a Grammy award winning pianist was riding his bike nearby. The guy gave my son his phone number & asked him to audition for his youth symphony orchestra. My son entered his contact info as "Music teacher David Benoit"
NY ✈️ LA: Today a passenger rang her call light to ask me to open (twist) her air vent. She couldn’t reach it from her lie-flat seat. Another woman asked me to open (twist) her water bottle.
#BusinessClass
BABY ON BOARD: An infant got restless aboard a plane—so a flight attendant offered to hold the little girl while completing her pre-flight preparation. The adorable kid is seen blowing kisses to passengers as they walk up the aisle.
The Cure at the Hollywood Bowl was magical. They sound exactly the same. I took my son and now he’s a fan. In high school I probably listened to The Cure & Depeche Mode more than any other band. I had this song as my answering machine message. No words. Just the intro. The part
Yesterday I took my son to the beach to get a little fresh air. He hasn't been feeling great for a couple weeks. It's amazing what 30 minutes outside connecting with nature can do.
Team Johnny Depp. 100% Johnny Depp. I've met her lawyer...in court.
RT Johnny Depp Accuses Ex-Wife Amber Heard of Having ‘Painted-On Bruises’: ‘I Was the Victim’ via
@kristingraham
I don’t why people don’t wear their seat belts the entire flight, even when the sign isn’t on. The oxygen mask goes over your NOSE AND MOUTH! Stop taking selfies and put the damn mask on right.
@Heather_Poole
Any suggestions --- safety, etc --- in light of today's unfortunate incident with the engine malfunction? Would wearing seatbelts all the time be a good idea or would you recommend not sitting behind the engine?
My time away from Twitter: At first I missed the news / information because I don't have cable TV. It made me crazy. Then I stopped missing the news and started taking care of things I had been putting off. I'm a lot more organized now and I feel happier & healthier.
1. There aren’t extra planes just lying around to use when yours breaks.
2. Just because your mother/brother/wife told you over the phone the weather is fine, doesn’t mean it’s safe to fly.
Remember that guy I met on Hermosa Pier who saw The Kiddo playing saxophone & mentioned his friend was having a party on New Year’s Eve...at HIS jazz club restaurant? Well, he called earlier today & right now at this moment SOMEONE I know is playing in front of it from 9-11.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be paid when you show up for work? Like, the entire first hour you’re working? Flight attendants don’t get paid until the brakes are released and the airplane pushes back (door closed). Flights attendants from Virgin went to court to fight that. 🙏
Yesterday was my bday so I’m older, and wiser. Also, yesterday I learned my son got into NYO. This means he will be performing at Carnegie Hall and touring Europe this summer! It was a great day. A double celebration.
Grown woman wearing pigtails in the bulkhead row just told the flight attendant she doesn’t have to move her pet carrier because she flies all the time and it’s not an emergency row. Flight attendant walked away and then returned with her manual.
"Many (airlines) claim most passengers don't even use seatback screens"
Which airlines? The ones who don't have seatback screens? On my flights, almost every passenger stares at the screen.
View from my apartment in Queens, NY. When the real estate agent showed me this place, he told me it came with “a cute little outside balcony” and I was like, in Texas we call that a fire escape. I’m pretty sure they call it a fire escape in NY too. Words. Marketing 🤣
BIG NEWS: The Kiddo made 2022 California All State High School Jazz Band (alto sax). He's one of two 10th graders in the band. Everyone else is a junior or senior.
A man in the terminal said, “Miss Miss you dropped something!” I started looking around for...my passport? ID? What? I looked at him. “My heart,” he said. I cracked up. Smooth.