Monday, January 31, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
How to Look Good After a Long-Haul Flight: 8 Beauty Tips from Flight Attendants || Jaunted
This is good advice. One of the most important things to do before getting on a flight is to make sure you bath or shower before the flight. Nothing is worse than dirty body and hair smell. It is not necessarily body odor, but that musty smell that comes from not cleaning yourself before being in a crowded public place!
How to Look Good After a Long-Haul Flight: 8 Beauty Tips from Flight Attendants || Jaunted
How to Look Good After a Long-Haul Flight: 8 Beauty Tips from Flight Attendants || Jaunted
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Airline hiring back "overweight" Flight Attendants
Airline Hiring Back 'Overweight' Flight Attendants
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Posted Dec 2nd 2010 12:50 PMTEXT SIZE:
AAA21 CommentsPrint this page|EmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on DiggShare on LifestreamCash-strapped Air India is trying to hire back flight attendants the airline fired last year saying the women were overweight.
Experiencing a major shortage of cabin crew, the carrier has approached nine of the 10 women with offers, according to news reports.
"About three of them have indicated that they would be willing to come back," a spokesman says.
But the women will be required to stay slim enough to meet the carrier's strict staff weight requirements – based on height and age – if they want their old jobs back.
"We are not relaxing our standards," the spokesman says.
At the time of the firings, the carrier said the crew members were significantly overweight and had been given time to slim down.
In August, Turkish Airlines likewise said it was giving 28 flight attendants six months off to lose weight or face reassignment. The group placed on unpaid leave included 13 women and five men.
Some of the fired Indian flight attendants have tried unsuccessfully in the country's courts to have Air India's policy changed.
Meanwhile, an Indian newspaper reports Air India may run out of cash and be unable to pay its staff after March, unless it gets a government bailout.
by Fran Golden Subscribe to Fran Golden's posts
Posted Dec 2nd 2010 12:50 PMTEXT SIZE:
AAA21 CommentsPrint this page|EmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on DiggShare on LifestreamCash-strapped Air India is trying to hire back flight attendants the airline fired last year saying the women were overweight.
Experiencing a major shortage of cabin crew, the carrier has approached nine of the 10 women with offers, according to news reports.
"About three of them have indicated that they would be willing to come back," a spokesman says.
But the women will be required to stay slim enough to meet the carrier's strict staff weight requirements – based on height and age – if they want their old jobs back.
"We are not relaxing our standards," the spokesman says.
At the time of the firings, the carrier said the crew members were significantly overweight and had been given time to slim down.
In August, Turkish Airlines likewise said it was giving 28 flight attendants six months off to lose weight or face reassignment. The group placed on unpaid leave included 13 women and five men.
Some of the fired Indian flight attendants have tried unsuccessfully in the country's courts to have Air India's policy changed.
Meanwhile, an Indian newspaper reports Air India may run out of cash and be unable to pay its staff after March, unless it gets a government bailout.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
New Job for Steven Slater
New job for former JetBlue flight attendant
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By Brian Alexander – Mon Nov 15, 6:53 pm ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Steven Slater will put his vast experience of memorable air flights to use after signing a deal to judge travelers' 'craziest' stories.
The former JetBlue flight attendant will represent the "Mile High Text Club" contest which invites travelers to text in their most outrageous stories.
The deal is with the company behind a mobile communication application, Line2, which allows inflight texting on Wi-Fi equipped planes.
Peter Sisson, CEO of Toktumi, the company behind the application, called Slater "a perfect judge for a contest concerning the current state of air travel.
"After talking with Steven, I realized that despite his dramatic approach - which he regrets - he was making a statement about the need to return civility and common courtesy to flying."
The "Mile High Text Club" pushes the cause of communicating via text on a flight so other passengers are not disturbed by loud voice calls.
Slater made national headlines in August after he made a dramatic emergency slide exit from a JetBlue plane after an altercation with a passenger over luggage.
(Editing by Zorianna Kit)
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By Brian Alexander – Mon Nov 15, 6:53 pm ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Steven Slater will put his vast experience of memorable air flights to use after signing a deal to judge travelers' 'craziest' stories.
The former JetBlue flight attendant will represent the "Mile High Text Club" contest which invites travelers to text in their most outrageous stories.
The deal is with the company behind a mobile communication application, Line2, which allows inflight texting on Wi-Fi equipped planes.
Peter Sisson, CEO of Toktumi, the company behind the application, called Slater "a perfect judge for a contest concerning the current state of air travel.
"After talking with Steven, I realized that despite his dramatic approach - which he regrets - he was making a statement about the need to return civility and common courtesy to flying."
The "Mile High Text Club" pushes the cause of communicating via text on a flight so other passengers are not disturbed by loud voice calls.
Slater made national headlines in August after he made a dramatic emergency slide exit from a JetBlue plane after an altercation with a passenger over luggage.
(Editing by Zorianna Kit)
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Delta Airlines
Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s largest carrier, said it will recall furloughed attendants and hire an undetermined number of new workers as it adds flights.
The airline expects to begin training the attendants in January and have them flying by mid-2011, Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson told employees in a recorded message today. He didn’t say how many flight attendant jobs will be filled at the Atlanta-based carrier.
Delta is adding international flights as the economy recovers and businesses resume travel. The airline said Aug. 4 that its passenger traffic across the Pacific Ocean rose 6.2 percent this year through July, while Latin American traffic increased 3.4 percent.
“We need lots of folks with language skills, given the extensive nature of our international network and the need to be able to communicate with passengers in their own language,” Anderson said.
Airline labor agreements generally require furloughed employees be given a chance to return before new workers are hired.
The carrier is adding flights between London and its hubs at Detroit and Atlanta starting Oct. 31, and is expanding facilities at New York’s Kennedy airport for international routes.
Delta last month said it would fill 1,000 jobs at its 25 biggest U.S. airports to help with planes flying at near-record capacity and cope with weather disruptions. Delta, with about 81,000 workers, has also announced plans to hire 240 pilots.
To contact the reporter on this story: Mary Schlangenstein in Dallas at maryc.s@bloomberg.net.
The airline expects to begin training the attendants in January and have them flying by mid-2011, Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson told employees in a recorded message today. He didn’t say how many flight attendant jobs will be filled at the Atlanta-based carrier.
Delta is adding international flights as the economy recovers and businesses resume travel. The airline said Aug. 4 that its passenger traffic across the Pacific Ocean rose 6.2 percent this year through July, while Latin American traffic increased 3.4 percent.
“We need lots of folks with language skills, given the extensive nature of our international network and the need to be able to communicate with passengers in their own language,” Anderson said.
Airline labor agreements generally require furloughed employees be given a chance to return before new workers are hired.
The carrier is adding flights between London and its hubs at Detroit and Atlanta starting Oct. 31, and is expanding facilities at New York’s Kennedy airport for international routes.
Delta last month said it would fill 1,000 jobs at its 25 biggest U.S. airports to help with planes flying at near-record capacity and cope with weather disruptions. Delta, with about 81,000 workers, has also announced plans to hire 240 pilots.
To contact the reporter on this story: Mary Schlangenstein in Dallas at maryc.s@bloomberg.net.
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