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    6 Polite Things Passengers Do That Flight Attendants Wish They’d Stop

    by SharonKurheg December 13, 2024
    by SharonKurheg December 13, 2024

    Call me a Pollyanna, but I’ve always held the belief that most adults, deep down inside, are decent people. Granted, some are probably “great” people while others are just “good” …

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    Seven Tips Of How To Be A Good Uber/Lyft Passenger

    by joeheg March 30, 2024
    by joeheg March 30, 2024

    Sharon and I are by no means expert passengers for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, but we’ve been on enough rides where we know what makes us appealing passengers. …

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    Why Do Pilots Say “Souls on Board?” Or Do They?

    by SharonKurheg February 22, 2024
    by SharonKurheg February 22, 2024

    Whenever I’ve boarded a flight and the door to the cockpit is open, I’ve admittedly been nosy and tried to pick up bits of what they’re saying. I never get …

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    He Wouldn’t Switch Plane Seats, Then Got Yelled At For Ignoring Her Kids

    by SharonKurheg November 22, 2022
    by SharonKurheg November 22, 2022

    The internet is chock full of interesting things. Case in point, Reddit. Reddit is an American social news aggregator, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to …

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    FINALLY! FAA’s Report Of Evacuating Modern Plane Cabins

    by SharonKurheg April 7, 2022
    by SharonKurheg April 7, 2022

    Waaaaaaay back in late 2018, Congress passed a law that required the FAA to create minimum seat standards for pitch, width and length for passenger safety, since there were (and, …

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    Southwest Airlines Offering Discounted At-Home COVID Tests

    by SharonKurheg January 10, 2022
    by SharonKurheg January 10, 2022

    The CDC currently requires that “…all air passengers two years of age and over entering the United States (including U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Residents) to present a negative COVID-19 test result taken …

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    Other Passengers Mutiny When Flight Attendants Ask 2 Men To Leave Plane

    by SharonKurheg August 20, 2021
    by SharonKurheg August 20, 2021

    Ever since air travel has started to increase again, the airlines have had a lot of problems with passengers who refuse to listen to flight attendants. In fact, the FAA …

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    Of All The Changes To Flying, This Development Took Me By Surprise

    by joeheg July 22, 2021
    by joeheg July 22, 2021

    Our first flight in 523 days was an uninteresting 2.5 hour trip from Orlando to New York – JFK on a Delta 737-900. It might have seemed like any other …

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    Are Airlines Really Going To Weigh Passengers? FAA Says Probably Not

    by SharonKurheg May 20, 2021
    by SharonKurheg May 20, 2021

    A couple of days ago, several news outlets and travel bloggers began reporting that U.S. airlines might begin weighing passengers before they board flights to ensure planes maintain a safe …

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    Why Air New Zealand Passengers Are Being Weighed Before Boarding

    by SharonKurheg April 15, 2021
    by SharonKurheg April 15, 2021

    Some Air New Zealand passengers were in for an awkward surprise when they were recently told they had to get weighed before boarding their flight. Hilary Barry is a journalist …

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