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Filed under: Business, Airlines, NewsKevin Smith, a director and actor who played roles such as Silent Bob in Clerks is not a happy man. Late for his Virgin America flight out of New York earlier today he arrived at the gate only ten minutes prior to departure and was greeted by a closed door and a stern gate agent – neither of which were going to let him get on the aircraft. Despite his first class ticket, his calm reasoning and his wife’s medication onboard in a checked bag, the gate agent… Read more

Filed under: North America, United States, AirlinesDelta’s looking for 1,000 flight attendants, some of whom will be furloughed workers recalled for international assignments. Some will be new hires. But, it’s going to take some time get them in the door: they’ll be working the aisles by the middle of 2011. In particular, the airline is looking for flight attendants fluent in Japanese and Mandarin, which narrows the field a bit. Delta already has 20,000 flight attendant, and they are… Read more

Filed under: Airlines, Internet Tools Look, you don’t need to be a total aviation nut to enjoy the thrill of live flight tracking. But a new mashup of Google Earth and Flightwise data may be the ultimate in aviation geekery. The combination results in a live map overlay of every single tracked flight in the country – and the best part is that you can zoom in on any flight, and pull up its information, flight path, delay information and more. Using the tool is simple – head on over to the… Read more

Filed under: North America, United States, Airlines, Airports Steven Slater has almost always been the top dog. As Skyliner747, he posted on aviation message board Airliners.net on January 18, 2008: “I have been flying for 11 years, 90 percent of which has been in the lead position where I have encountered every kind of boarding challenge imaginable.” So, here’s a seasoned flight attendant who’s accustomed to being in control and has seen everything that could possibly be thrown at him? Yet,… Read more

Filed under: North America, United States, Airlines, Airports The above video comes from NBC New York, which claims the exclusive on it. Seventeen seconds in, you can see the emergency slide pop out from the right side of the plane (which is actually on your left). It happens in the center of the screen, but you need to look carefully, because the view is partially obstructed. The slide pops out toward the front of the plane. At 26 seconds, you can see disgruntled flight attendant Steven Slater… Read more

Filed under: Airlines, Galley GossipWhen dealing with unruly passengers, flight attendants are taught a few different techniques to diffuse a situation, one of which is to separate yourself from the passenger and let another coworker step in and try to handle it. A new face is new energy. This alone can calm passengers down. While most flight attendants will simply escape to the galley, one flight attendant actually opened an emergency door, popped the slide, grabbed two beers, and slid down… Read more

Filed under: Activism, Arts and Culture, History, North America, United States, Internet ToolsOn 9/11, 40 people died on board United Flight 93 when the plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. We don’t know exactly what happened during the plane’s final minutes, but we do know that a number of the passengers worked together to prevent hijackers from taking over the aircraft and crashing it into another building, saving who knows how many lives at the expense of their own. Now, that… Read more