r/flightattendants

I feel like I’ve been getting randomed allll the time recently. My question is how random is it really? I’ve seen whole crews get randomed. I don’t understand it at all.

Edit: I just got randomed again 😶

I have emailed. I have opted in. I have asked every TSA agent. Same thing every time “you’re not in the system.” It’s recognized me… twice? In however many months it’s been active. And every time I hold up my crew when the officer has to log back into KCM and THEN I get randomed. Is anyone still having problems with this?? It’s getting really frustrating esp when we have early vans anyways, and I tell my crew I need extra time and we have to leave earlier. I try not to make it their problem but it’s so irksome, especially when my airline nor TSA knows what’s causing it 🤦‍♀️ just lost in the void.

Hello flight attendants! I am a grown ass man who has taken probably a couple of hundred flights in my life. For the last 10 years, I have been struggling with flight anxiety. Sometimes medication helps, sometimes it doesn’t. I have an early morning four hour flight tomorrow. My anxiety is definitely worse than usual. I have been getting so much better, but the incident with flydubai is messing with my head. I want to say that I do understand my fear is irrational, but OCD doesn’t always care about things being rational. Here’s my question. Well, I actually have two questions. I’ve seen a lot of people take comfort in just mentioning their fear to the flight attendant. Are you guys OK with that? Here’s my second question: if I do something like that are you going to move me out of the exit row? One thing that seems to really help is plenty of legroom so that’s why I usually upgrade to an exit row.

I hope this question is loud and thank you very much for anyone who takes the time to read it and answer me.

Edit: I’m going to leave this up in case anyone else can benefit from the answers. I didn’t say anything. My headspace was better than expected. By chance, I was seated next to a lovely pilot and had a great chat with her. Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond!

Is anyone else tired that all of the major US carriers uniforms are all roughly the same colors? I miss the days when flight attendant had colorful and fashionable uniforms. Not only that, but the materials need to be so comfortable with breatheability, softness, and stretch. Also, I've noticed that some airlines have a cape option for their female flight attendants, but I would love to see a male cape as well. Really, honestly, don't get me started on the lack of options for male cabin crew. But that's another rant for a different time.

Any actual non-scam (and accepted) website to get fmla? No I can’t use my PCP as I don’t have health insurance.

Just looking for ideas on how you spend scheduled or unscheduled long layovers. For example we had a schedule change due to weather and they added 10hrs to the layover. I went to the gym, ate, watched movies but still had 5hrs to go. If it’s a good day outside, I’d walk around, get some air and steps but this time around I couldn’t get out of the hotel. I’ve also been to a hotel where there’s nothing much close by.

It’s happening more often in the last couple of months when grown people (not old, or disabled) ask me to lift up their bags. Sometimes my face says it all, but im wondering what are you guys saying to passengers in this situation?

The seniority culture at the globe is becoming so annoying . I
Don’t care if you been here 3 months or 30 year we are all just a number to the company anyway so to degrade or try to use your seniority to go on a power trip is ridiculous. Not to mention holding int trips because you feel nobody else is deserving of it . Maybe I need a break and I’m thinking in to deep .

As things stand United operates hubbed crew domiciles at: GUM, HNL, SFO, LAX, DEN, IAH, ORD, IAD & EWR.

Additionally there are other non-hub and satellite domiciles of SAN, PHX, LAS, AUS, TPA, FLL, & MCO, BOS & CLE.

Internationally, there is the lone LHR domicile still holding on.

Many moons ago, when I worked at United there were several more crew domiciles overseas: FRA, NRT, and HKG.

I am curious of the other United crew domiciles lost to time. Shortly before I worked there CDG had just been closed.

Right after 9/11 I know that Chile's SCL was a small domicile that closed, and I understand MIA was once a domicile as well.

What were the others? Did Auckland ever have one? How was the RTW service handled back in the 80s and 90s?

Thanks.

Hello! I recently became a flight attendant, but unfortunately, my airline doesn’t offer great travel benefits. I can fly non-rev for free, but my airline has limited routes and doesn’t fly internationally.
I recently found out that a lot of flight attendants use non-rev travel to commute on other airlines so they can fly for free. However, I’m scared of getting caught and risking my dream job. Is this common? Do airlines track this, and have people actually gotten in trouble for doing it? I’d love to hear your experiences!

Flight attendants: Has anyone non-revved to China using the 240-hour (10-day) visa-free transit?
Possible route:
LAX → Hong Kong → Beijing (maybe Shanghai) → Tokyo or Seoul → any USA hub
A few quick questions:
Would this route qualify for the 240-hour transit?
If I fly Hong Kong → China → Hong Kong → LAX, does that not qualify because Hong Kong is both before and after China?
For the flight from China to Tokyo or Seoul, do I need a confirmed seat? Has anyone used a ZED/non-rev listing?
Has anyone gotten a Chinese tourist visa in under 10 days? How long did it take?
Please share firsthand experience if you’ve done this. Thank you!

Our service for domestic dinner is :

- hot towels
- drinks and nuts
- meals (+ refills)
- deliver bread every two rows

The bread basket drives people mad? Is it really criminal of me to do the bread basket that the company asks us to do? If there’s more than one choice, I prefer to let the customer pick their bread (if they even want it).

Does this really upset my fellow coworkers to an extent that I should stop? 💀

I’m not sure if this is the right sub for this question, so please redirect me if needed.

I fly on at least two regional flights each week. Typically these are small planes that only require one flight attendant. Recently, the FA was in the middle of beverage service when we encountered some rather intense, but brief turbulence. The FA struggled to control the beverage cart, a passenger who was making their way to the lavatory lost their balance and nearly fell, many people spilled beverages, etc. My question is, if something like this were to happen and the flight attendant was seriously injured, how can the passengers alert the pilot?

Taking an LAX to LHR overnight flight and plan to sleep with my CPAP.
I’ve talked with travel accessibility folks at the airline and they added it to my account that I’ll be bringing it with a battery.
Do flight attendants like a quick heads-up/checkin before we use it in-flight?
Just to show them I’m not plugging it into the plane outlet, have a battery, humidity/climate control off?
I for sure don’t want to annoy an FA if they see it and no one told them. (Even if noted in passenger notes)
Thanks so much! :)

Do you guys ever find it interesting when pilots, aka the highest-paid people on the crew, don’t tip at all and somehow become allergic to helping with their heavy luggage works bags?

I’ve been seeing it a lot lately, and honestly… it’s becoming a little fascinating. Like, you can’t tip or load or unload your bags?

Fellow flight attendants, how many different country currency bills will you keep at home ? and how much foreign currency bills will you keep at home for convenience for long haul flights?

Hello new UA FA here! I’ve noticed that some of the intl trips from reserve time don’t get assigned during 19:30. How does that work? Are they assigned to ready reserves? And if yes how soon before the trip are they assigned? If anyone has info i’d appreciate! Thanks :)

Female FAs: this may be a common question and it may be an eyeroll question, but genuine male here asking.

Whenever I fly and am out of the workplace I'm more open to meeting someone as a single guy who shares my same profession/industry. I know you guys are on the job/clock, so curious as if you're just in work mode solely or open to meeting and getting to know a pax?

An FA on AS showed me her phone on what they see for non-revs so it was cool to see my name and seat as she let me move and have my own row on a flight.

Recently on a DL instant attraction on my part when she gave me my coffee and asked if I wanted more snacks to which I made a joke and got a smile out of her.

Ultimately though I can be confident, but at the same time not going to go around asking FAs out or if they want to keep in touch. So I just keep it to myself knowing I most likely won't see them again and take it for what it is.

But to female FAs, or heck even male FAs, are you open to dating pax, meeting one for a drink or date or have had that experience?

I'm also not talking about the trope about getting it on later that night, I mean genuine connection and getting to know someone to make that clear.

I know this is kind of niche but I was curious if there are any FAs out there that have a speech/voice disorder? I’m currently out on leave due to this because it was something that I was diagnosed with after an unrelated surgery. I was perfectly fine before surgery and when I woke up my speech was distorted. This was 6 mo ago in April. I’ve exhausted my STD leave and don’t foreshadow getting approved for LTD since I’m physically capable to work.

Has anyone found success in still working the job despite the speech/voice disorder? Requesting accommodation from my company would mean I would have to leave Inflight and apply to another department with no guarantee of being hired despite being internal.