the glamorous life of a flight attendant

[aaronrodgers77]

Nice video. What airline do you fly for and international or domestic and just curious why are you learning Hebrew?

[superberkmar]

that's why we kept the big water for? dinner? lol

[jullynick]

Hello! okay? that your video was very good!



[rubberduckytoes]

@fablehottie you can... but on a 9 hr layover you usually don't cause you are too tired.

[Broadcasting1996]

Are you fluent in spanish?

[rubberduckytoes]

@Broadcasting1996 yup!

[080730U]

I'm curious, I have heard slot of people say that the dry cabin air will make your skin bad-in the long run,as a FA. Is that true? How do you prevent it??

[rubberduckytoes]

@080730U I think it really just depends on the individual. I've seen some girls who have been flying for 50 years that have amazing skin. My skin is never dry... only my hands from the terrible soap being that I constantly wash my hands during a flight. They do sell products at Mac to mist on your face and neck to rejuvinate your make up and moisten your skin. Kinda awesome. For my cracking hands I use Bag Balm... totally extreme but I LOVE it.

[sistermariedawn]

Is it too risky to take a sleeping pill? I start training in a couple of weeks, and i have to say...i'm a girl who likes her sleep, and I'm gonna want at least 6 of those 9 hours to pass out! lol

[rubberduckytoes]

@sistermariedawn i do take stuff sometimes to sleep. it does help!

[jadben]

Nice !!! thank you for sharing .. i'm curently in training, not easy i have to say ...

[virginbluegirl93]

Which airline do you fly for? I am looking at applying for Virgin Blue (Australia) at the end of the year. Any hints on what airlines look for? :)

[virginbluegirl93]

Which airline do you fly for? I am looking at applying for Virgin Blue (Australia) at the end of the year. Any hints on what airlines look for? :)

[TheDelzot86]

boring!!!!

[scubawrestler]

And this is one of the GOOD layovers~

[wizzair1313]

you work for ted airlines?

[emirates772]

What airline?

[skyboi8605]

@emirates772 looks like Delta

[AngstAngel1989]

I love the sarcasm it's hysterical

[AngstAngel1989]

too funny =D

[punchea]

Hi...I have a question. As a flight attendant. Do you have your own home or appartment from your airlines bases? What is your living like?

[rubberduckytoes]

@punchea i live in NY but a lot of people commute. I live w 2 of my best friends who also fly with me. It's amazing!

[punchea]

Im so in love with you...you have facebook?

[rubberduckytoes]

@punchea yup

[punchea]

@rubberduckytoes here is my face book email.. landisadam@yahoo.com

[knucklepunt]

@simonborn

ah yes. the inevitable flight attendants are stupid comment. any facts to back that up? i've been flying 15 years and have yet to meet a "dumb" flight attendant. in fact, as a result of such a flexible and varied schedule many flight attendants go to school and are able to explore any number of other interests while still flying a full schedule. that sounds pretty smart to me.

nice vid, rubberduckytoes. i especially like the cool soundtrack (:-)

[rubberduckytoes]

@knucklepunt you are so right! I've met flight attendants who are lawyers, doctors, judges, etc. Its the best job ever!

[simonborn]

@knucklepunt I never said she was dumb. I said she was too smart because it does seem to me that a job as a flight attendant seems by far not versatile enough to an obviously versatile person as she is. How about you putting stereotypes in other people's mouth? Moron.

[xomileyfan1xo]

wow i would not last a day in the life of a flight attendant i stay up until 3 am and wake up at about 1 pm

[rubberduckytoes]

@xomileyfan1xo hahaha i'm a sleeper too, i completely understand. Now I just sleep for 14 in one day and then 3 hours one day, 7 another. It's random but it all adds up

[JayPattersonTV]

what airline do you work for? I don't recognize the uniform.

[simonborn]

you're too smart to be a flight attendant - or to put it better - too widely interested - if you wouldn't be, you'd probably just drop all the things you say you have to do and rather get some sleep. look for another job - or drop all but the yoga!

[rubberduckytoes]

@simonborn This is only a bit of what I do. I have a million hobbies! What's dumb about being a flight attendant? I get paid to fly everywhere, meet cool people and I can still do all the things I like and me and my parents and boyfriend fly for FREE!

[lej234]

u r kool!!! I like dis video and i still wanna b a plot wen i grow up, :)

[rubberduckytoes]

@FastandFurious22 they might be the jessica simpson ones... i have her heals and the flats for onboard shoes. so cute!

[juniordaddy1]

Thats a nice video ( me puede llamar a despertar a las 5 de la manana) jaja I have a cuestion? what you need to become a fligth attendant? and wat you need to know? pleasee answer me back TANKS

[rubberduckytoes]

@juniordaddy1 lots of customer service skills and a language is always a plus! good luck!

[simvisiado]

whats the name of the song thatis playing at 1:32

[rubberduckytoes]

@simvisiado "Too Tired" by Devotchka

[FerdinandDreizk]

well if u want [i want] to meet me my father and me could go for u to the mexico city airport well i hope u speak spanish so good, jaja but don't matter with the english is ok. i give u my mail, u can add me to facebook if u want.

, well good luck and have a wonderful fly!! :D luisfer_ze @ hotmail . com

[FerdinandDreizk]

Oh sorry and how are your family?? sorry i forget that you also live in Chile, no?

well jaja i watch too the video "18" to chile, jaja "la gente me dice -oh tan bueno tu español-" ok well i hope you and your family is fine. bye bye

[juanma1617]

ur fuckin nuts bitch!!!! spanish tv is much better then this crap, u should better get fucked during ur 9 hours layover so u wont b makin this cheap crap!!!!! n btw ur mexican cheap accent is disgusting!!!

[rubberduckytoes]

@juanma1617 haha well I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. :) ps. I'm not mexican... guess again.

[dadamndee]

I like that you are learning Hebrew. How come? Do you have any Jewish background?

[rubberduckytoes]

@dadamndee I don't think that I do... I just really enjoy the challenge... very cool language!

[sweetreview]

that's going to be my life pretty soon. great vid!

[Locker10a]

Coo; u gunna b a flight attendant?

[MrAirbus75]

Lol nice vid ;)

[planes100]

how true when i was domestic it had this problem , now that i work international i dont have this problem im based in melbourne australia cool video . only when i fly to hong kong and thailand do have this problem , but we get to stay a little longer. go qantas. japan is the same as well . i love the american flights and germany. more time to myself .

[captnmac14]

Wow cool are the pilots fun to be around with

[FerdinandDreizk]

please. contac me, really i want to be like u, it's one of my dreams, plaese answer me, i'll thank u, please julie answer and contac me, or tell me anything. Please i dont know another person that be flight attendat please! well i hope ur answer.

sincerelly. fernando corchado, mexico city,

[FerdinandDreizk]

my e-mail: luisfer_ze @ hotmail . com

thakz please i'll thank u

[rubberduckytoes]

que quieres saber?

[FerdinandDreizk]

bueno gracias por contestar. ¿cuantos idiomas tienes que hablar para trabajar en una aerolinea internacional?, ¿que estudios son necesarios? ¿tu que estudiaste? ¿me recomiendas ser sobrecargo?

[FerdinandDreizk]

well thanks for answering. How many languages you have to talk to work in an international airline, and what studies are needed? You did your study? Do you recommend be flight attendant?

[planes100]

we dont need any for qantas. but i speak fluent greek .

[rubberduckytoes]

@FerdinandDreizk you don't have to know any languages but it does help. you go to flight attendant school through the airline once you are hired. I recommend flight attendant to anyone looking for adventure that doesnt like 9-5 jobs at a desk. You will never be bored at this job! :)

[FerdinandDreizk]

@rubberduckytoes Thank you, yes I love this job since I was a child (6 or 7 years) I traveled to Germany, I visited the Fraport :D in Franckfort main :D, cause i have an uncle in Austria, I'll learn german and i want to learn french too, but it's more :S,

Well i went to the Mexico city airport and i saw all the flight attendants, but i didn't see from Delta, i just saw lufthansa, air france, mexicana airlines and aeromexico, i wanna be Mexicana Airlines and after Delta.

hugs & kisses, thanks ;D

[FerdinandDreizk]

if is needed i could go to the airport and see u in there

[simvisiado]

do you speak spanish?

[katheryntenorio]

i want to know how much do they pay :)

[rubberduckytoes]

just enough. :)

[xFSASxxx]

I'm in love with you!

[CherryBlossom099]

What song is this??

[rubberduckytoes]

"One of these days" by SCRATCH TRACK

buy their CD on ITUNES!!!

[captnmac14]

Y dont u do somtin with da pilots

R dey in der hotel room2

[rubberduckytoes]

they have their own rooms. thank goodness. sometimes we go to dinner with them and the whole crew.

[ramsberg98]

Hi, this is Sweden speaking!

I would like to know what music you play in this video, it´s GREAT! Please, can you write it down. Thank´s a lot from Mia.

[rubberduckytoes]

hey sweden! I have to amazing friends from there.

the song is "ONE OF THESE DAYS" by SCRATCH TRACK

[applesweeter]

Dear All,

I have some questions about psychology:

(1) Why do people want to be a flight attendants?

(2) Why do jobs related to aviation considered to be more professional?

(3) Why do we love being in the sky?

(4) How does being a flight attentdent benefit to our personal life?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstorm!!! :)

[FerdinandDreizk]

heLLoooo!!!! :D

how are u????? have a long time that i don't writte in here, well and what's up with u?? i would like to meet u, on the international airport of mexico city, u stay in here, really, u had said this. well ok.

see uu have a wonderful fly! ;D

[SurpriseItzDJBen]

I kind of want to be a Flight Attendant when I'm older.. haha

[adisham1]

Wow! great video! Im actually thinking about becoming a flight attendant, but all that training seems a little... intimidating.. Do you think it is a good career to get into? And is training that harsh??

[JessWyler]

I hate sob stories like this...sure the short layovers stink..but with preferencial bidding, I haven't seen anything under 16 hours in years...and I think I'm as junior as you are..wait a minute..I'm guessing you are on the Panama trip or Carracas..in that case, yeah, that's a rough one.. but the job IS GLAMOUROUS...Nothing can touch it..

[rubberduckytoes]

yea preferential bidding doesnt really exist at my seniority. i get what i get. i didnt even hold spanish this month... and yes this is the panama layover with the penalty lap on the back of it. one of the worst layover... along with caracas, yes. LOL

[planes100]

our job is not glamourous at all . i work for qantas, i am very well looked after and paid well . that is the glamour aspect of my job, not the job itself . its more than hard work . cheers from australia .

[JessWyler]

Sorry planes, at Delta we have always been taken care of, like royalty, from our Airline...and all without a Union. Hope it stays that way w/ the merger of Northwest...as long as we don't vote yes to a union, I can see a happy future....thank you for your hard work...we used to code share w/ ya'll years ago...Quantas has a great rep! Cheers to you too!!

Jess

[Miciqu]

hey!Great vid!

Can you tell me what are physical prepositions for flight attendant?

I think I might be too short for this job

[rubberduckytoes]

I'm 5'3". I wore heals for the interview... but I've met quite a few flight attendants who are shorter. At 5'3" I find it hard to reach all of the overhead bins... specifically on the center aisles of the Boeing 767 when they are full... Other than that... 5'3" is a good height I think. :)

[shuppiedoop]

I was 5'3" when I was hired. Thanks to yoga, I'm almost 5'4" now.  And I just stand on the edge of the seat to close the center bins on the 767 and the 777. People find it amusing. ;-)

[FerdinandDreizk]

great, genial, wonderful!!!!  job

you're an idol for me!!! jaja ;)

okaz!

[shuppiedoop]

I give you a lot of credit. Exercise, dinner and studies? On South America, I walk in the door, strip off the blues, pop out the contacts and fall in the bed. If I'm lucky, someone hot is lurking under it! Ah, who am I kidding? There's no energy left for that. ;-)

[rubberduckytoes]

I try so hard to excercise, eat right and excercise my brain... i don't wanna be a senior mama still flying at 80... i'd like to have some other kind of life and still have my figure. :) sometimes though there just isn't energy and i flop into bed without doing anything. lol

[shuppiedoop]

Oh, I couldn't agree more! I do not want to be flying when my boobs are hangin' to the floor. Ha! I'm shooting for early retirement at 55. I've got another career going and hope it will fill the gap. Trying to keep vital and alive here in Texas!

[rubberduckytoes]

HAHAHAHA that's cool. what do you do on the side? I'm in TX too... what part are you in?

[shuppiedoop]

I live in Austin, fly for AA out of DFW. Flying EZE (double all-nighter) in May and will have those lovely 10 hour layovers. At least the beds are comfy and the hotel's nice. That's about all I'll see. Alas, the trip is worth 21 hrs flying time, so I can't complain.

[rubberduckytoes]

Nice! I'm in San Antonio. I've had EZE on my schedule twice but never been there. I like flying the all nighters to get a long layover. I grew up in Chile though so its kinda a rival to want to go to Argentina. LOL But I'd love to go to at least say I've been.

[shuppiedoop]

Well, hello neighbor! I love EZE, but our layover is so short that I have to give up sleep to go out and see anything. There's a great dentist there that a lot of the flight attendants go to for cosmetic work...or is he in Sao Paulo?? There's a good plastic surgeon in EZE, too, but I'm not ready for that sort of drastic measure. One day...maybe. ;-) We used to have long layovers in Santiago and Sao Paulo, and f/as would actually get work done on their layovers! Crazy!

[rubberduckytoes]

our FAs get all their botox and teeth done in LIMA! I dont think i'd try anything that drastic either but definitely not there. :) I havent done sao paulo but i have done rio and they all have fabulous teeth! :)

[shuppiedoop]

We used to fly to Lima out of DFW. That was a great trip! I loved the markets and used to bid that in November so I could get my Christmas shopping done. I have a fab painting hanging over my bed that I schepped back from Lima. The baggage handlers broke the frame, but it still looks great. Just got back from Frankfurt...nice layover. We stay in Mainz and they have a terrific old town. Everything is in bloom there, now and, even in the rain, it was beautiful! London on Monday...

[rubberduckytoes]

i need to go back to london for sure. i didnt even get to explore. i'm heading to moscow tomorrow. i'm so excited!

[shuppiedoop]

Moscow! Wow! We don't have any routes to Russia. I was watching a program on WWII and the role Russia played...well, the photography on Moscow was gorgeous. (Oh, London was great! Saw Judy Dench in "Madame du Sade"...fab!) Do something fun in Moscow and then write me all about it.

[rubberduckytoes]

MOSCOW was amazing! I just posted the video of it... I am on call today... and guess where they called me?! EZE!!! I'm so excited! I have a 35 hr layover there and my sisters in-laws live there... so I have tour guides. :)

[shuppiedoop]

Okay, where do I find the video. This I gotta see! Great news about going to EZE. Our layovers have shrunk to about 10 hours or less due to delays into EZE...ugh. Doesn't help that I'm flying with a...mmm, shall we say, er, not too motivated, not too friendly purser? I'm the first class galley (doing the cooking, set up...) and working with someone so lazy and pushy is just, well, less than ideal. Fortunately, I only have one more trip with her this month. I'm off to London in June...weee!

[rubberduckytoes]

omg! 10 hours. yuck! moscow video is on my profile... came out a little grainy though

[flyboyste]

Great vid! Done it a thousand times myself (apart from washing my tights) Hanging up my wings after 10 amazing years, Nice uniform, Delta?

[abrakadeborah]

I have done everything you've shown over and over since 1987! Ahhh the GLAMOROUS life we lead! hehehe thx! Great JOB you've done here :)

Deborah

[UAL602]

Where were you on this layover in the video???

[rubberduckytoes]

panama city

[UAL602]

ah!! i knew it was going to be somewhere in Latin America.

[747jannis747]

Its great.I work for British Airways.We get 3 days layover.But sometimes theirs not a single windows in our hotel with a good view!

[robagl]

you don't need a view if you have a 3-day layover...who gives a fuck.....you have 3 days.....get over yourself!!!

[cansal16]

what was ur location again?

cuz u talked in spanish to the receptionist of the hotel...?

[keduardop]

shes works for DELTA?

[Dutchdear]

Haha awesome! Oh Nice uniform :) Delta! Booya! I can't wait to work for them!!!

Have you met Kat Lee? She's fantastic. J/w

Haha, life is oh-so glamorous flying, isn't it?! I especially like the part about "checking to make sure no one's lurkin' under the bed". thanks for the cool vid!

[wala]

posting a shameless plug for Scratch Track (plays when the real Deltalina wakes up :)

[prideandprejudice99]

I have also a job with layovers. But I don't spend my time doing excercises or watching TV - I sleep.

[eileenfitz1965]

9 hour lean-over. LOL

I just retired from DAL after 43 years of flying. I will watch this video whenever I feel nostalgic for a trip.

eileen

[tigerslash12]

How many days off do you receive from your job every week? Anyways, keep up at your job.

[Bigone4]

I love Delta. I am sorry that you don't get a longer layover. Girl I can't wait to work there one day. Have you Meet Kat? She is super! ok Enjoy your layovers!

[614767]

I agree with you %100. I hardly get any sleep on my short layovers either.

[Eric2221]

I love it! You telling it like it is gurl! Same job, different paint here.

[FlightAttendant99]

Awesome video! You work for Delta?