Senior-ish 🌐! My girlfriend is graduating training and I’m thinking of buying her some pieces but I don’t want to double buy her anything cause these shits are pricey. What does the starter kit get?

Also is there anything you wish you had when you first started on the line? Love you 👻

Hello everyone, I hope you're doing okay. I apologize if this question isn't allowed in this subreddit, or if you don't accept questions from passengers in general. Thanks for what you do!

Anyway, yeah, the question is in the title. I have a 10+ hour flight tomorrow (not on a budget airline, if that matters) and I just got a very painful period. I will have meds with me but unfortunately a heating pad or hot water bottle just works the best for me. I assume the heating pad is no go because that seems dangerous, but do you know it's permitted to fill a passengers hot water bottle? I'm flying from the eu.

I only ask because I have limited baggage space, so if it seems like it will be a no go, I'll just find another way to manage. I can also imagine that there may be weird safety regulations around this that I'm not aware of.

Thanks so much💗

I’m looking at flights from FCO to anywhere in the US. For a carrier that doesn’t allow double listing (AA) are you allowed to list for same origin city to different destinations? Or is this also considered double listing? I’m not entirely versed on these non revving rules and would hate to break them! Sincerely, a stew just tryna get home. I’ve looked through the travel planner rules and am having trouble finding the answers. Thanks in advance for any help or guidance.

As KCM is being completely phased out in about two weeks. If you’re getting the “not in the system” “not registered” or “can’t identify” errors and you wear glasses. Take them off before they image scan.

Changed my life 🫶🏾

New hire here and paranoid but planning my first trip flying on standby! Sorry if the question is silly. Just wondering if it's allowed since I know it isn't while deadheading. It would be nice to have one drink when it's complimentary

United 🌐Denver - will it be opening up for FA transfers again soon? Thanks

I have a work trip booked from new jersey to vegas. Haven't flown in 8 years. I've flown about 12 times before. This time the month of anticipatory anxiety and stress I'm debating the train. I've tried reading soar, hypnotherapy, videos. Doesn't seem to be working. I know 50hrs on a train over 5 hours in a plane isn't practical , but can't get my mind over it. I have lorazepam which I've used before. Been even doing home tests runs. I'm feeling like it'll have to be the train unfortunately. I can't miss this work trip

What makes for good, bad, or memorable ground transport for you?

Any memorable moments, whether postive or outright disasterous?

I know a perk of this job is travel discounts, but sometimes the options and recommendations are so vast that it can be hard to know where to start.

basically I am staying a night by LGA and I need a hotel. my main goal is just convenient and affordable lol. any recommendations of where to look for best deal? many thanks ♥️

Posting this on here because I’m not sure where else to find this information. I’m traveling with 🌐, I’m an FA and a friend used a buddy pass to list for Polaris international. Cost was $343 but my buddy didn’t get Polaris however I was charged $343 on the card input it on. I think the base fare for economy was more like $150. How should I go about getting this refunded? Anyone else go through this? Thanks

I’m a flight attendant for an international airline, and I could really use some outside perspective on a schedule I’ve just been given.

In about two weeks, I’m scheduled to operate a flight to New York. The flight itself is around 11 hours. After landing at JFK, we’re supposed to stay at the airport for about 5 hours — no hotel or proper rest period — and then deadhead back home on another roughly 10-hour flight. Please note we don't have a crew rest area and will most probably have to stay in economy/premium economy if we're lucky.

So essentially, I would leave home on Saturday night and only get back on Monday morning, with around 21 hours spent on aircraft plus 5 hours sitting at JFK in between. That doesn’t include reporting time before the outbound flight or getting home after the return.

I checked with our union, and apparently the schedule is legal because I’m deadheading rather than working as operating crew on the return flight.

The problem is that I’m already going through a pretty difficult period mentally and have been feeling quite burned out by the job and the irregular sleep schedule. right now I’m specifically trying to reduce my stress rather than push myself further.

When I saw this roster, my immediate reaction was basically: I am not willing to put myself through this.

It also happens to interfere with my regular therapy appointment and a day off I had specifically requested in advance, which makes the whole thing even more frustrating.

I’ve already been considering leaving the airline and finding something with a more predictable schedule, but I’m not ready to resign right now. I want some time to explore other jobs, look at my finances, and make that decision properly rather than quitting impulsively because of one horrible roster.

So I feel stuck between two things: I don’t want to resign yet, but I also feel very strongly that this particular trip crosses a personal limit for me.

Tldr;

Got a horrible roster with an 11-hour operating flight + 5 hours at a JFK lounge + 10-hour deadhead. How would you handle this? Is this something you would consider a reasonable roster? And how would you set a firm boundary around one assignment without making an impulsive decision to quit the entire job?

Do you have any personal stories where the union ACTUALLY saved you from getting fired? Or help you to not get penalized??? I’m starting to have my doubts on the efficacy of the union.

Please share, if you have first hand accounts.

Just wondering if FAs get any benefits to using their personal hotel loyalty memberships?

Is there a way to get the hotels (mainly Marriott and Hilton) to apply us the night/stay credit so we can accrue higher status that way? Or do we have to contact the hotels?

Is there a higher chance we get the credits if we charge something to the room? Any pointers will help

Hello all -

I am asking those who have experienced passengers with claustrophobia on planes for their tips and advice.

I accepted a position where I will fly more often for work. And that is ok as I have traveled often in the past but my claustrophobia gets to me as soon as the door closes and we are sitting stationary waiting to taxi to the runway.

I always book an aisle seat and have my PCM prescribe me Ativan. Recently on a trip, the plane was a small Embraer 175 and I instantly felt trapped when I sat down and grabbed my backpack and started to walk toward the front to get off but I was able to snap out of it. So I am thinking of taking my anxiety medication 1 hour in advance of boarding and continue to keep my mind distracted with videos, games, etc.

Any advice or tips you have is greatly appreciated.

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.

UPDATE: Taking off my glasses worked! Thrilled it was that simple, and can’t believe I didn’t think of that…. thanks everyone 😅

UPDATE 2: A day later, glasses off (SAME AIRPORT), “user not found.” Another day, another long KCM login and random. I take it all back- CMAP is still sh*t. 😭

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 😶

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

I’ve always wondered did any other airline have FA jump seats that were directly behind passenger seats? Yes these seats were occupied during takeoff and landing and if I wasn’t working FM01 I always tried to get FA08 or FA09 which occupied these seats. On another note was Continental the only airline that had more fwd facing Jumpseats than aft facing Jumpseats on the 777 & 764 fleet compared to other carriers? Our 777s had 14 Jumpseats 8 of which were fwd facing and our 764s had 13 Jumpseats 9 of which were fwd facing. Of course after the merger and fleet modifications jump seats were moved around etc. Side note I wish we kept this blue upholstery on our jump seats instead of the beige colors that are on a good chunk of our fleet now.

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.

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.

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!

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!