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Passenger Stories

Struck By A Sharp Elbow

January 19, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was on a long distance flight. I deliberately picked a window seat in the first row in economy. I knew I’d have more room there to stretch my legs, and there would be no one in front of me to lower there seat onto my knees. After I took my seat, an woman in [...]

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Secret Service Agent Man

January 18, 2010 Passenger Stories

Many years ago I was on a flight from Miami to Washington, D.C. My seatmate was an attractive man who proceeded to talk to me. In chatting, he said: “You probably can’t guess what I do.” I could not. It turns out he was a Secret Service agent. He was on the flight to guard [...]

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Maniac On Board

January 16, 2010 Passenger Stories

On a flight from Las Vegas to Oakland my husband and I were seated in a row of 3 seats and the middle seat was vacant, and I believe the only vacant seat on the plane. About 1/2 and hour out of Vegas we heard yelling, screaming, cursing and the sound of a crying baby [...]

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The Screamer

January 14, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was flying from JFK to Barcelona, Spain two summers ago. I was traveling with a group of about 30, and of course I was the only one who wasn’t seated near ANYONE from the group.
After taking off on the long flight across the ocean, the woman next to me finally says something to me:  [...]

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Beer Brawl

January 11, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was on a flight from Copenhagen to Bangkok, with the flight going on to Singapore. There were 3 Germans on the flight who started drinking the moment the plane departed, and didn’t stop. No problem there, but they were sitting apart, and wanted to talk to each other. As they drank, they got more [...]

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The Case Of The Creepy Seatmate

January 10, 2010 Passenger Stories

[Mature content]
Not too long ago I was traveling home off-duty from my job as a flight attendant from Atlanta, Georgia to Cleveland, Ohio after visiting with my fiance. This was the last flight of the night and being that I was exhausted after a busy trip; I was just looking to relax and sleep on [...]

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Butt Grabber

December 27, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was returning to Portland from reserve duty in Guam in January 2004. Another man from my unit went with me and we ended up seated next to each other on the way over and most of the way back. At least we didn’t have to sit next to complete strangers. On the Honolulu to [...]

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Mom Moans In Terror

December 21, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was flying back to Tampa from Miami and ended up across the aisle from a family (Dad, Mom, 2 kids). I knew we were in trouble when the Mom began moaning in terror before we even took off.
Apparently she was deathly afraid of flying but would not take a tranquilizer and had to get [...]

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Pain In The Ass Passenger

December 20, 2009 Passenger Stories

I think this fits under the “Weird People” Category although Creepy and Scary are probably a better fit than Weird.
So when I was 17 I flew down to Venezuela by myself to visit my cousins. About 30 minutes before my plane left Atlanta a man in his forties walks by me and says something in [...]

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An Admitted Passenger From Hell

December 13, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was the passenger from hell. I was flying from Texas to MD with my 2 month old son. I knew I did not fly well and had asked the doctor what I could take as I was nursing. He said it was quick flight and I would be fine. WRONG!!
I had to take a [...]

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