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Passenger Stories

Molestation Or Malady?

September 30, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was recently flying back from Rome with my boyfriend, and we had booked our tickets at the last minute so we couldn’t get seats together. It was our own fault and unfortunate, but it wasn’t the end of the world and we didn’t try to change our seats. We boarded the plane and waved to [...]

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Seated Next To A Celebrity Golf Pro

September 29, 2009 Passenger Stories

About 15 years ago, I was taking a trip from SFO to Montreal for a big convention/conference.  My flight connected in ORD.  There was a female co-worker of mine who was also travelling to the same conference (in fact there were 5 or 6 co-workers on the same flight).  She had managed to snag a [...]

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Business Buffoon

September 28, 2009 Passenger Stories

I am a business woman that travels frequently. I was already in my aisle seat on a recent flight from Atlanta to Salt Lake City when a heafty man in a business suit approached my row and said to me, “If you will just scoot over missy I will sit in the aisle.” Now, I [...]

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Pilot Encounters The Antichrist

September 23, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was recently flying the Boston to Orlando route when I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I asked my copilot to take the yoke for a few moments and told him I needed to stretch my legs.
As I walked through the passenger cabin, I noticed a ruddy faced looking [...]

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Beverly Hillbilly Summer

September 15, 2009 Passenger Stories

I am a flight attendant for a major airline. Back in the early 90’s during the Gulf War when no one was flying, the airlines lowered the fares to the point where everyone could fly, even people who usually take the bus. Needless to say, there were a lot of people on board that were [...]

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Mr. Gold Chains

September 13, 2009 Passenger Stories

On my way home from visiting my sister, I was assigned to the dreaded middle seat on a full flight. In the window seat was a man who looked like he was transported from the lizard lounge a la 1970s–open shirt, gold chains, middle-aged. An older woman was already sitting in the aisle seat, so [...]

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MP3 Leads To No ZZZ

September 13, 2009 Passenger Stories

During spring break, I had a direct flight from Philadelphia to Austin that was about 3 hours long. The flight was full so the middle seat next to me had to be filled. My luck – I get the guy that thinks it’s okay to put his mp3 player on full blast so that it’s [...]

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Lap Used To Rest Fetid Feet

September 11, 2009 Passenger Stories

I had boarded a long flight from Israel to the United States. This was one of the large planes with three columns of seats: 2 – 5 – 2. I felt fortunate to have an aisle seat and the young lady next to me seemed nice enough.
Shortly thereafter a young man walked up the aisle [...]

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Hair Flipper Freaks Over Gooey Mess

September 8, 2009 Passenger Stories

On a flight about 5 years ago (when the airlines still served food), I was seated behind a young woman with very long straight blond hair.  I knew it was very long and straight because after she reclined her seat, she flipped her hair over the back of the seat, where it reached down far [...]

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FBI Man

August 27, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was returning from a nonprofit training seminar. I can’t recall the airline I was flying with, but I remember very well the trip.
A man in his mid to late 30s got on the plane. He was a big guy, about 6′3″, wearing a baseball cap that said “FBI” in large fuzzy letters. He looked [...]

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