Flights From Hell flies you into the crazy skies with stories about the adventures and anxieties of airplane travel.

Commercial airline travel takes us far, far out of our comfort zone. We're herded into cylinders that zip hundreds of miles per hour at 30,000 feet, subjected to security screenings, confronted with delays and lost luggage, rushed to catch connecting flights, constrained to small seats, scrunched up with strangers, and surrounded by pathogens. Is it any wonder we end up becoming a bundle of raw nerves by journey's end?

Airport Escalator And Upside Down Lady

May 7, 2009 Airport Stories

Much of the adventures of flying usually begin before you are anywhere near the plane. I was traveling from Philadelphia to Seattle. It was relatively slow in the airport. I checked in at the kiosk and proceeded to “up” escalator on the way to security. As I approached the escalator there was an elderly Hispanic […]

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Survived A War – Injured Coming Home

May 7, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

My flight from Hell was kind of a series of adventures. I was returning from active duty in Iraq with my unit, returning home. We had to wait in a hooch tent for hours (the smart ones got some sleep in) then we were herded like cattle to our plane. Unlike previous flights, I got […]

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Tormented By A Lamb Chop Puppet

May 7, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

I was traveling with my wife on our honeymoon. This was to be two weeks in Greece and would require a flight from Charlotte NC to Philadelphia then over seas connection etc. I had booked first class seats throughout the trip, and had packed a carry on for a change of clothes for our arrival […]

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Attempting To Get Airborne In Antarctica

May 7, 2009 Odds & Ends Stories

Having done quite a bit of traveling to date, I’ve experienced a number of oopsies, some the airline’s fault, some a passenger’s fault and some simply an act of God. These include getting hit up for a bribe by airport staff in Belem, Brazil in 1989, taking two days to get from Orlando, FL to […]

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The FA Salesperson

May 5, 2009 Attendant & Pilot Stories

I flew on US Airways to Costa Rica. I regularly fly down to Costa Rica, usually on Delta. I hadn’t flown US Airways in awhile, but the tickets were cheaper. Never Again. NEVER. Shortly after we took off, a man in the aisle next to me ignored the rules prohibiting electronics–that is, he turned on […]

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“Too Bad” For Too Tall

May 5, 2009 Seat Stories

“TOO BAD” FOR TOO TALL I flew Continental from Indianapolis, IN to Manchester England for spring break. I am a tall man, 6’5″ and simply sitting in the seat is a crunch with my long legs. Not only did the passenger in front of me lean his seat back all the way, he would constantly […]

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Reclining Seat Defensive Move

May 5, 2009 Seat Stories

My biggest issue of flying on these airlines. I hate nothing more then having my tray table out, working on my computer and the 400 hundred pound bald guy reclines his seat. Now you would think this rude over weight guy would slowly recline his seat but no! He uses all of his 400 pounds […]

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Air Freshener? I Think Not

May 4, 2009 Odor Stories

Last September my husband and I were traveling from Orlando to Omaha. We prefer direct flights, but we got a good deal on a different airline that required a layover in Atlanta. I was already upset about this b/c I despise the Atlanta airport, but whatever, no biggie. We fly to Atlanta on a normal […]

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Praying For Relief From Passenger’s B.O.

May 4, 2009 Odor Stories

Inside the terminal of the Manchester, NH airport, I waited patiently amongst the crowd and watched as the first throng of passengers boarded our flight to LAX. As the last few passengers of that group were boarding, the call for the second group had sounded over the intercom. The second group, myself along with them, […]

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Deer On The Runway

May 4, 2009 Animal Stories

When I would go visit my family in Arkansas, I sometimes flew little puddle jumpers to either Texarkana, El Dorado or Camden. The first time I fly to El Dorado, it was quite the experience. The lady sitting across the aisle from me was from Mexico and didn’t speak a word of English. It was […]

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Offensive Farts Cause Outcry

May 4, 2009 Odor Stories

On a flight from Santo Domingo to Miami, my wife and three children are seated in two rows in the middle of the plane while I am seated a few rows behind them. About fifteen minutes after take off, a horrible fart odor fills the air around my wife and kids. My wife, not being […]

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Hubby Announces Wife Stinks

May 4, 2009 Odor Stories

So my husband and I booked our first overseas flight, I didn’t know what to expect, I am a fairly new flyer. So we ended up on a Jumbo Jet to Amsterdam and we were sitting in the middle three rows of the plane. We get settled into our seats and this guy comes to […]

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