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Tag: Flight attendant

On a Recent Delta Flight

By Hilary TopperIn Business, TravelPosted February 29, 2024
airplane window

Upon returning home from the Boston Run Show, where I had been a presenter, I was upgraded to First Class for my flight back to New York. At least five people were in line for the restroom as the doors closed. This led us to sit at the gate, waiting...

Tags: Delta, Flight attendant, strange things
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Delta Had Passenger Who Wouldn’t Help…

By Hilary TopperIn TravelPosted January 29, 2014
airplane

On a recent Delta flight from New York, JFK to San Juan, Puerto Rico, my family and I sat in the exit row.  There were two rows of exit rows on the plane.  An older couple sat in front of us.  Their grown children and grandchildren sat in the row...

Tags: Delta, Delta Air Line, Exit row, Flight attendant, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, puerto rico
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Surprise You’re in First Class?

By Hilary TopperIn TravelPosted May 2, 2012

I was on a recent Delta flight and got to the gate later than I wanted. I was one of the last people on the plane.  When I handed over my ticket to be scanned by the agent, I was told that my seat was given away but that I...

Tags: American Airlines, Business, Business class, Flight attendant, London, Passenger, Plane, Transportation
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Are We So Conditioned Like Pavlov’s Dog?

By Hilary TopperIn My ThoughtsPosted January 23, 2012

Things happen, we respond.  That’s a fact of life.  But we all seem to have a little piece of Pavlov’s dog in us, as soon as we step foot on a plane. The two bells in the beginning of the flight means the front door is closed and locked.  Then,...

Tags: Cape Town, Captain Kangaroo, Flight attendant, Ivan Pavlov, Johannesburg, Pavlov, Seat belt, United States
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Impressive Airline… AlItalia

By Hilary TopperIn My ThoughtsPosted May 13, 2011

On a recent flight back from Milan to New York, I was a passenger on AlItalia. I had never been on this airline before. When I traveled from New York to Milan, I flew Delta. (Since I have a Delta American Express Card and accumulate mileage every time I charge,...

Tags: Alitalia, American Airlines, Bathroom, Delta Air Lines, Flight attendant, Milan, New York, Tuscany
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Did I Just Go On An Airplane?

By Hilary TopperIn TravelPosted February 13, 2011
airport

Airports bring out the worst in people.  No one has patience. Everyone is in a big hurry to get somewhere.  And no one packs right. I got to the airport early this day. I showed my boarding pass to the security guard and she told me to get another boarding...

Tags: Boarding pass, Flight attendant, Mickey Mouse, Nyquil, Plane (geometry), Television, Window seat
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