This weeks Crew Brief is with Megan. I love Megan, she is a twenty something flight attendant, photographer, and world traveler. Check out her blog if you're not familiar with it already, flythefriendlyskies.blogspot.com or follow her on twitter. You'll soon fall in love too! Megan shares her many travels, great friends and her beautiful photography with you. Here is her story, enjoy!The Flying Pinto: What is your story? How long have you been flying? What did you do prior? Megan: I was born ... Read Full Story

I drew the names and our winners are: Brajit said...I do a pretty damn good "Lily The Chinese Flight Attendant" myself: "Big door, heavy door...ooooo, inflatable slide! Me take photo, me take photo." S said......touch trolley, look around, look important, and run back to the galley... Love Love Love Pam Ann!I'm very excited to see you both at the show!! Please send a big a hug and kiss to thank Gailen, The Sky Steward for involving me in this promotion;-) I've had a lot of fun promoting th... Read Full Story

Here is the big give away I have been promising! Thanks to Gailen over at Dearskysteward.com, I have tickets to share with you. Dearskysteward.com is involved in the promotion of the Pam Ann Live tour here in the U.S. and they asked if I would cover Houston! I'm on it, Gailen!! I will be giving four away here, and all you need to do is leave a comment on this post. That's it just leave a comment between now and Wednesday October 14. Thursday October 15 I will draw two lucky winners who will... Read Full Story

The results are in! When I decided to have a contest about "fart stories" one of my first thoughts was, a man needs to judge this contest. Luckily, Steven Frischling a.k.a. Fish agreed to be that man...For years I have wondered what I would learn from watching The Family Guyevery Sunday evening and a few days ago it became clear...watchingThe Family Guy taught me the best way to judge a humourous 'airline fart'competition by a flight attendant. The Family Guy is full of off colourfart jokes... Read Full Story

The Flying Pinto: What is your story? How long have you been flying? What did you do prior?Shelby: I've been a Flight Attendant since March 2001, but I started at my Airline in Jan 1999 as a Ticket Agent. I had applied for Flight Attendant and they "TURNED ME DOWN," LoL. I've always wanted to be a FA, My 1st book report I can recall was on a TWA FA! I thought to myself, now there is a Life! I reapplied for FA in Feb, was scheduled an interview in March,and wouldn't you know the same person w... Read Full Story

June 8, 1993Day 1Back in training, there are some shining stars here with me this time. Here is an actual conversation between a classmate and an instructor:Instructor: "We have a dress code, it is business attire. Suits, skirts, pants are all acceptable. You may not wear T-shirts, flip flops, shorts....Fellow Classmate: "Ummm...excuse me, excuse me!!" (bouncing up and down with hand raised)Instructor: "Yes?"FCM: "I have a pair of shorts that are dressy, can I wear those?"Instructor: "Are the... Read Full Story

My Crew Brief this week is with Christy, you can find Christy and all our travel tweeps over at Twitter;-) Come on over and join the conversation. (Post pic of Christy and her Mom in NYC)The Flying Pinto: What is your story? How long have you been flying? What did you do prior?Christy: I have been a Flight Attendant since Feb 2002. I have a degree in public relations and I had several jobs prior to becoming a flight attendant. I was a 911 Dispatcher for the police department, a Communicatio... Read Full Story

Ever wonder why traveling with babies and/or toddlers is stressful? Ever wonder how it can be a more pleasurable experience? Well, look no further, Travel Mamas is a great resource for traveling with kids and while you are there please take a moment and vote for me! If you follow me on twitter or I have your e-mail you probably already know I entered a contest at Travel Mamas but if you haven't I would love your support. There is only one day left to vote! All you have to do is head over to ... Read Full Story

Flight Attendant, "DON'T" View from the Flight Deck, SFO-IAH (we were racing)Folks this is an ashtray...not a door handle;-)and...A Room with a View Read Full Story

If so, we want to hear your story! We're having another give away. This time we will be giving away "Tummy Tamer's Tea" from Colorado Organics, for the best/funniest story about farting and flying. The catch is it has to be about your gas and you have to be willing to let us print your story. We'll do a before and after. After we send you the tea, we'll want to hear about your next flight and whether or not the tea helped.Send your stories by Tuesday September 22 to theflyingpinto@aol.com sub... Read Full Story