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The turbulence engulfing Delta Airlines Flight 2425 en route to West Palm Beach lasted just two seconds. While the early word from airline officials was that no passengers were hurt and three flight attendants suffered minor injuries on the March 11 flight, it turns out one of the attendants broke her back and has not been able to return to work, according to federal documents and her union. The lead flight attendant was momentarily "suspended midair," grazing the ceiling. A third attendant "was thrown straight up in the air," landed on his tailbone and was held to the floor by...

A guy from San Francisco (who was reportedly high) picked the wrong flight attendant to mess with. Lorin Gorman of Chula Vista is a fourth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. US-Air flight 1447 - was heading to San Francisco from Philadelphia when the man got out of control...

The New York Democrat muttered the word "bitch" after a female flight attendant asked him to turn his cell phone off before takeoff, a House GOP aide who witnessed the incident told the Web site.

SNIPPET: "Theresa L. Penwell is being investigated for a "weapons violation" at Denver International Airport that was reported at about 9:35 a.m. Saturday, according to a Denver police report. Penwell was taken into police custody when two guns were found in her possession at a DIA checkpoint, said Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson. Penwell was interviewed and released pending further investigation."

A San Rafael woman has filed a product liability lawsuit against the Victoria's Secret lingerie chain, claiming the Chinese-made bras and underwear she bought at the Terra Linda store caused her a rash and blisters. Deborah Keck is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for emotional distress, pain and suffering, hospital and medical expenses, permanent scarring and chronic discomfort, according to the lawsuit in Marin Superior Court. Keck also is claiming wage losses because she needed to visit the doctor about 15 times, keeping her from her job as a flight attendant. According to the lawsuit, Keck has shopped at...

  Jessica Mazzone is recovering from operation by Dr. John Boockvar.   Writhing in pain inside a dilapidated hospital in the Dominican Republic, Brooklyn native Jessica Mazzone didn't think she'd ever walk again.  The 28-year-old flight attendant had fallen three stories from a hotel balcony on the eastern tip of the island, snapping her spine and shattering her left leg.  Local doctors insisted they had to operate on her at the hospital. A journey to the U.S. would almost certainly leave her paralyzed, Mazzone was told. Her family feared the worst until a relative suggested they contact a famed surgeon who...

HONOLULU - When Patti Smart was hired as an Aloha Airlines stewardess 50 years ago, it was a different job for a different time. She rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra, performed in-flight fashion shows and danced in smoke-filled aisles aboard cramped DC-3s seating two dozen passengers. Smart, nicknamed the "Queen of Aloha," retires Friday after more than a half-century on the job she started when she was 18 years old. A lot has changed since the old days, when people dressed up in hats and bow ties to fly on propeller-powered planes across the Pacific. "You're supposed to have the...

In 2005, a year after Ellie Grossman, a doctor, met Ray Fisman, a professor, on a blind date, she was talking to her grandmother about her guy. “Never let a man think you’re smarter,” her grandmother advised. “Men don’t like that.” Ray and Ellie “had a good laugh, thinking times had changed,” he recalled. The pair went on to marry — after she proposed. But now, he says, “it seems like the students at Columbia University should pay heed to Grandma Lil’s advice.” Mr. Fisman is a 36-year-old Columbia economics professor who conducted a two-year study, published last year, on...

A flight attendant accused of alcohol intoxication will face a judge August 6th. Twenty six year old Sarah Mills is charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence, terrorist threatening, and alcohol intoxication. An Atlantic Southeast flight scheduled to leave Bluegrass Airport Aug 5 was cancelled because it didn't have enough crew members. Police say Mills was pulled off the plane for being too drunk. Court records say the captain notified the police of Mills and then brought the plane back to the gate.

Hello everyone, I've been away from the forums for a while, but for good reason; I've been training down in Dulles at Independence Air, and I'm proud to say that after five weeks of intense training, I am now one of FlyI's twelve newest flight attendants! It's something I've thought of doing for a while now, and I'm so grateful that the opportunity came up for me. You may love us; you may hate us, but wish me luck, because I'm about to embark on a journey that I won't soon forget. Thanks for reading, NASBWI

A Pension Protest of a Unique NatureSome United Airlines flight attendants are baring more than their souls to protest being stripped of their pensions. Five women, ranging in age from 55 to 64, are posing for a 2006 calendar. Retired flight attendant Connie Baker is the project's creator and one of the volunteer models. She hopes the calendar will raise some money for charity and some awareness about United's pension situation.

MONACO - A former flight attendant from Togo claimed in an interview in a French magazine that Monaco's new ruler, Prince Albert II, is the father of her 20-month-old son. Nicole Coste is quoted in Paris Match as saying she met Albert on a flight in July 1997, leading to a relationship and the birth of a child in August 2003. The interview is illustrated with pictures of the prince holding and feeding a young boy with dark curly hair and eyes. Coste said she went public with the story because "I want Alexandre to grow up normally with a...

(Feb. 24) - Uli Derickson, the Trans World Airlines flight attendant honored for saving passengers' lives in 1985 by both confronting and mollifying terrorist hijackers, died on Friday at her home in Tucson. She was 60. Courage in a Terrifying Moment Ms. Derickson was still working as a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines when she received a diagnosis of cancer in 2003, her son, Matthew Derickson, said in announcing her death. On June 14, 1985, when a pair of Lebanese gunmen commandeered a T.W.A. flight from Athens to Rome, Ms. Derickson took the lead in protecting the 152 passengers...

Until two weeks ago, Ellen Simonetti worked as a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines, doing her best to project the image of a stewardess from a bygone era. "In the past people expected flight attendants to be young and attractive," Ms. Simonetti, a 29-year old blonde, said from her home in Austin, Tex. "Maybe I represent the flight attendants of the past." But it is Ms. Simonetti's very 21st-century activities that she says prompted Delta management to ground her, suspending her from flying in September and then firing her a month later. Ms. Simonetti has operated a Web log...

March 30, 2004 To: All Flight Attendants – BOS/JFK/LGA/EWR/DCA As our competitive landscape intensifies, and the rapid growth and expansion of our low cost competitors, such as JetBlue, Southwest and Airtran threatens our survival, I thought it would be appropriate for me to share with you some “eye opening” feedback we’ve received from some of our corporate accounts. This feedback comes directly from customers through various focus group sessions we routinely host in various locations around the system, and from joint visits we conduct with our Sales Department to our largest revenue producing corporate accounts. By the way, what is...

Fed-Ex Pilot Bob Mintz, backed up by a Carolina colleague, recalls no Dubya at Dannelly AFB in 1972. MEMPHIS – Two members of the Air National Guard unit that President George W. Bush allegedly served with as a young Guard flyer in 1972 had been told to expect him and were on the lookout for him. He never showed, however; of that both Bob Mintz and Paul Bishop are certain. The issue of Bush’s presence in 1972 at Dannelly Air National Guard base in Montgomery, Alabama – or the lack of it – has become an issue in the 2004...

On April 29, 2003 StaffKit.com announced it will donate $35,000 in e-Learning scholarships and special funding to assist American Airline flight attendants. The program is designed to help train workers who have lost their job during the last 3 months as well as those losing their job during the next 6 months. StaffKit will donate 100 scholarships for access to e-Learning packages as well as provide funding for an additional 500 individuals. The StaffKit.com e-Learning donation will assist workers to obtain training on computer applications like Microsoft Office as well as industry-recognized certifications such as the Microsoft MCSE, CompTIA A+,...

At 10:17PM channel 2 in Seattle (NWCN), reported on it's "Breaking News" that three flight attendants were sent to a local hospital from Seatac with an unidentified illness. They also said that one has been released to go home. Since then, they haven't provided any more information. Nothing follows.