Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 14:08     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m a flight attendant!

I don’t even know how to describe what it’s “like”. Can I share a typical day?

I live in-base, so let’s say my first flight is at 8am. I have to check in at the airport 45 minutes before the flight. My commute is around an hour (30 minutes drive to employee parking, and then I like to allow myself 30 minutes to get to the crew room from the parking lot (there is a bus that picks us up.)) So I’m leaving the house probably at 6am, just to be safe.

I check in, fix up my hair and makeup (standards) and walk to the gate. Meet the crew, have a briefing, and then work the flight.

A typical day for me usually consists of an “out and back/turn” (going from base to a city, then back) and another flight, where I will spend the night.

We take a van to the hotel, and from there, you do as you please. Sometimes groups go out for dinner, or sightseeing, depending on the length of the overnight.

If I started at 8am, I’d likely be done for the day and checked in to the hotel by 6pm. If there are no plans with crew, I’ll usually work out in the hotel gym, and depending on the location, walk to grab or DoorDash some food, eat in my hotel room, read, watch a movie or show, and head to bed. If there’s something noteworthy to see, I may spend the evening sightseeing, but I don’t love doing it alone. The next morning, I wake up and do it all again.

A typical work week for me is 3-4 days long, and I’m done the entire time. Some days are short (1-2 flights) some are long (3-4 flights). I don’t fly internationally as I don’t hold enough seniority, but I’m fine with that because I can hold a solid domestic schedule. Some months I bid for shorter week where you work long days, some months I want to explore so I bid best layovers, some months I’m tired and bid long weeks with long layovers.

I’d be happy to answer anything else!


This field amazes me for the bravado of flying so much.

I used to like flying … 20 years ago.
Now I am scared stiff of any turbulence . Some happen the entire flight.
How do you handle turbulences?


I'm with you. I have a lot of phobias, though. Flying, heights, deep water, extreme sports ... so many times they all just leave me going why would you even do that ???? I was looking at someone's pictures today after taking one those cruises on a gigantic floating hotel and all I could think was nooooooope no thank you

I took exactly one cruise 20 years ago to Alaska on the insistence of my parents and I spent the whole time in my cabin (?) facing the ocean watching the icebergs and feeling like if I didn't hold my small child every moment she was going to somehow go over the rails into the icy water. I'm a bit mentally damaged, though. Maybe reading too much serious non-fiction as a child. Not sure. I just know that I am definitely not your ideal travel companion lol.

I love that the flight attendant here loves flying and feels no fear! That's so cool. I love to read about it.


Cruises and train rides are my favorites.. at the moment.
But flying is a while different level of phobia… recently acquired 🙄
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 12:38     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m a flight attendant!

I don’t even know how to describe what it’s “like”. Can I share a typical day?

I live in-base, so let’s say my first flight is at 8am. I have to check in at the airport 45 minutes before the flight. My commute is around an hour (30 minutes drive to employee parking, and then I like to allow myself 30 minutes to get to the crew room from the parking lot (there is a bus that picks us up.)) So I’m leaving the house probably at 6am, just to be safe.

I check in, fix up my hair and makeup (standards) and walk to the gate. Meet the crew, have a briefing, and then work the flight.

A typical day for me usually consists of an “out and back/turn” (going from base to a city, then back) and another flight, where I will spend the night.

We take a van to the hotel, and from there, you do as you please. Sometimes groups go out for dinner, or sightseeing, depending on the length of the overnight.

If I started at 8am, I’d likely be done for the day and checked in to the hotel by 6pm. If there are no plans with crew, I’ll usually work out in the hotel gym, and depending on the location, walk to grab or DoorDash some food, eat in my hotel room, read, watch a movie or show, and head to bed. If there’s something noteworthy to see, I may spend the evening sightseeing, but I don’t love doing it alone. The next morning, I wake up and do it all again.

A typical work week for me is 3-4 days long, and I’m done the entire time. Some days are short (1-2 flights) some are long (3-4 flights). I don’t fly internationally as I don’t hold enough seniority, but I’m fine with that because I can hold a solid domestic schedule. Some months I bid for shorter week where you work long days, some months I want to explore so I bid best layovers, some months I’m tired and bid long weeks with long layovers.

I’d be happy to answer anything else!


This field amazes me for the bravado of flying so much.

I used to like flying … 20 years ago.
Now I am scared stiff of any turbulence . Some happen the entire flight.
How do you handle turbulences?


I'm with you. I have a lot of phobias, though. Flying, heights, deep water, extreme sports ... so many times they all just leave me going why would you even do that ???? I was looking at someone's pictures today after taking one those cruises on a gigantic floating hotel and all I could think was nooooooope no thank you

I took exactly one cruise 20 years ago to Alaska on the insistence of my parents and I spent the whole time in my cabin (?) facing the ocean watching the icebergs and feeling like if I didn't hold my small child every moment she was going to somehow go over the rails into the icy water. I'm a bit mentally damaged, though. Maybe reading too much serious non-fiction as a child. Not sure. I just know that I am definitely not your ideal travel companion lol.

I love that the flight attendant here loves flying and feels no fear! That's so cool. I love to read about it.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 12:24     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
I've always been somewhat fascinated by flight attendants, I was an early reader of the OG "Coffee, Tea or Me?" and somewhat later on, the memoir "Plane Insanity" written by a male flight attendant. And the documentaries on YT about the golden age of the stewardess in the 1960s, as well as a special attention to the Pan Am TV series and the very cute movie with Gwyneth Paltrow and Christina Applegate.

On Reddit there was just this thread circulating about passengers and requests for tomato juice and I got low-key fascinated that a flight attendant actually said they would use the coffee pot full of water to heat up a can of tomato juice, put it in a hot cup and add some saltines to sometimes make a passable "soup" to get through the hours.

Also never knew until maybe today or yesterday that there are apparently flight crew rest areas on the plane that look a lot like little Japanese capsule hotel rooms, maybe that's more recent.

This is a great thread
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 06:26     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Anonymous wrote:I’m a flight attendant!

I don’t even know how to describe what it’s “like”. Can I share a typical day?

I live in-base, so let’s say my first flight is at 8am. I have to check in at the airport 45 minutes before the flight. My commute is around an hour (30 minutes drive to employee parking, and then I like to allow myself 30 minutes to get to the crew room from the parking lot (there is a bus that picks us up.)) So I’m leaving the house probably at 6am, just to be safe.

I check in, fix up my hair and makeup (standards) and walk to the gate. Meet the crew, have a briefing, and then work the flight.

A typical day for me usually consists of an “out and back/turn” (going from base to a city, then back) and another flight, where I will spend the night.

We take a van to the hotel, and from there, you do as you please. Sometimes groups go out for dinner, or sightseeing, depending on the length of the overnight.

If I started at 8am, I’d likely be done for the day and checked in to the hotel by 6pm. If there are no plans with crew, I’ll usually work out in the hotel gym, and depending on the location, walk to grab or DoorDash some food, eat in my hotel room, read, watch a movie or show, and head to bed. If there’s something noteworthy to see, I may spend the evening sightseeing, but I don’t love doing it alone. The next morning, I wake up and do it all again.

A typical work week for me is 3-4 days long, and I’m done the entire time. Some days are short (1-2 flights) some are long (3-4 flights). I don’t fly internationally as I don’t hold enough seniority, but I’m fine with that because I can hold a solid domestic schedule. Some months I bid for shorter week where you work long days, some months I want to explore so I bid best layovers, some months I’m tired and bid long weeks with long layovers.

I’d be happy to answer anything else!


This field amazes me for the bravado of flying so much.

I used to like flying … 20 years ago.
Now I am scared stiff of any turbulence . Some happen the entire flight.
How do you handle turbulences?
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 06:05     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher. We deal with Karen type parents, way too much paperwork and disrespectful kids. That said, children are precious and if you’re lucky enough to have a good administrator and fair pay, it’s extremely meaningful work.
I have missed many a night’s sleep worried about children. I routinely spend my own money on more than supplies - food or a bag of decent clothes, school fees for kids.


I agree with all of this.

And there’s so much emotion in teaching. It can be overwhelming. A parent tore a coworker apart last week. I sat in the office for an entire period consoling her. She’s such a sweet, kind-hearted teacher with only the best of intentions. She didn’t deserve the parent’s anger directed at her, especially because she was only following policy.

But she took that weight home with her that night, as did I. And unfortunately, this happens more often now. I suspect it’s because distrust and entitlement live just below every interaction nowadays.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 04:41     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Maybe I watch too much TV, but I’d like to know if gruff police captains actually keep a bottle of cheap bourbon & a couple filthy glasses in a desk drawer.

…and if stay at home moms actually ask the pool boy to apply their sunscreen.

…and if coroners are always eating a big sloppy sandwich when they stand next yo a corpse & discuss the cause of death with a detective.

…and if spinster librarians really turn into Sophia Loren just by taking off their glasses & shaking their hair loose.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 08:09     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Anonymous wrote:Look up the podcast "What's it like to be?" with Dan Heath. He is a phenomenal interviewer and the show features a person in a line of work, everything from cattle rancher to welder to masseuse to neurosurgeon to baker. 30 minutes of pure fascination.


I'm already jealous of your description of Dan Heath. What's it like to be a phenomenal interviewer and grow a career out of it?!
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 08:08     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Anonymous wrote:I've been a legal secretary almost 30 years and am disappointed to report that not ONCE have I gotten to shout, "You can't go in there!" at anyone.


Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 08:05     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Look up the podcast "What's it like to be?" with Dan Heath. He is a phenomenal interviewer and the show features a person in a line of work, everything from cattle rancher to welder to masseuse to neurosurgeon to baker. 30 minutes of pure fascination.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 22:18     Subject: What’s is like to be a ??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was a Federal Agent straight out of college (21 years old) a spent the next 30 years solving mysteries, chasing bad guys all over the world, and literally having a blast.


So where is Nancy Guthrie?


She’s probably been deceased since Day 2 of her disappearance.


Pp is right, she likely passed away within 24hrs of the abduction, you can’t traumatize an 84yr old woman and expect her to survive.
Zero legitimate ransom demands means that she’s not able to speak nor be captured on video as proof of life. It’s been 14 days without her medication, I hope it was quick and in her sleep, but sadly I believe she’s gone.


Another person who thinks she's dead.