Comments on: NMPRO #170 – The Not So Friendly Skies

By: Tere

Tere — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:59:00 +0000

If it weren’t for a flight attendant there would be no Jeff Olson… and no NWM Pro

By: RichBrother

RichBrother — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:12:00 +0000

there is a better way

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:01:32 +0000

An interesting angle. Thanks for sharing Eric. My craziest story: Flight delayed from Ft. Myers, FL to Atlanta because of rough weather. I land in Atlanta and they had fouled up my connection time earlier than 30 minutes. We land and I have maybe 3 minutes to get from one end of the airport to the other. My friend threw a fit at the gate long enough that they held the plane for me. It was a classic but needless to say I thanked the crew. This was a weekend where Atlanta was already backlogged with delays after some 30 inches of rain had fallen in 3 days. What a ride it was. Oh and then of course the flight from Atlanta left and it was on to Vegas.

By: aliceflanders

aliceflanders — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:26:31 +0000

second time on a plane. never had been in Phoenix before. (at least I think it was Phoenix, was Arizona, anyway). I thought Arizona was desert. Pouring rain. They told me that there would be someone there to direct me to my next plane. Nope. Everything was closed (10 30 at night). I found a Somali guy sweeping the floor. I explained that I had no idea where I was going. He said that he thought that the plane I needed was in another section of the airport about 6 miles away. I had 3/4 hour to get there. He took me all over you know where and got me to a shuttle bus (with no driver) to take me to the other section. It turned out he was right, that was where I needed to be. By the time I found the right loading ramp I had 5 minutes before the plane was supposed to take off. the ramp was a mile long. No way was a fat 58 year old gonna run a 5 minute mile lugging luggage. I tried, crying my eyes out all the way. The plane had not taken off yet. I made it. Because a previous passenger had thrown up on the plane and they had to clean and disinfect it. Then they lost my luggage.

By: williamcosentino

williamcosentino — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:30:49 +0000

I'm still trying to catch up on all the shows since I'm new to the community and every video I watch gets me more excited about this profession! You're amazing Eric–I love your integrity and your genuine personality to care about EVERYONE to help us succeed!

By: Alfie

Alfie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:20:57 +0000

Great point. I have a friend from HS who works in airline, I will put her on my priority list.

We do really have a better way.

By: bradwright

bradwright — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:57:43 +0000

I'm trying to make this point gently with a friend in the airline business but their mind is closed so far. This might help.

By: J. King

J. King — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:54:18 +0000

Good Stuff! makes me think I had a missed opportunity yesterday… – QOTD – From Germany to Paris to Chicago to Dallas to San Antonio.. then back a week later San Antonio to Dallas to Germany – much better trip. The scariest was a trip from Atlanta to London – little bit of turbulence turned into a pretty fierce session that lasted about 30 minutes. After 10 minutes or so the stewardess sat in the seat next to me, turned pale white and proceeded to pray & saying affirmations of a good, pleasant, smooth flight. That started me and comforted me all in a few moments.

By: ViktoriaGuerin

ViktoriaGuerin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:51:01 +0000

Thank you for another great message.

QOTD: It was nearly like in the “Meet the Parents” movie when I took my boyfriend at a time to Estonia to meet my parents. Not as extreme, but similar situation with travel. The difference was that my parents loved him.

By: MicheleRosborough

MicheleRosborough — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:15:53 +0000

QOTD: I would have to write a book…..I flew for 13 years in Ireland ….people are NUTS! Sometimes I used to just stand there almost with my mouth open thinking…”Did they just really say THAT? or do THAT?” …. or worse again…SHOW that! Funny times !!!

Great topic (then again I am biased) I've always said most airline people could walk into any job or business they wanted because of the very specific skill sets they learn when they have been trained by good airlines.