I LOVE FERRY FLIGHTS! Being the only flight attendant on the plane allowed for them to be a really awesome experience. In flight attendant school, we are taught that they are very rare, but when and if they do happen, hopefully your Captain will be good enough to let you fly up in the cockpit … I can’t hope more that you get that wonderful opportunity.

During my flight attendant career I got this amazing chance about half a dozen times, and each time I was awestruck. My extra seat in the cockpit folded down over the cockpit door, so, when taking off (and we would leave the cockpit door open) you could look back behind you and watch this outstanding straight shot tunnel effect down the fuselage. At first it can be disorienting, but I’m an adrenaline junky anyways!

I would have to say however, that the scariest part for me was flying at night and heading straight into a cloud. I had been looking down and not noticed that we were heading into cloud cover, I looked up just in time to see us hit a solid wall of dark gray!

Besides getting to see some really cool stuff and feeling some G’s you wouldn’t normally feel (if your crew was showing off), you also get a fantastic chance to see what your crew really does, goes through, listens to, lingo they speak, etc. It is truly a great learning opportunity.

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