There are things you could never imagine that will happen to you as you sit scholarly at your desk in Flight Attendant School.

Every day is truly a new day in your Flight Attendant Career. You will experience the good, the bad, the ugly, and sometimes the beautiful.

In the “old days” of our Flight Attendant Careers, policies were very lenient. Before the horrors of September 11, Flight Attendants had much more freedom than they do today.

One of those freedoms included Flight Deck Privileges. Once we had concluded our In-flight Service we could wander up to the Flight Deck to check on the fellows in charge.

I would give them a buzz on the inter phone, ask them if they needed anything, and then ask them if I could hang out.

99% of the time they would be as happy to have me, as I was to go. You put two people together for 8 to 10 hours a day in the small space of the Flight Deck, and a fresh face can be a welcome thing.

In our Flight Attendant Careers we will make many new friends with our Crew mates. Because we are in a locked in space for many hours, you will know more about your crew mate in four days than Dr. Phil could find out in four months.

The Flight Deck works the same way. Depending on the personalities of the Pilots, they probably heard every bad joke there is. They know their flying mates children’s behavioral habits, what they think about the” Contract”, and they know things that could be used for blackmail for years to come.

“Come on up John, we could use the company.” Most of the time we would tell bad jokes and laugh very loudly. Sometimes we would hear the story about the Captains first three divorces, and again laugh out loud. Sometimes we would talk “Company” talk.

Sometimes we would just watch the sun set over the Rockies. Imagine the purest, most Godly majestic site you can imagine, and your still not there.

Times have changed. We can’t hand with the guys like we used to. However, every once and a while the inter phone will ring, and somebody up front has to use the lavatory.

Volunteer to go up to the flight deck and catch a view that only a few people on earth have the vantage point that you have. I promise that you will never forget the experience.

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