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Common cattle: Every now and then, flight attendants must fly with the unwashed masses. It sucks.; By Elliott Neal Hester Dec 14, 2000
When pigs fly: A smuggled swine raises a ruckus on a cross-country flight.; By Elliott Neal Hester Nov 3, 2000
When passengers rage: She hated my guts and ached to put me in a headlock, but I swear I never meant to send her to Barbados.; By Elliott Neal Hester Oct 20, 2000
Look out below!: Luckless birds, wayward engine pieces and frozen aircraft stowaways are plummeting from the sky.; By Elliott Neal Hester Oct 6, 2000
Wham! Bam! Rocky times in the skies: Turbulence strikes while I'm in the lavatory, and I become a virtual Peter Pan.; By Elliott Neal Hester Sep 22, 2000
The flight attendant from hell: Finally, the time had come for me to face Big Bertha -- the airborne antichrist.; By Elliott Neal Hester Sep 8, 2000
How my ass ended up in a sling: While fantasizing about a Salma Hayek wannabe, I accidentally broke the plane.; By Elliott Neal Hester Aug 25, 2000
The heavenly vacation from hell: She was into sexual domination, crazy laughter and toothpaste; I was having the scariest, sexiest time of my life.; By Elliott Neal Hester Aug 24, 2000
Straitjacket for the skies: To immobilize air ragers, airlines try on the handcuffs and straps of the "Body Restraint Package."; By Elliott Neal Hester Aug 11, 2000
Out of the Blue: Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service.; By Elliott Neal Hester Jul 28, 2000
Robbery at 30,000 feet: Adventures in real-life airplane stickups. (And you thought hijacking hardly happened anymore.); By Elliott Neal Hester Jul 14, 2000
The ferret in first class: It's a zoo up there! You never know what hairy critter you might meet on your next flight.; By Elliott Neal Hester Jun 30, 2000
Wacky airline adventures are "first class": "Flight attendants should get hazardous duty pay"; Jun 21, 2000
Just another flight to Cali: Mini-dramas unfold on a Colombian odyssey. First of two parts.; By Elliott Neal Hester May 30, 2000
Eating on the fly: Better than anyone, flight attendants know the nightmare that is airline food.; By Elliott Neal Hester May 16, 2000
Snoring in Paradise: Murderous thoughts are generally discouraged at Club Med. Leave it to the Canadians to send you to the brink.; By Elliott Neal Hester May 2, 2000
Flying the stinky skies: Can a passenger be thrown off a plane for offensive body odor?; By Elliott Neal Hester Apr 18, 2000
Letters to the editor: Readers welcome Lynda Barry. Plus: Defending ourselves against air rage; are Elian's relatives unfit guardians?; Apr 12, 2000
Cockpit assault: Since July 1997, over a dozen passengers have attempted to breach cockpit doors during commercial airline flights. We've been lucky so far.; By Elliott Neal Hester Apr 8, 2000
The sky's the limit: Flight attendants can fly anywhere for almost nothing -- but sometimes, there's a catch.; By Elliott Neal Hester Mar 21, 2000
Thank you!: A grateful, if trembling, reader writes: Flight attendants, they're worth their wings.; By Elliott Neal Hester Feb 29, 2000
Tests, drugs and swollen bladders: Random drug tests for flight attendants mean saving a bladder full of urine. Fair enough, but the tests aren't always right.; By Elliott Neal Hester Feb 15, 2000
Staring death in the eye: An in-flight emergency totally transforms the behavior of passengers -- and flight attendants.; By Elliott Neal Hester Jan 25, 2000
Fly boy faux pas: Sometimes even high-flying airline pilots turn out to have feet of clay.; By Elliott Neal Hester Jan 11, 2000
Letters to the editor: Confessions (and tips!) from a wine-toting overhead bin hog Plus: Do algebra flashcards and soccer practice create thumb suckers? In defense of John Rocker.; By Letters to the editor Jan 6, 2000

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