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A Flight Attendant's Musings

Occasional musings of a mainline flight attendant

Another 4-Day Reserve Trip

Another 4-Day Reserve Trip

What a trip I'm about to work. I'm going to document this as I work it. Hopefully, I'll have the time to do it. So, I'm looking forward to this

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 8 Jun 2019 • 1 min read
Lazy Dennis
365

Lazy Dennis

09/365 I never know what to write about these days. Usually it's what comes to my brain, but recently I have been too lazy to even write that down.

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 7 Apr 2019 • 1 min read
Come on man...
365

Come on man...

08/365 Oh boy, looks like I've been failing at this writing every day. I just can't get the words to come out, or I'm just too distracted. I'm not

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 20 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
JFK 🛫 MIA
365

JFK 🛫 MIA

07/365 Good morning from flight 2268 to Miami. Flying time is 2:32, and we are making good time. Just finished service, and now I’m getting hungry. But

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 15 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
Miami to JFK
365

Miami to JFK

06/365 Today I am off to JFK. Because of the grounding of my baby 73MAX, my original flight cancelled to Boston cancelled, I was removed from the Boston 🛫 JFK

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 14 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
We Grounded
365

We Grounded

05/365 Well, here we are. I wasn't expecting it to happen, but we have grounded all of our 737MAX8 aircraft for precautionary reasons. I was supposed to work on

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 14 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
Curaçao what?
365

Curaçao what?

04/365 Once again, I’m having issues making words. I’ve had an interestingly long day, but it’s been fun. I would’ve wrote then but something is

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 10 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
I’m Here
365

I’m Here

03/365 What a day... I’m so tired, and not from the trip, but the terrible sleep I had last night. I had a heavy dinner and that contributed

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 9 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
Blah Day
365

Blah Day

Day 02/365I was hesitant to write today. I don't know what was up today, but I was in a weird mood. Barely touching my computer, phone, or Kindle, I

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 8 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
photos

Random

Testing camera, but don't hate it.

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 7 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
BBS is Still Alive
Personal Blog

BBS is Still Alive

I am shocked too! This here is a Bulletin Board Service circa 1992. Still running on a lovely Commodore 64, this BBS named Particles, allows playing door games, posting board

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 7 Mar 2019 • 2 min read
365 Writing Experiment
365

365 Writing Experiment

Day 01/365 I've decided to start writing again. I don't have a specific theme of my writing, I just wanted to start putting down my thoughts for 365 days,

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 7 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Layovers

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Headed to GYE in a few hours. It's a city that I have spent a lot of time in. A city I don't enjoy as much as I could. Maybe

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 21 Jun 2017 • 3 min read

Flight Attendant Musings Station

Sometimes, blogging is just too time consuming when I'm out and about. However, I still have words to say! Check out the station to hear a bit of what's going on in my day to day, and who knows, I may expand this to

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 21 Jun 2017 • 1 min read
Manaus, ho!
Personal Blog

Manaus, ho!

Sitting here in 25F on an Airbus A319-214, headed to Manaus. Why is that? Well, I have almost two weeks off and needed to find something to do. I had

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 29 Jul 2016 • 2 min read
Personal Blog

2016, I Thought We Were Friends

Here we are in 2016. What a year it has been thus far. So many lives lost, so much violence. Who's finger do we point at today? Always the blame game. I am currently in an Uber, on my way to the airport to

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 8 Jul 2016 • 2 min read
DDNet, A Remnant of Years Past
Personal Blog

DDNet, A Remnant of Years Past

I just spent the last three hours browsing through old blog posts from my personal blog that I started back in 2000. I cannot believe the stuff that I wrote

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 7 Jul 2016 • 2 min read
Quick Update
Site Updates

Quick Update

Sitting in my favorite Cuban cafe, Havana Coffee & Tea Company, sipping a cafe con leche, along with delicious pastelitos, I start scribbling in my composition notebook, trying to make

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 7 May 2015 • 2 min read
SLC, Reserve Life, and FlyLauren
SLC

SLC, Reserve Life, and FlyLauren

Hello, again! I just received my next trip from Crew Scheduling and am quite excited about it. My departure is 19:45 today. I'm going somewhere I haven't been yet,

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 18 Mar 2015 • 1 min read
Living That Slam-Click Life?

Living That Slam-Click Life?

Slam-Click·er /slam/-/ˈklikər/ noun People who upon checking into a hotel with others remain in their rooms instead of socializing. Used by airline crew to describe those who

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 15 Mar 2015 • 2 min read
February Flying!

February Flying!

Hello again, I want to apologize for taking a little bit to write a new post. I have been busy, and then jet-lagged. Excuses, excuses. Flying really takes a toll

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 10 Mar 2015 • 4 min read
Exploring Downtown Miami
Reserve

Exploring Downtown Miami

Hello everyone! It's been a great day today walking around the streets of Downtown Miami. Above is a shot I took this afternoon. Not too hot. Anyway, my journey today

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 6 Jan 2015 • 2 min read
Call-out to Phoenix
PHX

Call-out to Phoenix

Hello, hello, hello! I'm back home here here in beautiful Miami. The weather is nice and temperature is perfect. I am on what the airline industry calls a reserve month.

  • Dennis Jackson
    Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson 3 Jan 2015 • 2 min read
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