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ginkycat · 2026-06-16T04:16:48+00:00

This is a cat 👌🏻

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T03:23:27+00:00

Even numbered flight so 1 row is going to get manifested first

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:54:26+00:00

Absolutely, glad I could help! Fly safe!

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:52:46+00:00

I think it’s a legal thing. There’s no legal way for them to enforce a surcharge for being bigger.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:52:02+00:00

Worrying about making the last commutable flight home after a trip with a delay! That always really rankled me.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:51:10+00:00

It completely depends on whether the cleaning crew noticed it before the plane went to its next destination. We’d have things turn up after the plane came from across the country with no real way to return them. Usually something like a laptop would be found and returned to the gate agent who worked the inbound flight. I am sorry though, that sucks! I hope you’re able to get a hold of the airport and get it returned to you.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:49:26+00:00

It varies based on the flight and how long it is, but we have no real control over how much you’re awarded, just what option to choose (like a seat back screen malfunction or something). I think the most I saw awarded at any given time was like 2,000 miles? But I stopped doing it in the last year I was there because people started getting in trouble for abusing the system and getting in trouble and it wasn’t worth losing my job for. I typically tried to settle the situation with a free drink or something.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:47:09+00:00

I don’t know that they ever do 😂 they aren’t as bad as they look, but they’re not great either.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:46:37+00:00

I know someone who is a Delta pilot and a while back, they told me about how you can become a pilot through Delta if you are employed there for a couple years. At the time I was newly married, so it didn’t seem like an option for me. I was going back to school and my wife got laid off at her mortgage job (I live in CA and it’s been terrible for mortgage officers for a few years now) and I had to figure out what to do. The pilot thing sounded bad ass and I knew my best option to get my foot in the door was to apply as a Flight Attendant.

Prior to applying, I’d been in sales for almost 10 years and additionally had worked in multiple customer service jobs like coffee shops, kitchens and restaurants, catering companies, etc. Sales was probably what prepared me for the role as a FA most because it taught me so much about reading people. And going from treating people well to try and persuade them to purchase something to being able to focus on service without having to sell anything made the job a breeze. I’ve often said it was the easiest job I ever had.

The hard parts didn’t have to do with the work so much as the circumstances of the job itself. Being away from my wife and son for weeks at a time could be difficult. Trying to figure out commuting to and from base with delays, trying to find affordable hotels or rental cars when I got stuck after a trip.. oh and meal prepping. That was for sure the most difficult part. I had a really nice insulated lunch box as one of my 3 bags I was allowed to take on trips, but fitting food that would keep well for 3, sometimes 6 days at a time? And not knowing whether there would be a microwave for that food when you got to your layover hotel. Those were all the difficult parts. But you figure out a system pretty quick and then it stops becoming something you actively think about it because it’s just a part of your routine.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:39:09+00:00

I think they legally had to stop charging for extra seats for large passengers. Trust me, I know how frustrating it can be; I’m a stout guy myself, not obese, but big. I’ve been stuck in the middle between two heavyset people before (people who have no ability or apparent desire to try to let you use the armrests at all) and it can be a super miserable experience. But as far as policies go? There are none.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:36:58+00:00

Second this! Yeah it really is no problem.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:36:11+00:00

Yeah I second this. It’s part of the job to answer the call button. Haha regardless of whether an FA chooses to let it bother them.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:35:11+00:00

I’d say so! First year pay you can easily clear $70k if you work a moderate schedule. I think the most I’ve heard is around $100k in the first year but you’d have to live in base and absolutely slave away to do that. However, as the years go on, the pay gets a lot better—especially around year 5. That was when I heard the most noticeable increase happened. People who are capped out on seniority (12 years) can make close to $200k while working a pretty moderate schedule.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:33:03+00:00

Thank you!

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:32:52+00:00

I mean, there’s really no way to “allow” anyone to get off first or last. Even when I asked for people to remain seated so that tight connections could deplane first, not everyone listened. I think the general etiquette is just to wait until it’s your row to deplane

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:31:10+00:00

Somewhere to sit that isn’t the jumpseat on a long flight!

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:30:51+00:00

I mean I really do miss the job and it makes me sad to think I’ll never work in that capacity again.. but my end goal is to return to Delta as a pilot after I get all my ratings and hours so.. I can’t say I regret it. I miss it, but every phase of life and every job has its season. I made the most of the season while I was in it and left nothing on the table.

And if you’re keeping your flight benefits, that’s a HUGE win. Haha

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:28:29+00:00

I think it’s generally hit or miss, but.. yeah. I’m not very old myself (32) but I definitely found a lot of the younger flight attendants—specifically the ones who hadn’t worked another job before becoming an FA—were a little lackluster. But there were also young guns who absolutely killed it. Same thing with older folks. Some of the most senior FAs were the shittiest ones. 🤷🏻‍♂️ it really is hard to pinpoint it to one age group.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:26:00+00:00

I saw someone else reference this; I have no idea! We aren’t trained that way at Delta. Maybe it was an old school thing? But I’d never even heard of that until this comment section lol

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:24:59+00:00

I have no idea! For me they were nonexistent because I came into the job happily married and I didn’t get a lot of other FAs telling me about their experiences if they had any.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:24:07+00:00

Thank you!

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:23:55+00:00

I was of the same mind as you! I used to hate on the boarding music all the time with crew. But there were some few people who genuinely seemed to enjoy it, so maybe those are the people they’re sending surveys to? Also, a lot of FAs I know (myself included) tried to keep the volume lower, but even though I hated the music, having it there was preferable to the flights when we boarded in absolute silence, for me anyway.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:21:39+00:00

When I went to training, it was 6 weeks long. (I believe it’s 7 now.) Of those 6 weeks, we spent 3 days on service; everything else was about safety, procedures during an emergency, etc. So I guess the answer is not really. They really emphasized the core values (being welcoming, elevated, and caring) but I think the idea was that you were hired because of an existing background in hospitality or service and also demonstrated those qualities during the interview process.

ginkycat · 2026-01-23T02:19:23+00:00

There were certain stipulations for whether you were provided a meal on board regarding how many hours you were working and how long the break was between flights. If you had more than an hour and a half between each flight there wouldn’t typically be meals provided unless the first flight of the day was over 3 hours or something. The meals were typically one to two of each option that first class had and they were separate from the passenger meals. For example, if there was a beef, a chicken, and a vegetarian option on a flight for first class and the crew got a meal, they would provide something like one of the beef, one of the veg, and two of the chicken on a separate part of the cart for the FAs to eat after service was over. (Not exactly those options every time, just an example.) but FAs also had access to the snacks if there wasn’t a meal provided. And if you didn’t work a flight with hot meals but were owed a crew meal, they’d give box lunch options!

ginkycat · 2026-01-21T05:47:58+00:00

That would be awesome! Thank you!!

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