Jet Blue flight attendant flips out

New York - A frustrated JetBlue flight attendant allegedly fled his plane via emergency shoot — beer in hand — after getting into a fight with a passenger and then cursing out the entire cabin over a loudspeaker. One of the passengers apparently got out of his seat to grab a bag from an overhead compartment and they got into an argument...More

Flight attendant helps land plane when first officer falls ill

Chicago - A flight attendant with a pilot’s license ditched her normal duties and stepped in for a sick copilot of an American Airlines flight before the plane landed in Chicago, Illinois. The first officer had become sick with “flulike” symptoms “He went back into the passenger cabin,” a spokesman for American Airlines said. “That’s when the captain began to solicit help from any passengers with a pilot’s license.” One of the five flight attendants on board flight 1612 from San Francisco, California, told the captain that she is a commercial pilot. ---...More