12 travel tips from the flight crew
If you want advice on your pipes, you go to a plumber. Trouble with your wiring? Talk to an electrician. So when it comes to tips on air travel, who better to ask than the flight crew? James Wysong rounds up 10 flight attendants and comes back with 12 tips for travel.
10 tips for chasing the winter blues
Airport code GIG - where’s that? James Wysong didn’t recognize it, but he soon found out - and it banished all the snow, ice and other seasonal miseries that winter had piled on his doorstep. For those of us who don’t have a tropical destination in our immediate future, James offers 10 tips for chasing the winter blues.
Lessons from a new hire
James Wysong recently had a layover in Germany. Of course, James has had hundreds of layovers in Germany in his 20 years as a flight attendant. But this one was different. On this layover, James discovered he was becoming a stick-in-the-mud. It took a new hire - and a hangover — to reopen his eyes to some of the joys of the job.
Resolved: Better airlines in 2008
It’s resolution time again and if ever there was a business in desperate need of resolve and change, it’s the airline business. So as you ponder your resolutions for the New Year, James Wysong offers a few thoughts on what the airline industry ought to consider.
Holiday happenings at the airport
There’s something about an airport that brings out the wackiness in people, especially around the holidays. Maybe it’s the excitement of leaving the everyday world behind. Maybe it’s having an audience. Whatever it is, people stage some pretty crazy holiday stunts at the airport. James Wysong reprises his top 10 holiday airport sightings.
Hot tips for cold fliers
If you’re like James Wysong, the prospect of flying in winter is about as appealing as spending a couple of hours trapped in an igloo. James is coldblooded by nature — and a flight attendant by profession — so he knows just how cold it can get in the cabin. This week, he reprises eight hot tips to keep the cold at bay.
High-flying gifts for the holidays
Christmas is just around the corner, and all over America folks are getting anxious about finding gifts for that certain someone who seems already to have everything. James Wysong asks: Does your hard-to-please friend travel by air at all? If so, problem solved. Check out these 12 gifts for high fliers.
Flying this holiday? 10 tips
The holidays are here, and most of us are headed somewhere, sometime soon. Will getting there be half the fun? Or will you be standing at an airport window, staring at a cold, hard rain — cursing the whole happy season? James Wysong reprises 10 tips from last year to get you where you’re going — with your holiday cheer intact.
Airline mergers: Here we go again
Airline merger talk is back in the headlines for another round of “Let’s Confuse the Public.” This time the candidates are Delta and United. What does the proposed merger mean for passengers and employees? James Wysong tells you what you need to know.
The holiday spirit
The holiday travel season is now upon us, although if you were to judge by the shopping mall, it started right after Labor Day. This holiday season, many of you have busy flight schedules with business meetings and reunions with loved ones crowding the calendar. Are you dreading those crowded skies? Feeling grumpy already? James Wysong has a proposal to make your holiday spirit take wing.