A Christmas Wish

I am being ask three important questions this year; 

1. Am I cooking Christmas dinner?
2. What is for dinner?
3. What time is dinner?  

I'm endlessly replying that I don't know. I live by the whims of scheduling. But this year I am planning for an Old Fashion Christmas. Just like in the days when I held a line my lovely assistants and I have placed the holly is on the mantle, decorated the tree and laid the fire. We are expecting 20 family members and I am hoping against hope the phone doesn't ring. So please scheduling, take me off your list and forget about me. 

In an effort to thwart fate, we've planned Christmas dinner for December 23rd. (In true airline employee style.) We are laying the table, building a home made dessert buffet and putting the roast beef in the oven. I've hung the stockings on the chimney with care in hopes that I'll still be here.

But just in case you decide to give me a ring my able assistants are trained to carry on in my absence.

The weather is forecast to be sunny and cold. There is no need to call me dear scheduling.

 I promise if my Christmas dream comes true I'll take back all the rotten things I said about you in the past year. I'll even remove that picture of Freddy that appears when you call and I'll fly anywhere with nary a complaint. I'm counting on you, please don't let me down.

Happy Christmas to all Flight Attendants everywhere and may all your Christmas dreams come true.


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Schedules!

 CMCREWI  00N7683 00    PAMELA DOCKERY                   MAY12 EWR          R:  
 09379 FA                                                         
 DT CDE SCHED  START END BLKT PAYT TBPOS DT CDE SCHED  START END BLKT PAYT TBPOS
 02 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 18                            REA01
 03 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 19                            REA01
 04 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 20                            REA01
 05 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 21 OFF    0001 2400           REA01
 06 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 22 OFF    0001 2400           REA01
 07 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 23 OFF    0001 2400           REA01
 08 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 24                            REA01
 09 ORN    0900 1700      0230 REA01 25                            REA01
 10 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 26                            REA01
 11                            REA01 27                            REA01
 12                            REA01 28                            REA01
 13                            REA01 29                            REA01
 14                            REA01 30 OFF    0001 2400           REA01
 15 OFF    0001 2400           REA01 31                            REA01
 16 OFF    0001 2400           REA01                   
 17                            REA01                   
 MTDBK PRJBK AVLBK MTDPY LN VL PY GR SKBANK ADD P DEADHD 280312                 
                           230  6638                     070612          

 Holy Cow we have schedules! It took a few minutes and several postings 

on fb to find it. Then it was a few more minutes to understand it. Did they 

cover this in training? I don't even know what half this stuff means. 

But I have figured out that the blue numbers are the weekends and I seem to be 

working every one. Even Mother's Day ;-/. 

I wonder if I can get a SFO on Saturday night? 

The days off are listed as off. That was fairly simple. 

I've also realized my schedule is parallel with my friend Sharlene! Hurray!

We've decided to request airport alert (standby) on the 11th. 

Perhaps if we're lucky we will go on  a trip together.  

It's always good to have a friend during a new adventure. 

Especially because  we have a zillion questions! 

For instance, where do we put our luggage? How do we print our pairings (ID's)?

I know all this will be clear in the next 48 hours.... 

But in the meantime I'm still wondering where is my suitcase? Who has it? Will my 

Current inflight shoes pass muster? Where the hell is my suitcase? My manual is in there....

will they have a loaner for me? Gee there is no IBS, where do we find the flight info? 

 My wings... their in my suitcase also. Even the door arming procedures are different.

Dear God, please give me a kind, understanding crew.  

Where in God's creation is my suitcase?

photo by Deggary Priest

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The Few, The Proud, The Paid

Sunrise reflected in the engine.

It's official. I've become one of the 119 Subsidiary-United Flight Attendants who will be joining the ranks of the Subsidiary-Continental Flight Attendants. I'll sport a new uniform, new wings and earn a new and better wage! I'll make new friends, learn new skills and fly to new locations and I'll do it all on new airplanes. 
On April 30th the adventure begins. I can't wait.
Thanks Denny Wheeling for the brilliant title of this blog post.

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