cabin crew
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48 Hours in Nassau, The Bahamas
Plastic flowers are worse than normal flowers. Why? They are unmoving, non-living, artificial simulacrums of the original; an original which is organic, imbued with life, and entirely true to itself. Such is the difference between one’s mental projection of Nassau… Continue reading
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Air Travel is Such a Trip, Man
The past three months have been the most absurdly disorientating of my life. Dream-like in every sense of the phrase. Jubilant, enriching, surreal, discombobulating, glorious, and profoundly derealizing. Since March 10th, I have flown just over 170,000km. The three months… Continue reading
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Taking Flight
Today, in the British Airways headquarters, I received my “Wings”. To receive one’s “Wings” means to graduate from the BA cabin crew training programme. And I had the pleasure of doing so this afternoon, alongside twelve of the kindest, funniest,… Continue reading
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Forbidden Pleasures
Days, months and weeks, of anticipation. Guessing and second guessing yourself. Attempts to reverse-engineer the psychology of the game-maker. What do they know that I do not? Breathy unrest simmers. Heart races. Everything will all soon be revealed, and yet… Continue reading
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The Cost of Shortcuts: An Aviation Perspective
Cabin crew (or flight attendant) training is a deeply rigorous and challenging process. Biased by unfair and misguided stereotypes (see: “trolley dolly”), people significantly underestimate the responsibility this role necessitates. As part of my job, I have had the opportunity… Continue reading
The Eye of an Archer 