Elliott Neal Hester

Common cattle

Every now and then, flight attendants must fly with the unwashed masses. It sucks.

Elliott Neal Hester Thursday, Dec 14, 2000 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Air Travel, Travel

When pigs fly

A smuggled swine raises a ruckus on a cross-country flight.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Nov 3, 2000 8:30 PM UTC
Politics Noble Beasts, Travel

When passengers rage

She hated my guts and ached to put me in a headlock, but I swear I never meant to send her to Barbados.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Oct 20, 2000 7:30 PM UTC
Politics Travel

Look out below!

Luckless birds, wayward engine pieces and frozen aircraft stowaways are plummeting from the sky.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Oct 6, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Air Travel, Travel

Wham! Bam! Rocky times in the skies

Turbulence strikes while I'm in the lavatory, and I become a virtual Peter Pan.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Sep 22, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Air Travel, Travel

The flight attendant from hell

Finally, the time had come for me to face Big Bertha -- the airborne antichrist.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Sep 8, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Air Travel, Travel

How my ass ended up in a sling

While fantasizing about a Salma Hayek wannabe, I accidentally broke the plane.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Aug 25, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Air Travel, Travel

The heavenly vacation from hell

She was into sexual domination, crazy laughter and toothpaste; I was having the scariest, sexiest time of my life.

Elliott Neal Hester Thursday, Aug 24, 2000 7:09 PM UTC
Life Sex, Travel, Love and Sex

Straitjacket for the skies

To immobilize air ragers, airlines try on the handcuffs and straps of the "Body Restraint Package."

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Aug 11, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Travel

Coping after the Concorde disaster

Consoling odds: Your chances of dying in a domestic plane crash are still less than one in a million.

Elliott Neal Hester Monday, Jul 31, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Air Travel

Out of the Blue

Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Jul 28, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Air Travel, Travel

Robbery at 30,000 feet

Adventures in real-life airplane stickups. (And you thought hijacking hardly happened anymore.)

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Jul 14, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Travel

The ferret in first class

It's a zoo up there! You never know what hairy critter you might meet on your next flight.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Jun 30, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Noble Beasts, Travel

Out of the Blue: The delinquent-flier upgrade

Like high-altitude ninjas, they abandon the crowded coach cabin for an unoccupied seat in first class.

Elliott Neal Hester Friday, Jun 16, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Politics Air Travel, Travel

Just another flight to Cali

Mini-dramas unfold on a Colombian odyssey. First of two parts.

Elliott Neal Hester Tuesday, May 30, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Life

Eating on the fly

Better than anyone, flight attendants know the nightmare that is airline food.

Elliott Neal Hester Tuesday, May 16, 2000 4:00 PM UTC
Life Air Travel

Snoring in Paradise

Murderous thoughts are generally discouraged at Club Med. Leave it to the Canadians to send you to the brink.

Elliott Neal Hester Tuesday, May 2, 2000 4:00 PM UTC
Life Canada

Flying the stinky skies

Can a passenger be thrown off a plane for offensive body odor?

Elliott Neal Hester Tuesday, Apr 18, 2000 4:00 PM UTC
Life Air Travel

Cockpit assault

Since July 1997, over a dozen passengers have attempted to breach cockpit doors during commercial airline flights. We've been lucky so far.

Elliott Neal Hester Saturday, Apr 8, 2000 4:00 PM UTC
Life Air Travel, Terrorism

The sky's the limit

Flight attendants can fly anywhere for almost nothing -- but sometimes, there's a catch.

Elliott Neal Hester Tuesday, Mar 21, 2000 5:00 PM UTC
Life Air Travel

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