I am very late in posting this podcast.  Many people have e-mailed me to see if I am okay.  Well I am more than okay.  I met a man on my trip to Belize and I have been traveling back and forth to Belize to see him?!

So it seems fitting to have this episode feature stories about Love.  Love in the Air to be exact, along with some war stories, mainly stories of soldiers home on leave from the war.

Contact   flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com "Love is in the Air" by Jubeus 

I've been flying a long time and I always think I've heard all the crazy things people could say...but they still surprise me!

So in this episode we hear about people saying and doing some wacky things.

At the end of the episode a Pilot talks about something a person did on his flight that landed the guy in jail for 9-25 years!

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I have an internet store with some fun airline products www.skybetty.com

Music by www.podsafemusic.com  "Betty" by The Lavcivious Biddies

Nobody likes a poser!  This show is all about posing.  We hear about posers and placedroppers.  And there is a few stories of Flight Crew "posing" as passengers as they commute to and from work.

And at the end of the episode I tell a story about the silly yoga pose I try to get people to try when I'm traveling?!

Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com

I keep adding new stuff to my store at www.skybetty.com  so check it out!

Music by www.garageband.com "yogababe" by Diva Eve & the Forbidden Fruit

This episode highlights some airline phenomenon like the "plane knocking" or "plane kissing"  people do as they enter the aircraft. 

Along with some other strange phenomenon like why actors are so afraid to fly or why most people are soooooo interested in the mile high club?

But mostly this episode is dedicated to the phenomenal story of the amazing USAir ditching in the Hudson river!

Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com

Check out my internet store for some fun airline items at www.skybetty.com   Hopefully  by next month I will have a "Best of Betty" CD for sale in the store!

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Music by www.garageband.com  "Fly" by The Good Sirs

At the end of this episode we hear a story about a Somali Conga Line.  Now those are just words you never put together...Somali Conga Line?!

You have to be really silly or have a few drinks to join a Conga Line so the rest of the show is full of silly, gullible or slightly off kilter stories.  We have stories about crabs, a shady pilot and not one but two... Doogie Howser stories?!

Come on and join the Conga airLine!

CONTACT... flywithbetty@gmail.com

Hey guess what... I have a new store with items with the Betty logo.  And I am working on other graphics to add new products...check it out at  www.skybetty.com  !!

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Music by www.garageband.com Conga Fever by Edens East

In September I went to Egypt and in November I traveled to Ecuador!  I have literally been a traveling fool!

This episode is about pilots, flight attendants and tourists being foolish!

A guide from the Galapagos talks about the silly questions tourists ask him, and at the end of the episode there is a great story about a foolish passenger that involves a rope, an indian and a blanket!

Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com

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Music by www.garageband.com  "Flying" by The Catch

I've been getting some emails asking why it's taken me so long to post a new podcast....well it's because I was busy wandering around Egypt. 

This show has some tales from Egypt along with some really funny airline stories from fellow Flight Attendants and Pilots.

Education is the key to success...check out YourDegee.com at... www.yourdegree.com/searchresults.aspx?CID=378&degree=certificate

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Contact...  flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com  Back from Egypt by Jerky Medicine and Egyptian Theme by .Elegy.

There is a price for everything in life, what you don't pay for in money you can pay for in blood, sweat,  puke and tears!

I recently had a young man faint and land head first on the galley floor...there was blood everywhere.  I started asking other flight attendants and pilots about their blood, sweat, puke and tears stories and found out there are loads of them. 

Lucky for me the stories involve blood, sweat and tears but also alot of laughs!

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Music by www.garageband.com  "Blood &Tears" by Jenn London

One of the things that bugs the Flight Attendants most about passengers is that they travel without a pen.  It's basically just being unprepared.

I was unprepared this month because my digital recorder broke!  So I wasn't traveling without a pen I was traveling without a recorder...which is just as bad if you happen to have a podcast!

So I wasn't sure I could manage to put together a new episode this month but I used backlog audio to revisit some old topics with new stories.

In this  episode we have dingbat stories, lost in translation stories, some drama in the air stories and at the end of the episode there is one stew-pendous story!

Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com "So Unprepared For" by Cazuality

Remember the days when Stewardesses were dressed in fabulous uniforms and people dressed up for the event of going on an airplane?

I miss the Stewardess title along with the inflight meals and printed timetables.  Basically I miss the good old days!

I personally still like to be called a Stewardess...or even a... Stew. 

This show features funny stories where Passengers, Flight Attendants and Pilots all act slightly stew-pid and at the end of the episode there is a truely stew-pendous story!

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Music by www.garageband.com  "Not that stupid by Killer Flamingos

A Priest, a Archaeologist and a Appalachian go into a bar....it sounds like a joke doesn't it?  Well its actually the people I have  managed to offend the most while doing this podcast.

I really try not to offend people but sometimes funny stories are offensive to "someone".

This episode is full of stories about bodily funtions on the airplane.  Some of the anecdotes are slighty offensive so I apologize in advance especially to any Priests, Archaeologists or Appalachians!

CONTACT...  flywithbetty@gmail.com

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Music by www.garageband.com  "Sorry" by Christopher Dale

Last week I was on the BBC world service it was such an absurd lead in...it went something like this...A woman in the Congo was raped and forced to kill her own baby and then we hear from Betty who doesn't want to let mobile phones be used inflight?!

Talk about strange bedfellows!  This show is all about things that just don't go together.  We hear stories about cooking while sleeping, volunteer snorkeling and barf to go.

Along with stories about things you really don't want to put together...like the huge fat person and the empty airplane seat...next to you!

At the end of the episode I play the whole BBC interview!

CONTACT... flywithbetty@gmail.com

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Music by www.podsafemusic.com  "Betty" by The Lavcivious Biddies

An easy day at work is non-eventful, but those days when crazy things happen... while more stressful...make for much better stories!

In this show we hear about swearing, puking, panties falling off, a burning smell on the airplane, yelling and at the end of the episode...a ticking bomb!  These are some hair-raising stories and then we actually have some hair stories.

So...it's a hAIRy episode of Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase! 

Music by www.garageband.com "Crazy" by Nicola

So...I know what your thinking...Betty the Serious Slayer?  Well I was a big fan of the tv show...and Betty and Buffy are both kinda silly names. 

For many years Airline employees were beaten down, sad and grumpy.  But lately things are starting to look alittle brighter.  This episode is rapid fire jokes and funny stories...so basically I am tring to slay the serious with some seriously funny stories. 

I just hope I don't get a wooden stake to the heart for the stupid title (or for offending anyone). 

Music by www.garageband.com  "Joke Thing" by Talawah

This pilot told me a funny story about why this ditsy Flight Attendant decided to fly and it was so funny that I started to ask other Flight Attendants and pilots why they decided to fly.  And sure enough I found alot of funny stories!

Later on in the episope I tell why I decided to fly, and at the end of the show a very special passenger shares a story with us.

Music by www.garageband.com  "Fly" by The Good Sirs

Surprise surprise...this episode features funny airline stories involving coffee, tea and alittle romance!

People always ask me about the mile high club...so we have one of those stories along with some jolting coffee tales and a few flirtatious travel stories.

The picture is of my "Rapa Nui Romeo"!

Music by www.garageband.com  "Coffee Song" by Dean Krippaehne

For some strange reason people associate air travel with peanuts...people want their peanuts on the airplane!

So this show has some funny stories about peanuts along with a bunch of nuts (crazy nutty people)!

At the end of the episode I tell my own story of how I was seen as the crazy nut on Easter Island!

Music by a great Rapa Nui Band called Matato'a.  You can get more information about them at www.matatoa.com

I would like to welcome you aboard episode 38 which is full of outrageous stories in the timeline of a typical flight. 

We've got a sexy safety demonstration,  puke in the first class desserts and tp in the pantyhose! 

So sit back relax...and enjoy the wild ride!

Music by www.garageband.com  "Flight 1263"  by Loft

It's sort of an understatement to say that Airline Life is Wild as you'll see in this wild episode of Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase!

We have wild life stories starring leopards, gorillas, turtles and snakes.  Along with just "plane" wild stories!

Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com Live on the Wild Side by Damian Grove

This episode could be called Blondes Take Flight... but being a blonde I wanted a non hair color specific term to describe a moment where your alittle slow on the uptake.

So this show features some outrageous stories involving lost uniform skirts, burnt shoes and choking on an airline pillow?!

But don't you worry... the skies are not full  of dingbats but anybody can have a dim moment!

Music by www.garageband.com "Don't You Worry" by Dean Krippaehne

Ladies and Gentlemen we would like to welcome you aboard Celebrity Express!  Hold on to your armrests as we navigate through some turbulent and funny star stories.

At the end of the episode I'll tell you about the most impressive passenger I have ever met on the airplane!

Music by www.garageband.com  "Stars" by Sulphur

In this show we hear about ghosts, angels and unexplained events on the airplane and on layovers.  It's basically Airline paranormal if you will...I'm not saying I believe in ghosts or angels...I'm just saying that you never know. 

Whatever you believe...these are some really good stories!

Music... Paranormal Sunrise by Endsville www.endsville.ca or www.garageband.com

This show is jam packed full with hijinks and pranks on the airplane, from the silly to the sublime!  Lets get the party started! 

Music by www.garageband.com  Airplane by Sidestreet Blues

A special thanks to  www.landsend.com  for sending me the great suitcase!

Who knew there are so many Airline stories starring our furry friends!

In this show we hear about racoons, gorillas, dogs, monkeys, cows, birds and ferrets all flyings the friendly skys!  Hang on for a "wild" ride!

Music by www.podsafemusic.com  "Betty" by the Lavcivious Biddies

I'm just back from Tobago and something I miss when I have a break from work is the Galley Talk!  This show has alot of funny stories from the galley!

We hear about the lower galley, famous people in the galley and at the end of the episode... we hear about an experiment on the airplane that had all the passengers cheering!

Music by www.garageband.com  "Everything Good" by Twintwelve

Like every work environment there are power struggles in the airline industry.  You have stand offs between the Flight Attendants and passengers, the Captains and First Officers and Flight Attendants with each other.  Now on paper that probably doesn't sound funny...but it really is!

At the end of the episode I tell about a Show Down that I regularly have with passengers on the airplane.

Music by www.garageband.com "Struggle" by Scott Fisher

The topic was "Femininity in Flight"  a new book by Kathleen Barry.  I was on for the full second hour of the show.  Below is a link if anyone wants to listen ...

http://wamu.org/programs/dr/07/03/01.php#12675

The subject matter is not as light as my podcast but interesting none the less.  The Diane Rehm show has a listening audience of 1.6 million and it's live...I was sweating bullets!

I record all types of stories and then I try to find a theme for an episode.  Strangely enough a common thread seemed to be stories with people in various stages of undress?

So among the underwear and naked stories we hear my own most embarrassing moment and at the end of the episode we hear about a really famous lady in her underwear on the airplane!

Music by www.podsafemusic.com  "Betty" by The Lavcivious Biddies

Roger...or Roger that...is what a Pilot says all day long.  It indicates that a message has been recieved.  But...is the message always understood?  Are we always on the same page?  

Words can mean different things to different people which makes for some hilarious stories in the cockpit and the cabin!

The end of the episode has a great segment about the Aircraft manufacturer Fokker.  Roger? Roger that! 

Music by www.garageband.com "Cabin to Cockpit" by The Belvederes

I'm sure each and every one of you have funny things happen when you are at work, but Flight Attendants and Pilots average day just seems to have more of them.

We hear about the Flight Attendants having to open the door...inflight!  Plus alot of wacky airplane lavatory stories and at the end of the show I tell a story about an especially friendly famous gal.

Music by www.garageband.com "Flying" by The Catch

An airplane is a "big metal tube" with hundreds of people crammed inside speeding through the sky.  Is it any wonder that now and again a passenger goes slightly crazy?

We hear of passengers spitting, fighting and generally causing havoc on the airplane.  Nothing like alittle violence for the holidays?  Don't worry there are plenty of laughs too!

The photo is a greeting card made by a fellow Flight Attendant...if your interested in a catalog... e-mail  stewsgonebad@hotmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com  "Crazy" by The Ripple Effect

This show starts off with a bombshell story and ends with a personal bombshell announcement. 

The middle is chock full of dramatic and funny lightning stories.

The photo is a greeting card made by a fellow Flight Attendant...if your interested in a catalog... e-mail  stewsgonebad@hotmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com "Lightning Strikes" by Chaiko

This episode is chock full of short stories of flight crews acting rather miscievous! 

We have Flight Attendants pulling pranks on Pilots, a prisoner making a run for it, a mistaken rocket launch...plus some simply zany behavior!

The photo is a greeting card that another flight attendant makes, if your interested in a catalog contact  stewsgonebad@hotmail.com

Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com  "Everything Good" by Twintwelve

What do contrails, hound dogs, frettless monsters, bjillionaires, low cut dresses and lisping pregnant women have in common?

They are all featured in this potluck episode of Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase!

And the last story...all I can say is...Ohhhh Baby!

Contact...  flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by www.podsafemusic.com "Betty" by The Lavcivious Biddies

If you've ever seen the TV show "Lost" you've seen the model perfect gorgeous passengers of TV's parallel universe.

But in reality people on the aircraft are alot more diverse than that...which is actually rather wonderful.

This episode features stories about a group of monks, a drunk priest, a "gay" passenger and a rather large gentleman getting stuck in the aircraft lavatory.

Music from www.garageband.com  "Wonderful"  by DavidWilliam

What is a Bellringer you ask?  A Bellringer is a type of airline passenger who rings and rings the flight attendant call bell... and can't associate the the action of pushing the button and the resulting ding!

We hear about alot of bellringers...some dingbat Flight Attendants... and at the end of the episode we hear a story that is a real "headbanger"!

Contact... flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com Warning Bells by romaniacs

This show has great stories about crewmembers and passengers who are shall we say "colorful" or "interesting"!  At the end of the episode we actually have an ax wielding Captain!

Contact...  flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by www.garageband.com  "Strange People" by FBW

You might want to listen to Joe Deon interview me on  "Fly With Me" at www.flywithjoe.com  it's in Episode 13.  Joe sets the podcasting bar very high... he always does a fantastic show.

This show has one witch story and then it is nonstop celebrity stories.  Starring Arnold Palmer, Elvis, Russell Crowe, Little Richard, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Travolta, Andre the Giant and Robert Redford.

And at the end of the episode we hear from a non famous but really impressive passenger just back from Iraq.

Music by www.garageband.com "Walk of Fame" by Bad Mama Jamas

Flight Attendants and Pilots spend alot of time in hotel rooms and this episode brings us stories of hotel burglars...strange things lost and found in hotel rooms...and a couple naked hotel room incidents.

When your traveling... it's always good to watch your back!

Then at the end of the episode we hear from a famous passenger who was kind enough to share a funny story with me.

Music by www.garageband.com  "Flying" by The Catch

This episode features funny stories of kids on the plane.  The title is in reference to the upcoming movie that is getting great press..."Snakes on a Plane".  And actually one of the stories has kids and snakes on a plane!

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Music by garageband.com  "Kids Rock" by Blue Fox & the Rockin'D

In this episode we hear scary stories.  Some are funny scary and others are truely scary like the captain having a heart attack inflight.  And the last story...well...it's the bomb!

Music by www.garageband.com  "Bombs Away" by Toke Squaly

Music by garageband.com "Everything Good" performed by Twintwelve (I really like their music!)

At the end of the episode we hear the second part of the fighter pilot's first hand account of ejecting out of his f-18 aircraft!

Music by garageband.com "Air" by Gertrude ]]> podcasts Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:21:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=63090# flywithbetty@gmail.com Flight Attendant Betty Clean http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=57632# Because of the amount of time Flight Attendants and Pilots spend in flying...alot happens in the air! In this episode we about... love in the air, being lost in the air, and needing a doctor in the air.

Then at the end of the episode we hear a first hand account of a fighter pilot ejecting out of his F-18...now that's what I call drama in the air!

Music by garageband.com "Air" by Gertrude ]]> podcasts Sun, 12 Feb 2006 03:16:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=57632# flywithbetty@gmail.com Flight Attendant Betty No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=49023# People are strange, alittle odd and crazy! We hear about some strange passengers, an odd pilot and then I tell one of my favorite travel stories.

You will probably think I'm crazy after you hear this story of a camel trek in the Sahara desert where we lost our camels and were stranded with some randy locals in the middle of the sand dunes!

CONTACT...flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by garageband.com "Strange People" by FBW]]> podcasts Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:49:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=49023# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=46058# I'm thrilled with the number of people who are listening to my little show that I produce from my apartment. I have't done anything to promote it, and the word of mouth just continues to spread!

Would you believe I am even getting some media attention?!...

TRAVEL + LEASURE magazine Janruary 2006

Click here to view the article!

BBC radio interview December 2005...

Click here to listen the the interview ]]> general Fri, 6 Jan 2006 23:13:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=46058# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=44038# This episode brings us stories about moments in life that are not easily explained.

We hear about a possible UFO sighting and some fateful moments on the aircraft. At the end of the episode I tell you about my date with fate on the airplane!

Contact...flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by the very talented Jamie Angelise! ]]> podcasts Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:35:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=44038# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=39857# In this episode we hear about a pilot in his birthday suit, a few passengers in the buff and a flying santa suit. At the end of the episode I share a few touching listener e-mails.

CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Contact...flywithbetty@gmail.com

Music by Garageband.com Christmas by Joe Perri ]]> podcasts Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:27:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=39857# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=35269# In this episode we hear witty responses to problem passengers along with Pilot and Flight Attendant pranks and an update on my trip to Kuwait.

Music by garageband.com Betty 5 0 by Automatics ]]> podcasts Mon, 21 Nov 2005 05:02:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=35269# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=31769# Funny stories about communication issues from the cockpit, the tower and in the cabin!

At the end of the episode I'll have some exciting news!

Music by Pod Safe Music Network "Crack the Sky" by Joe Campbell]]> podcasts Sun, 6 Nov 2005 03:25:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=31769# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=29149# This episode is about all types of security. We hear about some Canadian Mounted Police, a prisoner needing escorts, and delve into security post 9-11.

At the end of the episode we hear an elequent statement from a retired Airline Captain!

Music by garageband.com "Taking a Ride in An Airplane" by Pat Bateman]]> podcasts Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:53:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=29149# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=27535# Funny stories of animals in the cabin, celebs with their animals and my favorite animal from my african safari!!

CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES!

Music from garageband.com "She" performed by Round 2]]> podcasts Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:00:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=27535# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=24874# This eposode has fighter pilot stories mixed in with blonde moments. And at the end of the episode I tell one of my blonde moments where I jumped off a moving train in Morocco!

Be sure to check out Fly With Me at www.flywithjoe.com there is a episode about the recent Jet Blue emergency landing with actual audio from the cockpit!

Music by Garage Band...Paper Airplane by Something Else.]]> podcasts Mon, 3 Oct 2005 23:56:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=24874# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=23668# This episode has some very funny stories that are ever so slightly off color or politically incorrect.

We hear about some bodily functions, some ethnic stereotypes, and then a story at the end that brings everything full circle!

Music by garage band...Rainbow by Laura Seiverling and Colors of the Rainbobw by Tommy Daniel Honles.]]> podcasts Tue, 27 Sep 2005 02:02:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=23668# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=22578# How's the water? In this episode we travel to Maui to hear about a pesky shark and an angry turtle. We also venture to Kenya, Israel, and then off to Egypt to hear about an amazing dolphin encounter!

Music from the TV show Firefly that will become a movie due out Sept 30th called Serenity. I can't wait!

Music by Garage Band...Hijacker by The Daybreakers and Paper Airplane by Something Else]]> podcasts Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:02:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=20669# flywithbetty@gmail.com No http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=18876# In this episode we hear about some troublesome monkeys in Bali, some bugs and bats in Belize , a dead guy in first class, and then back to India for tigers and ghosts!

Music by Garage Band "Silver Plated" by Geoff Byrd "Traveling On" by Nathan Sheppard Band "Airplane" by Side Street Blues "Big Jet Airplane" by Steep Canyon Rangers "Travel" by Sara Thomas "Paper Airplane" by Something Else]]> podcasts Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:07:00 GMT http://betty.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=18876# flywithbetty@gmail.com No