Who’s that with Aniella’s mother?
By DianneN
@DianneN (250202)
United States
March 2, 2026 8:08am CST
Our son’s fiancée’s mother is head flight attendant for American Airlines. She travels all over the world as you can imagine.
She has the craziest stories about passengers. Some have slapped her, thrown things at her, yelled at her, gotten sick on her, etc….
She’s also had some extremely kind, nice, and thoughtful passengers. One of the most recent was Sting, pictured together in the photo.
Hubs and I have never been rude on flights, but have seen several kooks. I remember the Feds and airport staff boarding a jet and detaining a group of passengers in the back. Never found out why.
How have your flights been?
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There are more automobile accidents than airline accidents. It seems worse when a plane crashes due to the number of people killed all at once.
@FourWalls (83455)
• United States
7h
Hey, it’s a bug! He Stings. 
I haven’t flown since 1989, so I’ve had no rude passengers and my luggage arrived in the same place at the same time as I did.
I haven’t flown since 1989, so I’ve had no rude passengers and my luggage arrived in the same place at the same time as I did. 1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (88952)
• United States
7h
I recognized Sting right away!! Being a flight attendant is not a job I'd want these days. Seems like they have so much more to deal with compared to the "good old days"
I haven't flown in ages but I do remember it being pleasant.
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@Marilynda1225 (88952)
• United States
6h
@DianneN my middle daughter was obsessed with Sting when she was a teenager. There's no way I wouldn't recognize him since her room was covered in Sting posters
I remember getting dressed up to fly too. Now people travel in their pjs, have no manners or regard for anyone but themselves. It's really sad what has happened to common decency.
I remember getting dressed up to fly too. Now people travel in their pjs, have no manners or regard for anyone but themselves. It's really sad what has happened to common decency.1 person likes this
@DianneN (250202)
• United States
6h
@Marilynda1225
I definitely agree with you. And common decency is lacking in society now. Movies, language, name calling, bullying, etc……
Huge sigh!
I definitely agree with you. And common decency is lacking in society now. Movies, language, name calling, bullying, etc……
Huge sigh!@DianneN (250202)
• United States
6h
Glad you recognized him. I saw a documentary on him years ago. He had a tough life growing up.
Travel certainly isn’t what it used to be. I remember dressing up to fly, clean white linens on the headrests, and good manners.
Now I won’t even use the restroom on overseas flights.
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@Ineeddentures (19563)
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1h
Small world
I met Stings wife Trudi about 5 years ago
She was on holiday in the Highlands at the same place as Yvonne and I.
Met his daughter as well, nice girl.
She asked me where the nearest phone was as she had to call him and there was no cell phone service
I said
Send him
A message in a bottle
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@Ineeddentures (19563)
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25m
@DianneN
They wanted some peace and quiet
His wife had no idea she would be recognised
I kept doing Police puns all night at Dinner,
@snowy22315 (203694)
• United States
8h
I recognized Sting. He is a former teacher, and I presume a nice person to boot as most teachers are. The only really crazy thing that happened on a flight I was on, other than the time I sneezed on a Red Eye coming back from Alaska and woke up half the plane, was when Friend and I were coming back from Vegas, missed our plane and thought we on the right one..both were going to Washington, but different airports. We insisted we belonged on the flight to the flight crew..and they stuffed us somewhere on the plane. That was the plane I saw Bob Dole on. Anyway, when we got there of course..we were at the wrong airport, and they gave us vouchers for ground transport to get to the right one. 
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@DianneN (250202)
• United States
7h
As a former teacher, I thank you. Karen, her mother, said that he was so friendly and kind.
Cool to see Bob Dole on your crazy flight! Glad you received vouchers for ground transportation. That kind of happened to us. Our flight had to land in Miami, but we were going to Ft. Lauderdale. Long story short, but that’s when Pan Am went bankrupt.
On another flight, we sat across from Ivanka T. What a downer she was.
@wolfgirl569 (130409)
• Marion, Ohio
8h
I have only flown a couple of times so no stories. That could be a fun but dangerous job.
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@Nakitakona (59976)
• Philippines
8h
I think that's a common things happening to those who fly. I have never board on an airplane.
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