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Flight attendant takes baby after slap from mother

Police say a Southwest Airlines flight attendant took a baby from her parents on a flight from Dallas to Albuquerque after the mother slapped the crying child.

Fed-Up Flight Attendant Makes Sliding Exit

A JetBlue flight attendant unleashed a tirade, pulled the emergency-exit chute and fled Kennedy International Airport.

Senh: It's always those unruly passengers who refuse to obey the rules. I'm on the side of the flight attendant here. It's a thankless job. What are you supposed to do when a passenger refuses to obey the rules? I was on a flight once when a family just decided to seat wherever they wanted and refuse to move even though those seats belong to another family. The flight attendant took care of that by asking the other family if they mind seating elsewhere; they reluctantly obliged after some arguing with the unruly family. The jerk won, but bad karma's gonna get him eventually.

Flight attendant takes over for sick pilot

A flight attendant with a pilot's license ditched her normal duties and stepped in for a sick copilot of an American Airlines flight before the plane landed in Chicago, Illinois, airline officials said.