If you could go back in time and give your new-hire self one piece of advice, what would it be? We asked flight attendants on Threads, and the answers poured in. This week they go through their favorite responses (from “drink more water” to “don’t sleep with pilots,” which Andrew respectfully amends) and our own hard-earned lessons, like keeping ramen in your bag, learning to bid while you’re still on reserve, and never being the person who hands their drink back to the flight attendant mid-service.

We also take a moment to talk directly to the senior flight attendants who think new hires should suffer because they did, and explain why “that’s how we’ve always done it” is not a good enough reason. Plus, Andrew’s rant on passengers who stand up seven times during boarding to dig in the overhead bin, and a Galley Gossip story from a listener’s 96-year-old mom, who flew for American Airlines in 1953.

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