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Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

2 panel image: on the left a person places a pair of boarding passes in a bag, and on the right a person explains while getting dressed for work.

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‘Please make sure to rip [it] up’: Flight attendant warns against leaving boarding passes on the plane’s seat pocket

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Anna Good

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‘Beyond heartbreaking’: Internet reacts to the final performance of 11-year-old skaters killed in D.C. plane crash

Chilling reaction to American Airlines helicopter crash heard in air traffic control audio

Culture

Air traffic control audio captures chilling moment of D.C. plane and helicopter crash

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

A photo of an airplane aisle next to a screenshot of @shannonella_ from their Tiktok.

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‘I’m throwing hands’: Woman confronts ‘seat squatter’ on her flight. It’s becoming a big problem

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

3 panel image: in the middle are airline travelers, on the sides a person explains

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‘The timing of this is something’: Former Emirates flight attendant shares the real reason to wear pants on an airplane

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‘The more ya know’: Pilot shares the real reason you have to go on Airplane Mode

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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Charlotte Colombo

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Dirty Flights

‘This is why I travel with wipes and spray sanitizer’: Flight attendant reveals the ‘filthiest’ parts of a plane. It’s not where you think

Mike Hadge

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All Nippon Airways just launched a  Pokémon-themed flight safety video inside of their airplanes

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

Ramon Ramirez

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Main Character of the Week: The viral traveler who missed her flight

passenger says baggage was missing. She can't believe the condition it was in when she found it

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‘You about to go on that $4,000 shopping spree’: Southwest Airlines passenger reveals airline completely destroyed her suitcase—and everything in it

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‘I can’t think of anything worse’: Some people are ‘rawdogging’ entire plane rides—and bragging about it

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘It’s fishy’: JetBlue traveler says plane delayed because 80 TV screens are out—and 2 other flights had ‘malfunctioning’ issues. What’s going on?

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‘We about to fly into the water’: Man shares what to expect if your plane has to make an emergency water landing after traumatic Spirit flight

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘All Delta did was leave on time’: Woman blames Delta for missing best friend’s wedding. It backfires

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

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‘Can I get a refund?’: American Airlines passenger can’t believe her strange aisle seat

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