The end of the flight attendant?, Confirmed Cathay Pacific First Class Award limitations?, New Airline Themed Comedy Movie

It’s a fun week around the travel world – including some not so good news about award availability. Let’s see what’s out there:

• Is this the end of the flight attendant as we know it?

• A new comedy about flight attendants has been approved for distribution in the US. It looks pretty funny!

Larry Gaye (Feuerstein) is the world’s best flight attendant — not to mention popular with the ladies. Winner of a record-setting six “Golden Coffee Pot” Awards for his stellar flight attending skills, Larry is called into action when Federated Airlines proposes replacing human flight attendants with lifelike robots: he must battle a FlightPal200 (Romijn) to prove the irreplaceability of human customer service. With the support of his sidekick Nathan (Pudi), Larry must also come to terms with the woman (Mays) he once loved and lost, whose secret will turn Larry’s world upside down.

• The Silvercar minimum rental age is being reduced from 25 to 22. 

• Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith, World’s First Black Flight Attendant

• The first Air Force One is wasting away in the desert…

• Over the past several days, rumors have spread about Cathay Pacific limiting First Class award seats to partner airlines, such as to American AAdvantage members. According to JonNYC, who has been right on most topics relating to oneworld an AA, the change is “definitely going to be happening.” I take what Jon says seriously, and I think you should too…