The Red Eye
Short stories about the extraordinary true travel experiences of flight attendants, pilots and their passengers. A peak behind the curtain into the lives of those who travel for a living. In the world of aviation and world travel, we experience everything from thrilling dramas to side-splitting comedy and life-altering moments, each episode immerses you in a world of adventure. Enjoy a brief escape, as real-life events take on a fictional flair, transporting you from the aircraft’s cabin, to the ground, and across the globe.
Episodes
122 episodes
Stranger Danger
Alone in a new city, is it inviting danger?Visiting a new destination is exciting for cabin crew, we can often grow tired of flying to the same cities over and over again. And whilst those cities can provide a familiarity that is comfort...
May-king the Most of It!
In this months blog from Susan, we hear how she makes the most of it, no matter what might go wrong! Because in aviation, something always will go a bit off plan, and as cabin crew you need to be able to go with the flow! And who knows what sli...
Untrained for the Unexpected
Have you ever had to deal with something you're absolutely not trained for?When you're 38,000ft in the air, the cabin crew member is the one person everyone turns to to deal with an issue. Most of the time we're trained for it! Fire in t...
The Original Ash Cloud Story
When European airspace shut down in April 2010, the aviation industry largely just accepted it because standard procedures told us that is what happens when a volcano erupts and spits ash into the air. Planes can't fly through ash. Of course!
A Captain's Karma
There are the odd people in the aviation industry that will screw over someone else to help themselves. But the problem is, the industry is smaller than you think, and you never know when your behaviour will bite you in the behind!When a...
April's Edition of Cabin Crew Gossip - Galley FM
Galley FM is where we hear all the juiciest gossip as Cabin Crew, it's usually listened to at 4am when we're sat in our jumpseats trying to stay awake on the red eye with coffee and biscuits. Because you can guarantee that if something scandalo...
The Hotel on the Hill
Cabin crew stay in so many hotels that sometimes we forget which one we're at that day. Sometimes we even forget which destination we've flown to, waking up in a bed and having to think really hard about what you did the day before to discover ...
A Mile High Mistake
The world of cabin crew influencers can be a very glamourous. But keeping up with the hype can be a full time job in itself.When Cara is desperate to keep her influencer boyfriend interested in her on a trip, she resorts to breaking some...
The Sofa that Slipped
Legendary stories are rife in the aviation industry. Tales of mischief, and "can you believe that?!" moments.Today's story is one of those legends. The story of a room party so wild that a sofa was thrown out of the window in a hotel in ...
Captain vs Controller
Pilots have all the power... or do they?!In today's true story told as fictional half hour audiobook, we hear how a pilot thought he was above rules when it came to his plane, and swiftly regrets his actions when he faces off with an Air...
Staff Travel Nightmare - The Rant of a Cabin Crew Member
Susan reflects on the debacle of staff travel fails. Because if you can't rely on your seniority as a Flight Attendant, what else is there?!A funny, reflective diary entry, based on true events in our authors life and told in the style o...
A Minor Diversion
What happens when a child is travelling alone and the plane diverts? When a flight diverts it causes a whole lot of chaos. People miss connections, miss events, or just get plain exhausted and angry. But what happens when a child is travelling ...
The Extra Crew Member
Cabin Crew Shenanigans can feel like one of those legendary wild nights out that only come with a hen do or stag do attached! But if you put a group of young, fun people together in a hotel with happy hour drinks then you should expect a little...
Hello Sailor!
Finding love when you're flying around the world sounds romantic! But it's often not... But as it's Valentine's week we thought we'd share with you the true story of how one ex cabin crew member found her dream man on a Caribbean trip. Because ...
February's Rant from a Cabin Crew member
The snow can totally derail the aviation industry. In this months diary entry episode, we find out how the snow affected poor Susan. And how any delay can completely mess up your month!Told with Susan's usual sense of humour, these episo...
The Crew Room
Major aviation incidents can floor a crew member. Whether that's an extended stay on your layover, or something as life changing as 9/11. These big events can completely change airline policies and safety regulations, and how flight attendants ...
The Seatbelt Standoff
Celebrities have to follow the rules like the rest of us, but that doesn't mean that a few of them don't put up a fight!On today's episode, we hear the true story about a celebrity who refused to comply with not just the cabin crew's req...
The Determined Traveller
Would you board a plane knowing you might have a medical emergency on board? Can you imagine being in a situation where you'd risk your own life, or that of your baby, just to make a journey you didn't really need to make?And what about ...
The New Year's Diary of a Flight Attendant
Travel is a nightmare around the holidays, and frankly, most cabin crew are thankful when it's all over and we can get back to flying around the world on a normal schedule - or as normal as it gets when you wake up in a different city every wee...
Unwanted Emissions in the Aisle Revisited
Have you ever been on an aircraft and though "what is that smell?!" Well in today's story that we are revisitng, one poor passenger was at the nose end of a horrific whiff after a cabin crew member made some misjudgements about his ...
A Christmas Flight to Remember Revisited
In today's episode, we're revisiting a short story from last year - because it aired on Christmas Eve last year and didn't get the listens it deserved!This story is about Ally, who was destined to spend Christmas in Johannesburg with her...
Flight to Freedom
What if one unexpected medical emergency at the airport accidentally handed you the most liberating night of your life?In this true cabin crew story, Andy - a long-haul flight attendant - starts his day expecting nothing more than...
Surgeon in the Skies
What happens when a life-or-death medical emergency unfolds at 35,000 feet… and there is a surgeon onboard? This week on The Red Eye, we bring you one of the most extraordinary true aviation sto...