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    Donald Wecklein

    About Donald Wecklein

    Donald Wecklein is a cabin safety expert with over 33 years in inflight operations. He has worked as an Air Transportation Supervisor, Aircraft Ground Instructor, and has a private pilot certificate and an Aircraft Dispatcher certificate as well. He has also presented as a cabin safety expert at an ICAO Cabin Safety conference in Bangkok in 2016, an event exclusively for Asian airlines, as well as at the IATA Cabin Operations Safety Conference in Bangkok in 2018.

    Entries by Donald Wecklein

    Best practices, Manual, Operations

    Ask for help if you can’t find your phone

    Ask a flight attendant for help if you drop your phone

    August 11, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Best practices, Manual, Training

    Unusual attitudes, and we don’t mean the flight attendants!

    Image Credit: PTI Should flight attendants be taught unusual aircraft attitudes post-landing during training?

    August 9, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Operations

    Can flight attendants make their own labels for the galley?

    Can flight attendants make their own labels for use when working, and is there a regulation that prohibits them from sticking one onto a bin or cart?

    August 8, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Best practices, Hazmat, Operations, Regulations

    Medication in carryon baggage gate-checked

    Flight attendants must always ask prior to taking a passenger’s bag, “do you have any medication, valuables, electronics, spare batteries, or power banks in the bag? It can mean the difference between life and death of that passenger.

    August 6, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Operations

    Passenger safety briefing

    The passenger safety briefing is provided for passengers to watch and listen as it contains important safety information. So, why don’t passengers pay attention anymore?

    August 3, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Best practices, Operations, Regulations, Training

    Lesson plan and its importance

    Lesson plans and their importance

    August 3, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Manual, Operations

    Secure yourself when the seatbelt sign is on

    Do flight attendants ever get injured by turbulence? Some crewmembers seem to think they’re immune to injury.

    August 3, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Manual, Operations, Regulations

    Cabin secure during taxi

    During taxi, what are the regulation(s) that apply to opening an overhead bin or a galley storage container to put something away?

    August 1, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Operations

    Minimum height to be a flight attendant

    Is there a minimum height requirement to work as a flight attendant? Are there any factors that can affect the minimum height requirement that some airlines list on job postings?

    July 28, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
    Manual

    Working as a crewmember taking medication

    Is there a way for me to find out whether over the counter medication or prescription medication I’m taking is permitted or prohibited when working as a crewmember?

    July 22, 2026/0 Comments/by Donald Wecklein
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