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And"},{"speaker":"Andrew","startTime":1335.71,"endTime":1340.27,"body":"honestly, the travel benefits,"},{"speaker":"Andrew","startTime":1335.71,"endTime":1340.27,"body":"they're so, I mean, the travel"},{"speaker":"Andrew","startTime":1340.27,"endTime":1340.87,"body":"benefits"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1340.87,"endTime":1344.6499999999999,"body":"are, I mean, yeah, that's,"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1340.87,"endTime":1344.6499999999999,"body":"it's so cliche, but, I mean, how"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1344.6499999999999,"endTime":1347.59,"body":"do you pass up an opportunity to"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1344.6499999999999,"endTime":1347.59,"body":"just get on an airplane whenever"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1347.59,"endTime":1350.05,"body":"you want? Granted, there are no"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1347.59,"endTime":1350.05,"body":"receipts. 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Buying"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1365.79,"endTime":1369.45,"body":"plane tickets is not for"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1365.79,"endTime":1369.45,"body":"the faint of heart, right?"},{"speaker":"Andrew","startTime":1370.1699999999998,"endTime":1372.93,"body":"What about you? What"},{"speaker":"Andrew","startTime":1370.1699999999998,"endTime":1372.93,"body":"makes you stay? What do you love"},{"speaker":"Andrew","startTime":1372.93,"endTime":1374.69,"body":"about flying and what makes you"},{"speaker":"Andrew","startTime":1372.93,"endTime":1374.69,"body":"stay? I"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1374.69,"endTime":1377.57,"body":"think the thing that made"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1374.69,"endTime":1377.57,"body":"me stay, and I kind of knew this"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1377.57,"endTime":1381.29,"body":"right from the get go, just"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1377.57,"endTime":1381.29,"body":"coming out of a stressful work"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1381.29,"endTime":1385.9099999999999,"body":"environment, being micromanaged"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1381.29,"endTime":1385.9099999999999,"body":"by someone who was a bit of a"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1385.9099999999999,"endTime":1389.3899999999999,"body":"perfectionist, which I admired,"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1385.9099999999999,"endTime":1389.3899999999999,"body":"but also was sometimes"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1389.3899999999999,"endTime":1393.4099999999999,"body":"frustrated by. 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I know my mom, I remember"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1503.1499999999999,"endTime":1506.69,"body":"when I first started flying her"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1503.1499999999999,"endTime":1506.69,"body":"friends were like, oh, so when"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1506.69,"endTime":1509.93,"body":"are you gonna get a real job? I"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1506.69,"endTime":1509.93,"body":"love that question. It's one of"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1509.93,"endTime":1513.23,"body":"my favorite questions that"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1509.93,"endTime":1513.23,"body":"people ask, because I really"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1513.23,"endTime":1519.25,"body":"feel like this is a real job and"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1513.23,"endTime":1519.25,"body":"it's better than yours. Hell"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1519.25,"endTime":1523.03,"body":"yeah, I'm gonna stay so yeah,"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1519.25,"endTime":1523.03,"body":"but yeah, that's why we became"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1523.03,"endTime":1526.1499999999999,"body":"flight attendants. Hopefully you"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1523.03,"endTime":1526.1499999999999,"body":"found this interesting, and"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1526.1499999999999,"endTime":1528.97,"body":"share your stories with us. Keep"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1526.1499999999999,"endTime":1528.97,"body":"submitting your flight attendant"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1528.97,"endTime":1532.03,"body":"Friday stories. We love reading"},{"speaker":"Rich","startTime":1528.97,"endTime":1532.03,"body":"them. We love sharing them. 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