It confirms the notion of the "home base" as the place from which a flight crew member carries out most of their work.

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As part of the sentencing hearing, four passengers and a crew member aboard Flight 253 made statements, telling the judge the event had forever changed their lives.

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One-hundred-ten passengers and one crew member -- flight attendant Rene Le Beau -- died in the crash.

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They don't count all the times a member of the flight crew manages to calm an anxious flier or successfully mediates disputes over seats or armrests.

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"Today, because of heightened security awareness and the reinforced cockpit door, air rage is likely to involve a confrontation between a disruptive passenger and a member of the flight crew or another traveler, " he said.

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In London, a hospital spokesman said a British Airways crew member developed flu-like symptoms during a flight from Mexico City and was tested for swine flu, but the results came back negative.

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Belodoff told the newspaper that a flight attendant finally asked Huffington to turn off her BlackBerry after he repeatedly tried to get the crew member's attention.

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Gidzenko, who was a member of the first crew to live on the ISS, said the two-day flight to the ISS had gone well.

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