April 29, 2025 • 19 mins
Hey y’all, it’s Rich and Drew—your favorite flight attendants and meme-makers—and we’re officially bringing you behind the curtain (and out of the galley) with the very first episode of the Two Guys on a Plane podcast! This “pilot” episode is our chance to spill all the tea on how our now-not-so-little Instagram account went from cheesy travel pics to a community-driven platform full of memes, laughs, and heartfelt stories from flight attendants around the world.
We’re talking about where the name came from (spoiler: it’s more literal than you think), how our meme game got started (PowerPoint, anyone?), and the moment we realized that Two Guys on a Plane was more than just jokes—it was connection. We’re reflecting on everything from our Flight Attendant Friday feature to writing blog posts during COVID, and even what’s next for us (hello, group trips and podcast dreams!). Whether you’re a seasoned flyer or someone who just stumbled into our corner of the internet, this episode is full of hilarious memories, behind-the-scenes confessions, and a whole lotta heart.
Episode Highlights:
[0:21] Kicking off the podcast—who we are and why we’re doing this.
[1:17] The very literal (and slightly ridiculous) naming process of Two Guys on a Plane.
[2:34] Why we started the Instagram account and what we originally thought it’d be.
[4:04] The meme that changed it all—and how PowerPoint played a starring role.
[6:15] Our collaborative meme-making process and the evolution of our humor.
[7:37] When we realized we were building more than a meme account—especially during COVID.
[9:27] The birth of Flight Attendant Friday and why those stories matter so much.
[11:43] Our comment section = constant comedy gold.
[13:03] The ultimate undercover moment when a coworker didn’t realize she was working with us.
[15:49] Is this what we thought Two Guys on a Plane would be? Not even close.
[16:58] What’s next for us? Group travel, podcasting, merch—and who knows what else.
[18:35] Wrapping up with merch, memories, and what you can expect from future episodes.
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Rich (00:00):
Have ever wondered what your flight attendants are
(00:03):
really talking about behind thegalley curtain? Welcome
Andrew (00:06):
to Two guys on a plane.
Your go to podcast for aninsider look at flight attendant
life.
Rich (00:11):
We're your hosts, rich and Drew and we're here to tell you
what really goes on at 35,000feet.
Unknown (00:16):
So sit back, relax.
We're ready for takeoff.
Rich (00:21):
Welcome to Two guys on a plane. This is our very first
episode of our brand newpodcast, and we are so excited
to be here with you. My name isRich. I'm Andrew. We are going
to be your host through a wildflight that will consist of
everything from fun interviewsto ranting about flight
attendant life to poking fun atpassenger behaviors and pet
(00:45):
peeves and industry news andaviation things and all that
sort of fun stuff. So what wenormally get asked from people
is, how did you become two guyson a plane? What is the story of
how the two of you got started?
How did it turn into memes? Howdid it turn into this huge
account now that you have andeventually a podcast? So today,
(01:05):
to get started, we wanted todive right into it. How we
became two guys on a plane?
Well, rich, I'll start with
Andrew (01:13):
you. How did we come up with the name two guys on a
plane? You
Rich (01:17):
know, it's funny that you asked that, because the name was
definitely just it. I don't evenknow that we put that much
thought into it. Obviously, it'sa very literal name. We're both
flight attendants, two guys on aplane. No, we were driving back
from Easter with my family,like, seeing family, and we were
in the car, and I remember, forsome reason, I had my laptop and
(01:38):
was, like, working with a hotspot. I don't know who I thought
I was doing that in the car,but, um, I remember like looking
to see because I'm very likeinto branding and marketing. And
I remember thinking, I want tomake sure that whatever the name
is is available on allplatforms. And you were that
because you were kind of makingfun of me for it, understandably
so. And I think at one point wewere like two guys in a plane
(02:01):
with the number two, or spelledout two. At one point, it was
two gays on a plane, and then weweren't sure, like, how gay we
wanted to be, which is funnynow, because people are still
surprised that we're stillsurprised gay married couple,
and so that's always funny tome, but yeah, and then I think
it was just kind of like twoguys in a plane. It's very
literal. We are two guys on aplane, right? My question for
(02:26):
you is, why did we start twoguys on a plane? What? What was
it originally for? What was thatInstagram account for? Well, I
think we
Andrew (02:34):
have different opinions on this, so I'll give mine. But
we had just gotten married, andwe're doing a lot of travel for,
like, honeymoons, vacations, andbecause I had never really
traveled a lot, right? And I wasposting a lot of this on my own
Instagram, and I just thought itwas unfair to the people that
were like, were following me,like, maybe you don't want that
(02:55):
content, or that version of me,particularly with how much we
were doing it. And I just, Ithought it would be a good way
to share our travels andvacations and and all of those
kind of like photos, so thatpeople, if they wanted to be a
part of it, they could followour page. If they didn't want to
be a part of it, they could stayon my like normal page of like,
food, what I eat today, kind ofpictures.
Rich (03:19):
Yeah, I definitely think that it was a for travel. I
wanted to put our photos outthere. I wanted to kind of have
a fun way to collect ourmemories of traveling together
and then B I just thought itwould be kind of fun to like,
hey, maybe we could be likethose Insta gays that are out
there, and be one of those cutecouples and stick always posting
(03:39):
their travel photos and maybegets a hotel deal out of
Arizona. We like cheeseburgersway too much. We like
cheeseburgers way too much, andwe don't we have abs. I'm sure
they're in there somewhere, butthey're not currently at the
forefront. So it didn't take offquite in that way. I would say
we sure did try one of
Unknown (03:57):
those, like running out of the water.
We really did. We did, and weturned that one into a meme.
Andrew (04:04):
Oh, I Yes, I believe that we did, all right, show
them rich. When did it turn froma collection of travel photos to
memes?
Rich (04:11):
Actually, we just started kind of talking about this. I
remember it was kind of onerandom day I saw this meme that
was like, flight attendantsalways be going somewhere, and,
like, always be like, I'm sobusy, and it's like, a picture
of them on a beach. And I lovedit. I thought it was really
funny, but there was some typoin it, and I'm so OCD and anal
(04:32):
about that sort of stuff. So Iwas like, I want to post this on
our on our account, but I haveto remake it, because that,
like, this is going to drive mecrazy. And so I ended up using a
picture of us running into thewater in Costa Rica, and wrote
like, flight attendants be like,always going somewhere, always
busy, or whatever it was, Idon't even remember at this
point, and that picture, thatmeme, got more likes and
(04:54):
engagement, and even some sharesthan like any of our other
posts. And I was like, Well,this is kind. Of fun, because
it's like, you know, kind ofgoes in in hand, hand in hand,
our travel photos, and thenlike, silly little memes about
fight attendant life. So that'swhen it kind of turned for me,
where I was like, this isactually kind of entertaining to
do this and to, like, poke funat our life, but also kind of
(05:15):
use it as a little outlet for,like, humor and creativity too.
Yeah. What was the first memethat you remember kind of
blowing up for us, like seriesof memes, or whatever do you
remember to a specific one? Um,I remember a couple of them, but
the one that I'm thinking of waswe did, like a series of shits
Creek memes, and I remember thisbeing one of them that was, like
(05:39):
the most collaborative for us.
You were on a trip. I wassitting at home. We were sending
pictures back and forth withjokes about what we thought it
should be, and they like reallytook off after that. I think
that's where, like, our humorcomes from, and where we do so
well with the memes, because webounce them off of each other,
we have vastly different workexperiences. And so I think our
jokes are funnier because we canmake it more. I don't know what
(06:02):
I'm trying to collaborative,collaborative, yeah, yeah, yes,
that part, yeah. I definitelyremember the shits Greek memes.
And I remember us going back andforth too, because there was
some like, maybe, do we do morethan one series? We might have
done more than one, like set ofshits, Greek memes, because I
remember sending pictures backand forth, more than one
(06:24):
captioning. And then I alsoremember, and this is like, such
a dorky thing to say, and Ican't believe I'm even admitting
this, but I remember sitting ona dining room table, like on my
laptop, on PowerPoint, likemaking memes in PowerPoint,
because at that point I didn'thave any like, other software
that I thought like about usingpictures and putting captions
(06:46):
on, and I remember going backand forth. And I think it's
genius that, yeah, and so wemade these memes in PowerPoint,
and we just were, like, crackingeach other up, bouncing ideas
back and forth, and then, like,we would text them back and
forth. So yeah, that wasdefinitely, it's like, a good
example of how our collaborativeprocess works, for sure, right?
Because we definitely go backand forth. And it's like, we
(07:06):
either start with pictures andcaption them, or we have, like,
an idea, and we're like, youhave to find the right picture
for it. And like, sometimes I'llsend him Andrew a picture and be
like, can you caption this? Oryou'll send me something that
happened in your day and belike, we need a picture that
goes with the that goes withthis and vice versa. So I
definitely think that that wasthat signaled how we began the
(07:26):
meme journey.
Andrew (07:29):
Yes, okay, so rich. The next question I have for you is,
when do you think we became morethan just a meme account?
Rich (07:37):
Oh, when did we become more than just a meme account? I
feel like, I mean, COVID,really, a lot of things happened
in COVID where it was likethings aren't funny anymore,
like it was something heavierthat was happening in our
industry. And so I feel like wespoke out a lot about, you know,
mask mandates and kind of thethings that were happening to
(07:57):
flight attendants, people notwanting to follow rules, like,
things just kind of shifted inthe industry. And I think that's
when our kind of business, so tospeak, shifted. Because it was
like, Okay, this is more thanjust jokes at this point. Like,
we have flight attendants allaround the world who are like,
your humor gets me through theday, and I don't feel so alone
anymore. And it kind of made usthink like, oh gosh, like we're
(08:21):
more than just like laughter atthis point, like we're actually
showing up for people in waysthat we never thought a meme
account could. And so I rememberwriting a blog post called How
To be, or what it's like to be aflight attendant during a global
pandemic. And people werereaching out and that that
article went kind of viral, andthey were like, you know, thank
(08:42):
you for putting in towardseverything I've been feeling and
didn't know how to say. And thatmoment for me was really
powerful, because it was like,this platform could mean so many
things to people. It could behumor, it could be connection,
it could be community, it couldbe all of these things. And so I
really felt a shift during thatperiod. And then, on the other
(09:02):
hand, I think one of the biggestthings that kind of makes our
page stand out regularly is ourflight attendant Friday series.
And for those of you that don'tknow, flight attendant Friday,
we share each week on ourInstagram and stories from
flight attendants from aroundthe world. And Andrew, I give
you credit for that, becausethat was really kind of your
(09:22):
your idea. So tell us, tell usabout flight attendant Friday,
how it started, and what madeyou think this would be a good
Andrew (09:27):
idea. Well, I think it started during COVID, right?
Because we, as you were justexplaining, we had started to
see a shift in our likefollowing an audience, and we
realized that this was more thanjust a page where, where we were
doing the creating. Yeah, werealized it was a community that
we were building flightattendants, right? But I
(09:49):
remember we shared our ownstories, like, you put a picture
of you in your uniform up, andwe're like, this is how I became
a flight attendant. And then youwere like, You should do the
same. And so I did. And because.
I worked for multiple airlines,I put a series of photos up
with, like, how I had gotten tothe point in aviation that I was
at. I mean, they just blew up.
Yeah, people were DMing us, Oh,we love this. This is how I
(10:11):
became a flight attendant. And Ijust remember sitting on the
couch and we were talking abouthow this was a community, and if
our stories were important, thenso were everyone else's. And
that's, I mean, flight attendantFriday was born out of that and
the community that we wanted tobuild. So we started sharing
everybody's stories. Andhonestly, I love it, because
it's every walk of life. It'severyone, like everyone has
(10:35):
their own journey into aviation.
And I think every story that wetell connects with people,
right? Because they either sharethat story or there's someone
who stumbled on our page byaccident, and we're like, oh,
wait, I could still be a flightattendant. I don't have to let
this disability limit me. Idon't have to let my age limit
me. I don't have to let the factthat I have children limit me,
(10:56):
like they're hearing all ofthese stories from people. And
it really, I think it reallychanged our audience a lot.
Rich (11:04):
That's so true. And it really is such a cool thing
that, like, everybody's journeyinto flight attendant life, into
this world, is so different andyet so similar at the same time.
Yeah, like, it's really cool tosee all these different stories.
And you're right. It honestlykeeps me inspired too same,
because it's like, some daysyou're like, grumpy, and you
(11:26):
have passengers acting wild anddoing whatever the heck they
want to do. And then you readsome of these stories that come
in, and you're like, howbeautiful is this, that this
person just, like, kind ofreclaimed their life correct?
And like, just, yeah, totalshift. Do you ever feel
Andrew (11:43):
that way wandering through our comment section
though, like I feel like wedon't give our audience enough
credit for the fact that ourhumor also comes from them,
because like, the stories thatwe share, the comments that we
get, like the people that wework with on airplanes, are
always helping us be funnier anddriving what we're doing,
Rich (12:02):
yeah? I mean, we, we do get a lot of inspiration from
our audience. Is that what youmean? Well, co workers.
Audience, yeah, some days whenwe make memes about things or
situations or laughing aboutcrew members and stuff, I'm
like, Yeah, we're gonna have towait and post this, because
people are gonna startconnecting dots, right? You just
make a meme about me, right?
Yeah, the creative process forus with memes is honestly just
(12:24):
really interesting, becausethese ideas come from
everywhere, yeah, and ourcomment section is a meme in
itself. Yeah, sometimes, and
Andrew (12:35):
it's always funny to me when coworkers are like, Wait,
you're I just love your stuff.
And I was like, you helped memake get the joke that we made
two weeks ago? It was about you.
Rich (12:45):
Well, that's the funny thing too. Is when they see
things like that and they'relike, This is so funny. This is
hilarious. And like, it's you,girl, girl, it's you, yeah. Is
it funny? Because it wasn't asfunny when I was living in the
moment, but
Andrew (12:58):
they don't even remember they did it. They were like, Oh,
I hate when people do this. AndI'm like, it's you, you do this.
Rich (13:03):
I always think about that time I was flying with this girl
for like, a four day, andbecause we've started putting
our faces out on our account alittle more regularly lately, I
don't think this is gonna helpus hide it. No, it's certainly
better than you for some reason,too much, maybe, but a lot of
people don't always know whenthey're flying with us, that,
you know they follow ouraccount, but they don't know who
(13:25):
we are like as people. And I wasflying this four day with this
girl, and she was so sweet, butshe like, she kept referencing
to guys in a plane memes. Andwas like, oh my god, this is so
funny. And a lot of contentcreator people are, like, really
good at batching content anddoing stuff weeks out. We're not
always that way, right? Sosometimes we'll just post things
like in the day as they'rehappening. And I remember, like,
(13:47):
day one of the trip, she seesit, and she's like, Oh, this is
so funny. And I was like, oh,yeah, I know that account. Yeah,
I'm familiar with them. And daytwo, same thing happened. It was
something that happened on thetrip. And she's like, gosh, how
crazy is this? Like this, it'slike they're on our trip. They
keep posting these stories. AndI'm like, yeah, it's almost like
(14:07):
they're on your trip, almostlike they're working with you. I
mean, I'm not gonna, like, rollinto the crew briefing and be
like, Oh, hey, do you know who Iam? Like, I knew that we should
start doing that, and
Andrew (14:19):
just so that they know, we should also have a disclaimer
that's like, any everything'sbeing recorded. That's actually
an
Rich (14:25):
amazing idea. I love that.
Yeah, anything you say, Canwe'll be used against you, like
the cops. I don't know. I seethat like law and order right
now, the Uber drivers like thisis being recorded. Yep, yeah, we
should start doing that. Butanyways, by the end of this
trip, she posted a little like,tick tock about the trip, and
was like, Oh, this was so muchfun. You know, go, go, like, and
(14:45):
comment on this video if youhave tick tock. And it's like,
yeah, I have tick tock. So goingto the two guys in a plane
account and comment on her ticktock. And she's like, Oh, my
God, so funny though. Like that.
You guys just liked andcommented on this video. And.
Like some of you told at thispoint, I had to. I was like,
Girl, come on day three of this,you think it's like someone's
(15:06):
been on your trip. You to puttwo and two together. And she
was so mad. She's like, I can'tbelieve you didn't tell me. And
it was so funny. So yeah,
Andrew (15:13):
yes. And then he calls me, and then we start making
memes about this wholeinteraction. And we really have
to give you all credit as ourflying partners. You really do
influence our humor a
Rich (15:22):
lot, a lot. I love your idea of a disclaimer. Say Ken
will be used. I
Andrew (15:29):
but I still don't want people to know who I work for.
We've done a really good job of,like, keeping our airlines out
of all of this. So if you doknow, yeah, if you know, you
know, but don't, yeah, don't.
Oh, okay, rich looking back ateverything that we've done, is
this what you envisioned for twoguys on a plane?
Rich (15:49):
Absolutely not. Short answer, no to bed, right? I
mean, I have always been kind ofa dreamer. I've always kind of
had visions for my life and whatI want that to look like. But
no, like, when we started ittruly, I mean, it was like a
cute little Instagram abouttravel photos. I never thought
that things would develop theway that they've developed. I
(16:10):
mean, we've got everything now.
We've got a blog, we've gotmemes, we've got reels, we have
Tiktok, we have group travelthat we're doing now. Gosh,
right. I mean, things havereally just,
Unknown (16:23):
I'm coming to a station near you, there's a podcast.
Rich (16:27):
I mean, podcast was not even, I think that's what took
us so long to get here. Well, wenever considered, yeah, and when
they, like, started being reallypopular, we were like, are we
just jumping on a bandwagon, andeveryone's podcasting? And then
over time, we were like this. Itwould be fun to banter and talk
about our lives as flightattendants in a in a more like
(16:47):
bigger way, in a bigger forumand more in depth. So yeah, no,
it's definitely not what Ienvisioned. And I I don't know
what's what do you think isnext? What
Andrew (16:58):
could we do next? A TV show like we're doing literally
everything else, Rom Com, yeah.
I mean, obviously you'relistening to what's next the
podcast. Is it for the moment?
We should start a podcast. Butyeah. I mean, if you're asking
what's next, we have grouptravel, which has been amazing.
We're doing a podcast. I mean, Ireally, truly believe this guy's
(17:20):
limit for is all puns intended.
Puns always intended on two guyson a plane. But, yeah, I still
can't get over the group travel,to be honest with you, that's
literally a dream come true,truly, yeah, because we love to
travel so much, but then tothink that people want to come
travel with us. I mean, I knowI'm hilarious, but
Rich (17:39):
I mean, there's definitely jokes. If you come on one of our
group trips, jokes will be made,yeah, but the community of it
too, like, I just, I don't know,seeing this community come to
life, and seeing the people thatfollow us are generally like
minded people, it's just it's socool to bring that to life. And
Andrew (17:55):
we've only done one trip so far, which was phenomenal.
And I really love the group ofpeople that came with us, and
I'm so excited that we got tomeet them through this trip too.
And I think we have two tripsplanned coming up, and we that
were going on, and we have somany more that we're ready to go
with. And I, I just keep becausewe it was like such a fun
(18:15):
layover.
Rich (18:16):
Yeah, it really was. It was like the most epic layover
ever, just imagine, to see howour next group meshes. I'm ready
to meet the next video
Andrew (18:24):
that's so exciting. I love them. But yeah. And then
the podcast this. This has beenan amazing experience. I've
truly enjoyed it. So so so much.
And I really can't wait to getit out for people to listen to.
Rich (18:35):
Oh yeah. And we have merch now too. Oh, we have another
thing. We have look we'rewearing two guys in a plane
hats. I wonder where they cameto dental, but, yeah, I mean,
that's, that's it for now. Butlike Andrew said, the sky's the
limit. But that's just, that'sthe story of how we became two
guys on a plane, and we are soexcited to take you guys on this
podcast journey where we aregoing to dive into everything,
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Have ever wondered what your flight attendants are
(00:03):
really talking about behind thegalley curtain? Welcome
Andrew (00:06):
to Two guys on a plane.
Your go to podcast for aninsider look at flight attendant
life.
Rich (00:11):
We're your hosts, rich and Drew and we're here to tell you
what really goes on at 35,000feet.
Unknown (00:16):
So sit back, relax.
We're ready for takeoff.
Rich (00:21):
Welcome to Two guys on a plane. This is our very first
episode of our brand newpodcast, and we are so excited
to be here with you. My name isRich. I'm Andrew. We are going
to be your host through a wildflight that will consist of
everything from fun interviewsto ranting about flight
attendant life to poking fun atpassenger behaviors and pet
(00:45):
peeves and industry news andaviation things and all that
sort of fun stuff. So what wenormally get asked from people
is, how did you become two guyson a plane? What is the story of
how the two of you got started?
How did it turn into memes? Howdid it turn into this huge
account now that you have andeventually a podcast? So today,
(01:05):
to get started, we wanted todive right into it. How we
became two guys on a plane?
Well, rich, I'll start with
Andrew (01:13):
you. How did we come up with the name two guys on a
plane? You
Rich (01:17):
know, it's funny that you asked that, because the name was
definitely just it. I don't evenknow that we put that much
thought into it. Obviously, it'sa very literal name. We're both
flight attendants, two guys on aplane. No, we were driving back
from Easter with my family,like, seeing family, and we were
in the car, and I remember, forsome reason, I had my laptop and
(01:38):
was, like, working with a hotspot. I don't know who I thought
I was doing that in the car,but, um, I remember like looking
to see because I'm very likeinto branding and marketing. And
I remember thinking, I want tomake sure that whatever the name
is is available on allplatforms. And you were that
because you were kind of makingfun of me for it, understandably
so. And I think at one point wewere like two guys in a plane
(02:01):
with the number two, or spelledout two. At one point, it was
two gays on a plane, and then weweren't sure, like, how gay we
wanted to be, which is funnynow, because people are still
surprised that we're stillsurprised gay married couple,
and so that's always funny tome, but yeah, and then I think
it was just kind of like twoguys in a plane. It's very
literal. We are two guys on aplane, right? My question for
(02:26):
you is, why did we start twoguys on a plane? What? What was
it originally for? What was thatInstagram account for? Well, I
think we
Andrew (02:34):
have different opinions on this, so I'll give mine. But
we had just gotten married, andwe're doing a lot of travel for,
like, honeymoons, vacations, andbecause I had never really
traveled a lot, right? And I wasposting a lot of this on my own
Instagram, and I just thought itwas unfair to the people that
were like, were following me,like, maybe you don't want that
(02:55):
content, or that version of me,particularly with how much we
were doing it. And I just, Ithought it would be a good way
to share our travels andvacations and and all of those
kind of like photos, so thatpeople, if they wanted to be a
part of it, they could followour page. If they didn't want to
be a part of it, they could stayon my like normal page of like,
food, what I eat today, kind ofpictures.
Rich (03:19):
Yeah, I definitely think that it was a for travel. I
wanted to put our photos outthere. I wanted to kind of have
a fun way to collect ourmemories of traveling together
and then B I just thought itwould be kind of fun to like,
hey, maybe we could be likethose Insta gays that are out
there, and be one of those cutecouples and stick always posting
(03:39):
their travel photos and maybegets a hotel deal out of
Arizona. We like cheeseburgersway too much. We like
cheeseburgers way too much, andwe don't we have abs. I'm sure
they're in there somewhere, butthey're not currently at the
forefront. So it didn't take offquite in that way. I would say
we sure did try one of
Unknown (03:57):
those, like running out of the water.
We really did. We did, and weturned that one into a meme.
Andrew (04:04):
Oh, I Yes, I believe that we did, all right, show
them rich. When did it turn froma collection of travel photos to
memes?
Rich (04:11):
Actually, we just started kind of talking about this. I
remember it was kind of onerandom day I saw this meme that
was like, flight attendantsalways be going somewhere, and,
like, always be like, I'm sobusy, and it's like, a picture
of them on a beach. And I lovedit. I thought it was really
funny, but there was some typoin it, and I'm so OCD and anal
(04:32):
about that sort of stuff. So Iwas like, I want to post this on
our on our account, but I haveto remake it, because that,
like, this is going to drive mecrazy. And so I ended up using a
picture of us running into thewater in Costa Rica, and wrote
like, flight attendants be like,always going somewhere, always
busy, or whatever it was, Idon't even remember at this
point, and that picture, thatmeme, got more likes and
(04:54):
engagement, and even some sharesthan like any of our other
posts. And I was like, Well,this is kind. Of fun, because
it's like, you know, kind ofgoes in in hand, hand in hand,
our travel photos, and thenlike, silly little memes about
fight attendant life. So that'swhen it kind of turned for me,
where I was like, this isactually kind of entertaining to
do this and to, like, poke funat our life, but also kind of
(05:15):
use it as a little outlet for,like, humor and creativity too.
Yeah. What was the first memethat you remember kind of
blowing up for us, like seriesof memes, or whatever do you
remember to a specific one? Um,I remember a couple of them, but
the one that I'm thinking of waswe did, like a series of shits
Creek memes, and I remember thisbeing one of them that was, like
(05:39):
the most collaborative for us.
You were on a trip. I wassitting at home. We were sending
pictures back and forth withjokes about what we thought it
should be, and they like reallytook off after that. I think
that's where, like, our humorcomes from, and where we do so
well with the memes, because webounce them off of each other,
we have vastly different workexperiences. And so I think our
jokes are funnier because we canmake it more. I don't know what
(06:02):
I'm trying to collaborative,collaborative, yeah, yeah, yes,
that part, yeah. I definitelyremember the shits Greek memes.
And I remember us going back andforth too, because there was
some like, maybe, do we do morethan one series? We might have
done more than one, like set ofshits, Greek memes, because I
remember sending pictures backand forth, more than one
(06:24):
captioning. And then I alsoremember, and this is like, such
a dorky thing to say, and Ican't believe I'm even admitting
this, but I remember sitting ona dining room table, like on my
laptop, on PowerPoint, likemaking memes in PowerPoint,
because at that point I didn'thave any like, other software
that I thought like about usingpictures and putting captions
(06:46):
on, and I remember going backand forth. And I think it's
genius that, yeah, and so wemade these memes in PowerPoint,
and we just were, like, crackingeach other up, bouncing ideas
back and forth, and then, like,we would text them back and
forth. So yeah, that wasdefinitely, it's like, a good
example of how our collaborativeprocess works, for sure, right?
Because we definitely go backand forth. And it's like, we
(07:06):
either start with pictures andcaption them, or we have, like,
an idea, and we're like, youhave to find the right picture
for it. And like, sometimes I'llsend him Andrew a picture and be
like, can you caption this? Oryou'll send me something that
happened in your day and belike, we need a picture that
goes with the that goes withthis and vice versa. So I
definitely think that that wasthat signaled how we began the
(07:26):
meme journey.
Andrew (07:29):
Yes, okay, so rich. The next question I have for you is,
when do you think we became morethan just a meme account?
Rich (07:37):
Oh, when did we become more than just a meme account? I
feel like, I mean, COVID,really, a lot of things happened
in COVID where it was likethings aren't funny anymore,
like it was something heavierthat was happening in our
industry. And so I feel like wespoke out a lot about, you know,
mask mandates and kind of thethings that were happening to
(07:57):
flight attendants, people notwanting to follow rules, like,
things just kind of shifted inthe industry. And I think that's
when our kind of business, so tospeak, shifted. Because it was
like, Okay, this is more thanjust jokes at this point. Like,
we have flight attendants allaround the world who are like,
your humor gets me through theday, and I don't feel so alone
anymore. And it kind of made usthink like, oh gosh, like we're
(08:21):
more than just like laughter atthis point, like we're actually
showing up for people in waysthat we never thought a meme
account could. And so I rememberwriting a blog post called How
To be, or what it's like to be aflight attendant during a global
pandemic. And people werereaching out and that that
article went kind of viral, andthey were like, you know, thank
(08:42):
you for putting in towardseverything I've been feeling and
didn't know how to say. And thatmoment for me was really
powerful, because it was like,this platform could mean so many
things to people. It could behumor, it could be connection,
it could be community, it couldbe all of these things. And so I
really felt a shift during thatperiod. And then, on the other
(09:02):
hand, I think one of the biggestthings that kind of makes our
page stand out regularly is ourflight attendant Friday series.
And for those of you that don'tknow, flight attendant Friday,
we share each week on ourInstagram and stories from
flight attendants from aroundthe world. And Andrew, I give
you credit for that, becausethat was really kind of your
(09:22):
your idea. So tell us, tell usabout flight attendant Friday,
how it started, and what madeyou think this would be a good
Andrew (09:27):
idea. Well, I think it started during COVID, right?
Because we, as you were justexplaining, we had started to
see a shift in our likefollowing an audience, and we
realized that this was more thanjust a page where, where we were
doing the creating. Yeah, werealized it was a community that
we were building flightattendants, right? But I
(09:49):
remember we shared our ownstories, like, you put a picture
of you in your uniform up, andwe're like, this is how I became
a flight attendant. And then youwere like, You should do the
same. And so I did. And because.
I worked for multiple airlines,I put a series of photos up
with, like, how I had gotten tothe point in aviation that I was
at. I mean, they just blew up.
Yeah, people were DMing us, Oh,we love this. This is how I
(10:11):
became a flight attendant. And Ijust remember sitting on the
couch and we were talking abouthow this was a community, and if
our stories were important, thenso were everyone else's. And
that's, I mean, flight attendantFriday was born out of that and
the community that we wanted tobuild. So we started sharing
everybody's stories. Andhonestly, I love it, because
it's every walk of life. It'severyone, like everyone has
(10:35):
their own journey into aviation.
And I think every story that wetell connects with people,
right? Because they either sharethat story or there's someone
who stumbled on our page byaccident, and we're like, oh,
wait, I could still be a flightattendant. I don't have to let
this disability limit me. Idon't have to let my age limit
me. I don't have to let the factthat I have children limit me,
(10:56):
like they're hearing all ofthese stories from people. And
it really, I think it reallychanged our audience a lot.
Rich (11:04):
That's so true. And it really is such a cool thing
that, like, everybody's journeyinto flight attendant life, into
this world, is so different andyet so similar at the same time.
Yeah, like, it's really cool tosee all these different stories.
And you're right. It honestlykeeps me inspired too same,
because it's like, some daysyou're like, grumpy, and you
(11:26):
have passengers acting wild anddoing whatever the heck they
want to do. And then you readsome of these stories that come
in, and you're like, howbeautiful is this, that this
person just, like, kind ofreclaimed their life correct?
And like, just, yeah, totalshift. Do you ever feel
Andrew (11:43):
that way wandering through our comment section
though, like I feel like wedon't give our audience enough
credit for the fact that ourhumor also comes from them,
because like, the stories thatwe share, the comments that we
get, like the people that wework with on airplanes, are
always helping us be funnier anddriving what we're doing,
Rich (12:02):
yeah? I mean, we, we do get a lot of inspiration from
our audience. Is that what youmean? Well, co workers.
Audience, yeah, some days whenwe make memes about things or
situations or laughing aboutcrew members and stuff, I'm
like, Yeah, we're gonna have towait and post this, because
people are gonna startconnecting dots, right? You just
make a meme about me, right?
Yeah, the creative process forus with memes is honestly just
(12:24):
really interesting, becausethese ideas come from
everywhere, yeah, and ourcomment section is a meme in
itself. Yeah, sometimes, and
Andrew (12:35):
it's always funny to me when coworkers are like, Wait,
you're I just love your stuff.
And I was like, you helped memake get the joke that we made
two weeks ago? It was about you.
Rich (12:45):
Well, that's the funny thing too. Is when they see
things like that and they'relike, This is so funny. This is
hilarious. And like, it's you,girl, girl, it's you, yeah. Is
it funny? Because it wasn't asfunny when I was living in the
moment, but
Andrew (12:58):
they don't even remember they did it. They were like, Oh,
I hate when people do this. AndI'm like, it's you, you do this.
Rich (13:03):
I always think about that time I was flying with this girl
for like, a four day, andbecause we've started putting
our faces out on our account alittle more regularly lately, I
don't think this is gonna helpus hide it. No, it's certainly
better than you for some reason,too much, maybe, but a lot of
people don't always know whenthey're flying with us, that,
you know they follow ouraccount, but they don't know who
(13:25):
we are like as people. And I wasflying this four day with this
girl, and she was so sweet, butshe like, she kept referencing
to guys in a plane memes. Andwas like, oh my god, this is so
funny. And a lot of contentcreator people are, like, really
good at batching content anddoing stuff weeks out. We're not
always that way, right? Sosometimes we'll just post things
like in the day as they'rehappening. And I remember, like,
(13:47):
day one of the trip, she seesit, and she's like, Oh, this is
so funny. And I was like, oh,yeah, I know that account. Yeah,
I'm familiar with them. And daytwo, same thing happened. It was
something that happened on thetrip. And she's like, gosh, how
crazy is this? Like this, it'slike they're on our trip. They
keep posting these stories. AndI'm like, yeah, it's almost like
(14:07):
they're on your trip, almostlike they're working with you. I
mean, I'm not gonna, like, rollinto the crew briefing and be
like, Oh, hey, do you know who Iam? Like, I knew that we should
start doing that, and
Andrew (14:19):
just so that they know, we should also have a disclaimer
that's like, any everything'sbeing recorded. That's actually
an
Rich (14:25):
amazing idea. I love that.
Yeah, anything you say, Canwe'll be used against you, like
the cops. I don't know. I seethat like law and order right
now, the Uber drivers like thisis being recorded. Yep, yeah, we
should start doing that. Butanyways, by the end of this
trip, she posted a little like,tick tock about the trip, and
was like, Oh, this was so muchfun. You know, go, go, like, and
(14:45):
comment on this video if youhave tick tock. And it's like,
yeah, I have tick tock. So goingto the two guys in a plane
account and comment on her ticktock. And she's like, Oh, my
God, so funny though. Like that.
You guys just liked andcommented on this video. And.
Like some of you told at thispoint, I had to. I was like,
Girl, come on day three of this,you think it's like someone's
(15:06):
been on your trip. You to puttwo and two together. And she
was so mad. She's like, I can'tbelieve you didn't tell me. And
it was so funny. So yeah,
Andrew (15:13):
yes. And then he calls me, and then we start making
memes about this wholeinteraction. And we really have
to give you all credit as ourflying partners. You really do
influence our humor a
Rich (15:22):
lot, a lot. I love your idea of a disclaimer. Say Ken
will be used. I
Andrew (15:29):
but I still don't want people to know who I work for.
We've done a really good job of,like, keeping our airlines out
of all of this. So if you doknow, yeah, if you know, you
know, but don't, yeah, don't.
Oh, okay, rich looking back ateverything that we've done, is
this what you envisioned for twoguys on a plane?
Rich (15:49):
Absolutely not. Short answer, no to bed, right? I
mean, I have always been kind ofa dreamer. I've always kind of
had visions for my life and whatI want that to look like. But
no, like, when we started ittruly, I mean, it was like a
cute little Instagram abouttravel photos. I never thought
that things would develop theway that they've developed. I
(16:10):
mean, we've got everything now.
We've got a blog, we've gotmemes, we've got reels, we have
Tiktok, we have group travelthat we're doing now. Gosh,
right. I mean, things havereally just,
Unknown (16:23):
I'm coming to a station near you, there's a podcast.
Rich (16:27):
I mean, podcast was not even, I think that's what took
us so long to get here. Well, wenever considered, yeah, and when
they, like, started being reallypopular, we were like, are we
just jumping on a bandwagon, andeveryone's podcasting? And then
over time, we were like this. Itwould be fun to banter and talk
about our lives as flightattendants in a in a more like
(16:47):
bigger way, in a bigger forumand more in depth. So yeah, no,
it's definitely not what Ienvisioned. And I I don't know
what's what do you think isnext? What
Andrew (16:58):
could we do next? A TV show like we're doing literally
everything else, Rom Com, yeah.
I mean, obviously you'relistening to what's next the
podcast. Is it for the moment?
We should start a podcast. Butyeah. I mean, if you're asking
what's next, we have grouptravel, which has been amazing.
We're doing a podcast. I mean, Ireally, truly believe this guy's
(17:20):
limit for is all puns intended.
Puns always intended on two guyson a plane. But, yeah, I still
can't get over the group travel,to be honest with you, that's
literally a dream come true,truly, yeah, because we love to
travel so much, but then tothink that people want to come
travel with us. I mean, I knowI'm hilarious, but
Rich (17:39):
I mean, there's definitely jokes. If you come on one of our
group trips, jokes will be made,yeah, but the community of it
too, like, I just, I don't know,seeing this community come to
life, and seeing the people thatfollow us are generally like
minded people, it's just it's socool to bring that to life. And
Andrew (17:55):
we've only done one trip so far, which was phenomenal.
And I really love the group ofpeople that came with us, and
I'm so excited that we got tomeet them through this trip too.
And I think we have two tripsplanned coming up, and we that
were going on, and we have somany more that we're ready to go
with. And I, I just keep becausewe it was like such a fun
(18:15):
layover.
Rich (18:16):
Yeah, it really was. It was like the most epic layover
ever, just imagine, to see howour next group meshes. I'm ready
to meet the next video
Andrew (18:24):
that's so exciting. I love them. But yeah. And then
the podcast this. This has beenan amazing experience. I've
truly enjoyed it. So so so much.
And I really can't wait to getit out for people to listen to.
Rich (18:35):
Oh yeah. And we have merch now too. Oh, we have another
thing. We have look we'rewearing two guys in a plane
hats. I wonder where they cameto dental, but, yeah, I mean,
that's, that's it for now. Butlike Andrew said, the sky's the
limit. But that's just, that'sthe story of how we became two
guys on a plane, and we are soexcited to take you guys on this
podcast journey where we aregoing to dive into everything,
(18:56):
the ridiculous, the hilarious,the funny, the serious, you name
it, flight attendant, life andtravel related, we are going to
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