‘Fly Girls’ brings sexy back to reality
Associated Press
MIAMI
These flight attendants are bringing sexy back.
“Fly Girls,” a CW reality show debuting at 9 tonight, follows the lives of five Virgin America flight attendants as they jet around the country.
The eight half-hour episodes will feature the attendants sharing a home in Los Angeles, working long hours while dealing with grumpy passengers and partying on their layovers in cities such as Las Vegas, Miami Beach and New York. The series promises stories filled with romance, family and friendships.
“Everything that you are going to see is real — all the relationships, all the reactions,” executive producer Jeff Collins said.
“The series itself has a lot of twists and turns in it, some of it is very personal, and that’s all real. You can’t manufacture that.”
It’s that work experience producers hope will give “Fly Girls” an edge over other reality shows.
“These women came to the table with a story, with a history,” Collins said, adding that they were already friends or acquaintances before filming began.
Tasha Dunnigan, 28, has worked for nearly three years with the San Francisco-based airline that launched in August 2007. “My No. 1 thing is to show people I am a single mother, I have a son and that everything is possible,” she said.
“My job makes me be away from my son, days at a time. But if that’s ... what you have to do to make ends meet, that’s what you have to do. And at the end of the day, there is always a brighter side.”
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