Julieta Duvall: flight attendant

Julieta Duvall is a 42-year-old flight attendant, unschooling mom, and part-time poet who spent years chasing job security before realizing that freedom mattered more. (@the_unschooling_lifestyle)

Originally from Mexico, Julieta studied law, dropped out, and ended up taking the midnight shift as Spirit Airlines’ only Spanish-speaking reservations agent in Michigan. One year later, she joined the first class of flight attendants hired after 9/11. Today she works for Delta, earns top-of-scale pay, and chooses her monthly schedule based on her family’s needs, often dropping every assigned trip to rebuild the month from scratch.

She explains the hidden economics of flight attending—how pay is calcul ...