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Yeah, that's me, the one standing in the aisle wearing flammable polyester...
Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

When it Comes to Flight Attendants, Why is the Media so Sexist?

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“YOU HATE SEX, DIRTY DIRTY SEX…” That’s what a stranger tweeted to me out of the blue last year. I remember staring at the computer…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

My Uniform Made Me Sick. Could The Same Thing Happen To a Hockey Star?

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  On Friday nights in Dallas, when I was in high school, I liked to go to free concerts in the West End. My friends…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

Connect the Dots: Can Airplanes and Toxic Uniforms be Linked to Thyroid Disorders and Infertility?

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A couple of weeks ago the New York Times published a story about cats that have hypothyroidism. A few people tweeted the link to me. One…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

Open Letter: Why I won’t wear the American Airlines uniform

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Dear Ms. Surdek, My name is Heather Poole, but you probably know me better as employee 447110. I’ve been a flight attendant with American for…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

American’s uniform crisis: Airline shirks responsibility as people keep getting sick

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  After President Bill Clinton stated, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” the world focused on two words, “sexual relations” and what…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

An Open Letter About American Airlines’ Uniform Crisis

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Dear Kerry Philipovitch: I’ve been a flight attendant for over 21 years. I’ve loved my job so much that I wrote a bestselling book about it,…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

My Uniform Makes Me Sick: (Part 3) Interview with Dr. William J. Rea about toxic clothing

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Before Sept. 20, 2016, I would have never dreamed of scratching my a — , er, butt cheek in public. Now that’s all I want to do…

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Posted onFebruary 20, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

My Uniform Makes Me Sick (Part 2)

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Flight attendants never forget the first time they see themselves in uniform. It’s one of the most exciting moments of their career, even when the…

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Posted onFebruary 2, 2017April 26, 2019Airline uniforms

My Uniform Makes Me Sick (Literally)

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You’re at the airport. Your flight is cancelled. Nobody knows why. The only answer you’ve been given is totally lacking in information and, based on…

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Posted onOctober 30, 2016April 18, 2020Politics

What I Told My 10-Year-Old About Trump and Pussycat

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In seventh grade a group of boys thought it would be funny to lift my blue denim skirt to expose my panties for all to…

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Posted onOctober 15, 2016April 18, 2020flight attendants

Why “Sully” made me proud to be a flight attendant

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I wanted to take my 10-year-old son to see the movie “Sully,” but I worried it might be too much. I worried it might make…

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Posted onJune 16, 2016Uncategorized

When a Uniform is Office Attire, Thousands of Feet in the Air

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Boarding a plane a few years ago, a passenger looked at me funny and asked, “Do you work here?” “Of course I work here,” I…

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Posted onJune 16, 2016Uncategorized

Muhammad Ali: The Man, The Legend, THE PASSENGER

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The best thing about my job is the people I meet. In the 20 years I’ve been working as a flight attendant, my encounter with Muhammad…

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Posted onJune 1, 2016June 16, 2016Shoes

Enter to win a pair of Naturalizer @Work Shoes

by Heather Poole40 Comments on Enter to win a pair of Naturalizer @Work Shoes

    THIS GIVEAWAY IS OVER As a flight attendant I carry two pairs of shoes on me at all times.  A pair of nice…

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Posted onMay 6, 2016May 6, 2016Uncategorized

Attention passengers… can you hear me?

by Heather Poole14 Comments on Attention passengers… can you hear me?

I’ve been a flight attendant for 20 years. In other words I’ve spent a lot of time talking to myself. Some of my best conversations…

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Posted onApril 19, 2016April 19, 2016Uncategorized

Sometimes normal can be messed up

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Whenever I hear people talk about something being normal I think about the first airline I worked for. Sun Jet International Airline. Sun Jet was…

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Posted onMarch 14, 2016March 14, 2016Uncategorized

Flight attendants are not “totally” having sex on planes

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35,000 FEET — Have you ever asked a sushi chef about his sex life? Have you ever seen a Starbucks barista in lingerie — on…

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Posted onJanuary 15, 2016January 18, 2016Relationships, Flight attendants

When you’re ghosted, there’s nothing to do but wonder

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You know you’re a flight attendant when you can easily say the word “goodbye” in six different languages. To say we meet a lot of…

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Posted onJanuary 15, 2016January 18, 2016Uncategorized

What being a flight attendant taught me about human trafficking

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  A few years ago, on board a flight from Los Angeles to New York, a group of young girls wore nothing but jeans and…

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Posted onDecember 24, 2015January 16, 2016Uncategorized

How Christmas Can Be Hard on Flight Attendants

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We were walking the dog when my son said, “Why does it feel like my childhood is over? Does this mean I’m … a man?”…

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