Category: Airlines
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Americans Don’t Care About Safety
If it’s not a Boeing, I’m not going. That’s a phrase I’ve heard often over the course of my 20-plus career as a flight attendant for a major U.S. carrier. Even I may have uttered the phrase a few times after my airline replaced the Boeing 767 with the new…
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Wake Up and Smell the Formaldehyde
There’s a school that suspends kids for wearing deodorant,” said my 12-year-old son on the way to school one morning. “It was on a YouTube video about the top 10 stupid reasons kids get kicked out of school.” After I told him my top 10 reasons he shouldn’t believe everything…
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In defense of old and weary flight attendants
“Wouldn’t it be nice to be served by flight attendants that are actually excited to come to work? Yes, safety training is important. But there is no reason to believe that a fit and alert 29-year-old should perform less safely in an emergency than a weary, overweight 60-year-old.” –Bill Frezza, Forbes.com…
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A question about the flight attendant sexual fantasy
Dear Heather, I love your blog……and just wanted to say hi. I know you’re married and don’t fly routes down to Florida, so I guess I’ll have to find another way to fulfill my “flight attendant sex fantasies” but reading your blog is fun anyway. If I’m wrong (and you…
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Southwest Airlines, AirTran Airways, and other airlines who may be hiring
Dear Heather, I was hired with Southwest Airlines earlier in the year, but I was informed today that Southwest will no longer be having any training classes in 2009. Now I’m going to try for AirTran Airways. I had an interview and told them I successfully interviewed with Southwest Airlines…
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Swine flu on the airplane (a few things you can do)
Today I’m flying from Los Angeles to New York to start my reserve rotation for May. I’m bringing my son along with me. He’s two. Because my husband travels on business often and I’ll be on-call, my son will be spending eight days with grandma and grandpa. Oh sure I’ll…
Heather Poole 