Heather Poole

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  • The Paul Harris Show: Flight Attendants, Crashpads, Delays, THE MILE HIGH CLUB

    This interview originally appeared on The Paul Harris Show I predict this will be one of my most-downloaded interviews. It was certainly a lot of fun for me. On my America Weekend show, I talked with Heather Poole, who has been a flight attendant for major airlines for 15 years and…

  • Do airlines hold flights?

    Hold that flight: a good-news airline story by Christopher Elliott originally appeared in the Seattle Times. In the fourth to last paragraph I answered the question, do airlines hold flights? “Passengers ask us to hold the plane all the time,” says Heather Poole, a flight attendant for a major airline.…

  • I’m a Cosmo Girl!

    Bust out your magnifying lens and you might see my name on page 129 of the July issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Yep, that’s right, I’m a Cosmo Girl now.  Well kind of.  I offered a few travel tips.  1, 2, 4 & 5 are mine.

  • GIVEAWAY: Swinging Cup

    They call it the Swinging Cup, even though it’s really a holder – a cup holder – that swings when you attach it to the handle of your suitcase.  When the makers of this product contacted me about promoting it,  I laughed, and then I listened, and then I decided…

  • Plane Truth About Flying

    Plane Truth about Flying originally appeared on the Australian website New.com.au.  It’s one of the best 10-interesting facts-about-flying articles I’ve read in a long time.  Check out #2…  2. Is it true that diet cola is harder to pour in the skies? It’s true, the fizz and the high altitude make…

  • Hey Siri, was that my plane?!

      Photo credit: Heather Poole Caption:  @AviationPhotographic  

  • 10 ways to handle a tight connection

    1. Book wisely. If you need to be somewhere really important, it’s probably not a good idea to book your flights with less than an hour between them. Even an hour is pushing it. An hour and a half is good. Two hours, even better. Whatever you do, don’t take the…

  • Flight attendant pet peeves…

    The following quote originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune.   We Hope You Enjoy Your Flight, but…. You asked for it: “My biggest pet peeve is when passengers order coffee when it’s beginning to get turbulent. As soon as it’s too bumpy to continue serving drinks, when we’re in our…

  • Woman’s Day: 7 Things Your Flight Attendant Wants You to Know

    Check out the May issue of Woman’s Day Magazine!  On page 158  I offer a few travel tips….

  • What NOT to do on an airplane…with your luggage

    Staying Zen at 30,000 Feet originally appeared on Marketwatch.com Heather Poole, a flight attendant for a legacy carrier and author of the book “Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet,” thinks flyers have always been cranky but notes a peculiar lack of decorum in…