Heather Poole

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  • Anne Taintor Holiday Travel Gift Giveaway!

    UPDATE: This contest is over.  Lucky comment #16 is the winner. Congratulations Lisa Hardwick-Cillessen! Lisa’s tip:  If waiting in a long line, talk politics. Somehow it always moves things along a little faster. Helps to talk blue politics in red states, red politics in blue states. If you’re loud enough, the people…

  • Skydoll: Destination Unknown (Book 2)

    The Next Big Thing Blog Hop is a chance for authors around the world to tell you what they’re working on. The author answers 10 questions about their next book, and tags the person who first tagged them, plus at least 5 other authors. Margo Candela, author of The Brenda…

  • Flight attendants: The good, the bad, and the not so ugly world of flying

    The Azumano Travel Show, a weekend travel radio show on KPAM out of Portland, Oregon, had me on the air last week to discuss my book,  Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 feet – and what’s it’s like, really like to be a flight attendant.…

  • Just another flight attendant fantasy…

    At the cabin divider between first class and coach is where I stand when I sing this song to cranky coach passengers who are suffering from hunger pains,  dying of thirst and not at all shy about letting everyone on board know just how much they hate their seat.  …

  • The 10 best travel apps for flight attendants (and frequent fliers)

    1. FAAWait – During a creeping weather delay a flight attendant who also works part time as an air traffic controller told me about FAAWait. It’s his favorite app. One click and we knew which airports across the country were also experiencing delays, how long the delays were averaging, and what had…

  • REAL men don’t cry…about coach

    That’s what I tweeted earlier this afternoon.  I expected to get a lot of grief over that, but strangely just the opposite happened.  Frequent fliers from around the world hung their heads and fessed up, confirming what every flight attendant already knew to be true based on all the teary-eyes…

  • Do you have what it takes to become a flight attendant?

    Hi Heather, I read your book en route to a recent flight attendant interview with United, and I ‘landed’ the job! I will recommend your book to all the other recent hires in my upcoming training class. Thanks for the insight, inspiration and humor. I cannot wait to embark on this newest…

  • The Vile High Club

    A few weeks ago 20/20 ran an episode called Real Dish which included a segment about airline food that featured a cameo of me talking about an Egg McMuffin a passenger stole out of my jump seat.  So what does my breakfast have to do with mice and roaches seen by…

  • 7 celebs & travel experts dish on their go-to travel item

    This originally appeared on Huffington Post Poshbrood caught up with some travel experts, road warriors and celebs to find out their must-have travel items to help make their travels more enjoyable.  Now I have no idea how I got included on this list, but I’m flattered nonetheless.  Here’s what I shared……

  • Photo of the day: Airlines are now offering first class passengers a new personalized alternative to in-flight closed captioning.

    Photo courtesy of Abdul Afia / @UAL4Life Caption courtesy of FarrChi