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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

by Heather Poole5 Comments on Muhammad Ali: The Man, The Legend, THE PASSENGER

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

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    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?

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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

by Heather Poole2 Comments on Flight attendants are not “totally” having sex on planes

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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Posted onDecember 24, 2015January 18, 2016Gifts

15 Gifts For Flight Attendants

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There’s nothing like practically living on an airplane to change what you wish for every year. “All I want for Christmas is job security, being…

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Posted onDecember 8, 2015January 18, 2016Uncategorized

Bad Passengers

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During boarding, when I’m standing in front of the flight deck door greeting passengers, I always smile and say, “Hello.” Sometimes I’ll ask how passengers…

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Posted onNovember 9, 2015January 18, 2016Uncategorized

How not to get kicked off a plane

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Last month the New York Post ran a story about a passenger who was kicked off a flight for“no good reason.” The “no good reason” turned out…

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Posted onSeptember 22, 2015January 18, 2016Uncategorized

We’ve come a long way, baby! Or have we?

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I don’t know what you do for a living, but imagine if I told you I needed your Body Mass Index, or BMI, to decide whether…

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Posted onSeptember 16, 2015January 16, 2016Uncategorized

What my flight attendant uniform taught me about confidence

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It was like a scene out of a movie. I was in the terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport when I spotted a very…

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