Heather Poole

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  • Photo of the day: Calm before the storm

  • “Flight attendant” prostitution ring busted (in more ways than one)

    Sex sells. That’s a fact. But did you know that sex stories involving flight attendants will sell even more? It’s true. Take for instance the flight attendant prostitution ring bust story that’s been making the rounds. The travel site Jaunted even asked me to comment on it. Honestly, I really…

  • Advice for flight attendants in training

    Hello! I have been just recently hired as a flight attendant for a commuter airlines called Colgan Air. I am just emailing you to ask for some advice on starting out, tips of the trade! I hope to hear from you soon! Thanks, Leilah Leilah, Even in this day and…

  • Crew Corner: flight attendant sweaters

    The Gap: Silk blend V-neck, $44.50 The gap: cropped sleeve cardigan, $49.50

  • Emotional support animals, sock monkeys & pets on planes

    Emotional support service animals are service animals that provide emotional support to an individual with a mental health related disability. On most airlines, documentation must be provided 48 hours before departure to permit emotional support animals to travel in the passenger cabin. I’m all for emotional support animals on board…

  • Flight Attendant In Flight Shoes: Me Too Sierra Button Wedge

    Whenever I see a flight attendant wearing six-inch stilettos and walking through the terminal like Beyoncé, I can’t help but think she’s single and looking.  Not that that’s a bad thing!  I’m just saying.  I’m also saying it’s nearly impossible finding shoes that are comfortable and also fashionable, which is why the quest…

  • Economy class nightmare

    Dear Heather, I’m a nurse.  So there I was, working a 16 hour shift (I get an hour off between the two eight-hour assignments), and I decided to nip off into the area where the residents take their naps.  I wasn’t asleep long and I began dreaming. I was asleep in the…

  • The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010: An Ode to B cups

     A day on a nude beach in the Netherlands gives a self-described “prude” a new appreciation of body types, and comfort with her own… So, umm…can you guess who the prude may be?  ME!  That’s right, my essay, An Ode to B cups, a short story about a passenger from…

  • The Bachelor – Airline employees, spouses & why Vienna is perfect for Jake

    If you think long distance dating is difficult, try being married to an airline employee. It ain’t easy. Because working for an airline is not just a job, it’s a lifestyle, a very unusual one. Even now, seven years later, my husband, a man who travels more often than I…

  • JETHEAD – a pilot blog

    Flight attendants seem to have a love-hate relationship with pilots.  There’s a reason one of the chapters in my book (a work in progress) is entitled why I want to say no when the answer is yes, yes, yes!  But I’ll tell you more about that later, because what I’d like…