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Have emotional support animals gone too far?
In my 18 years as a flight attendant, I’ve pretty much seen it all and then some, including a monkey seated in business class. She was on her way to the Today show, and even though all I served her on the five-hour flight was a cup of water, I’ll never forget…
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Ebola on a plane
I wrote Why Flight Attendants are Concerned About Ebola for Mashable on Oct 29, 2014 I’d just gotten off a flight from Las Vegas to Chicago, and only had a moment to grab something to eat before my next flight to New York. I made a beeline for Tortas Frontera…
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An Ode to the Flight Attendant Scarf
I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She wore orange short-shorts, a matching tight T-shirt and white knee-high go-go boots. The sexy getup wasn’t what stood out to me, though, nor was it the mile-high Afro. I didn’t even notice the silver tray with a Bloody Mary balanced on top…
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35,000 Feet in the Air: Where Sexual Harassment Can Still Get a Pass
When I first started working as a flight attendant, a CEO of a telecommunications giant pinched me on the you-know-what. I didn’t know what to do, so I nervously laughed and ran to the galley where I would’ve cursed him out — if he hadn’t followed me there. That’s when…
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How to Seduce a Flight Attendant
Why do you think so many guys are into flight attendants? It’s got to be the uniform right? Maybe men just secretly like being told what to do? A firm, ‘Keep your seatbelt buckled!’ even when the seatbelt sign is not on might be one man’s idea of a turn-on.…
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Who’s to Blame for the Reclining Seat Fights?
Recently, a reporter contacted me to find out if flight attendants were purposefully not getting involved in the war against reclined seats. It’s no surprise that the media is focusing on the crew’s role in the recent passenger spats over reclining seats: Is the crew doing enough to keep passengers calm?…
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To Recline, Or Not To Recline: That is the Question
“He’s in my lap!” cried the passenger in the window seat. I looked at the woman, and then at the man who was clearly not in her lap. He was close though, about a foot away, maybe? Sorry, I mouthed. I handed her a can of Diet Coke and a…
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British Airways introduces a mood blanket
When I read about British Airways’ new high-tech blanket, called “the “happiness blanket,” my first thought was that it had to be a joke. A blanket that analyzes the “meditative state” of premium cabin fliers? What a waste of money. But it’s not a joke. According to Businessweek, “The wool ‘happiness blanket’…
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Don’t Touch The Flight Attendant!
It Sounds So Last Century, but Cabin Crew Are Still Hassled by Sex Pests originally appeared on Time.com June 26, 2014 Of course, it is not really about what recruits wear, or how they look, but about power. Flight attendants could wear potato sacks and still get hassled. Stopping would-be…
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How to sleep in coach
Surprising Tricks: How to Sleep on a Plane appeared on Entrepreneur.com May 30, 2014 Before the flight Choose your side. Now, the last time you bought a mattress, you thought about what kind of a sleeper you are, right? Side sleeper, stomach, toss and turner? Now unless you afford…
Heather Poole 