Heather Poole

  • 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

  • 2 Boomer Babes (and a flight attendant) Radio Hour

    A flight attendant’s job is a tough one – from the long unpaid layovers on the ground, to dealing with unruly, and downright wacky passengers in the sky. Flight attendant, Heather Poole tells all in Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet. – 2BoomerBabes I had so…

  • Interview with a Saudi Airlines flight attendant

    With your culture, how do you handle the treatment of female passengers? Like everybody else. No special treatment these days. During the Ramadan, how do you deal with not eating and drinking during sunlight with a very tiring job like yours? It’s allowed in our religion (Islam) during Ramadan to eat and…

  • Photo of the day: Doing it “doggie style” in first class

    Photo courtesy of Kathy S Caption Courtesy of @IanHMoore

  • Why some flights might cancel after a storm like Sandy

    Originally appeared in USAToday on October 30, 2012

  • WAIT, what did those passengers do?!!

    In case you missed it…