Welcome to the club nobody wants to be a part of. That’s how we greet newbies who join our support group for American Airlines employees who’ve had reactions to toxic chemicals…
An AirAsia plane “plummeted” from the sky, and in every news report I read, passengers complained that flight attendants panicked. I’ve been a flight attendant…
I’m a flight attendant. My job is to make sure passengers get from point A to point B as safely as possible, which is…
“YOU HATE SEX, DIRTY DIRTY SEX…” That’s what a stranger tweeted to me out of the blue last year. I remember staring at the computer…
On Friday nights in Dallas, when I was in high school, I liked to go to free concerts in the West End. My friends…
A couple of weeks ago the New York Times published a story about cats that have hypothyroidism. A few people tweeted the link to me. One…
Dear Ms. Surdek, My name is Heather Poole, but you probably know me better as employee 447110. I’ve been a flight attendant with American for…
After President Bill Clinton stated, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” the world focused on two words, “sexual relations” and what…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
THIS GIVEAWAY IS OVER As a flight attendant I carry two pairs of shoes on me at all times. A pair of nice…
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…
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…
35,000 FEET — Have you ever asked a sushi chef about his sex life? Have you ever seen a Starbucks barista in lingerie — on…