Heather Poole

  • Chapter 7: Cruising Altitude

    An excerpt of chapter 7 – (the first of many drafts!)…. It’s important for flight attendants to find doctors who understand what our job entails.  For instance, we don’t just roll our bags gate to gate and onto the plane.  We lift eighty pounds over our heads and into the overhead bins each and…

  • A ticked off passenger gets revenge

    This letter popped up on my crew confessions page.  It was just too funny not to feature here…. Dear Heather, I’m one of the road warriors that spends nearly as much time in the air and hotels as flight crews. I generally sympathize with flight attendants, especially during this time of…

  • Kew Gardens Car Service

    If you’re a flight attendant based in New York who lives in Queens and you don’t own a car and can afford to take a cab to and from the airport, but only the kind that gives a discounted rate to airline crew, than these pictures should look quite familiar… 

  • Blocked ears – easing the pain in flight

    You’re on a flight trying to get a little rest when the kid whose been kicking your seat for the last half hour suddenly begins to scream.You do what any normal passenger would do and spin around, shooting the parents an evil look. When that doesn’t work you ring your…

  • Video: An Ode to B-cups (Women’s Best Travel Writing 2010)

  • Video: Fun with flight attendant Barbie (take 5!)

  • Meet me at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena June 8th

    Ya know you want to!  Really you do.  You do!  Okay just do it anyway. Vroman’s  Bookstore  is hosting a reading for The Best Women’s Travel Writing group.  There will be three of us reading our work from the 2010 edition of the series. 7 p.m.  695 E Colorado Blvd.

  • Working Mark Cuban’s G5 jet

    NOTE: Yes, that’s me!  But this photo was taken a bzillion years ago.  No comments on the hair.  The best part about the corporate gig (it didn’t last long) was this.  I wore whatever I wanted (business attire), met a couple of Mavericks (Finley, Dirk, Nash) and spent an entire week in DC.  The…

  • Flight attendant shoes: Moda Spana Nella pump

    Say hello to my new flight attendant shoes!  They’re made by Moda Spana.  Most of you know I’ve been looking for the perfect inflight/terminal shoe for years now.  Well I’ve finally given up the search.  They don’t exist.  Either they’re too frumpy to wear through the airport or a little too high for working a four-leg turn at…

  • Goodies for the crew

    I’m taking a trip next week to Las Vegas. Is there anything I can bring the flight attendants and pilots as a little token of my appreciation. You guys work a really hard job. I just saw the Capitalism Micheal Moore movie and I had no idea that pilots and…