Heather Poole

  • Commuting advice for the employees of US Airways

    Heather,US Airways. THREE base closures. Mine included. In all these years, I’ve never commuted. And now, gone early next year: BOS, LGA and LAS. We got the news in the crew room. Some of the senior girls started to tear up. One cried, “I have thirty years, I’ve never commuted.”…

  • CNN follows me – ME! Me? me.

    By Doug Gross, CNN  October 30, 2009 11:11 a.m.   Editor’s note: In this new weekly feature, CNN.com highlights five recommended Twitter feeds about a hot topic in the news. Let us know who we missed in the comments section. (CNN) — This week’s news of the Northwest Airlines pilots…

  • A memorable flight for a first time flier

    I knew something was up when an attractive woman wearing a fur vest walked to the back of the airplane during boarding and pulled my coworker aside on a flight from Dallas to New York. I couldn’t really make out what they were saying as I set up the galley,…

  • A fright in flight!

    I know this was not taken in the lav…but thought you might like it!  On our flight back from NYC to ATL on sunday.  Enjoy.   Chris

  • Talking travel with NileGuide.com

    This week’s NileGuide 5 interview features me!   Check it out…  Heather’s been working as a flight attendant for a major U.S. carrier for the last 14 years. She translates her experiences at 35,000 feet into some really interesting insights about travel and people – just check out the new trend…

  • Art on the plane

  • How to liven up a flight on Halloween

    Heather,   I’m working my first Halloween as a flight attendant this year and can’t come up with any really good ideas of what to do. I obviously can’t go too overboard (As they told us in training, “We’re not Southwest”) but want a little something to liven up a six-leg day.  I…

  • Laviator T-shirts!

      You know you want one!  So why not go  to Windtee.com and get one?  I did.

  • Best of the best laviator contest

    Last week a producer from ABC Nightline News contacted me about doing a story on the laviators – THE LAVIATORS! I know, it’s weird, I can’t believe it myself. But one of their corespondents actually happened across my blog after surfing around Youtube where they found people doing all sorts…

  • Can an average Joe date a flight attendant?

    Hi my Name is Mark and I’ve wanted to date flight attendants for years, but like a lot of guys I don’t get the chance to chat with them much. When you see one that’s friendly and smiles a lot and is nice, those are the ones you want to…