Heather Poole

  • Layover: New York – Forest Hills

    If you ever find yourself at La Guardia or John F. Kennedy International airport with a little sit time on your hands between flights, sit tight. Traffic in New York is terrible and you don’t want to miss your flight. But if you’ve got four hours or more to kill,…

  • Flight attendant shoes – Clarks

    When I think of Clarks, I think of my mother who is also a flight attendant.  She’s a huge fan of the shoe. I think she owns like ten pairs already.  So whenever it’s time to get new shoes for work, she’s always telling me to GET A PAIR OF CLARKS!  THEY’RE CUTE AND COMFORTABLE!  Apparently, according to…

  • Laviator #23

                  Aunt Benet from Aviation Week

  • What happens when a laviator finds a cracked winglet

      Hi Heather,   I have a rather funny story to tell you that happened to me on my flight today…    We were on our way to Manchester, and I happened to look out the window and the winglet looked as though it had a crack in it!  I didn’t panic,…

  • A question about the flight attendant sexual fantasy

    Dear Heather, I love your blog……and just wanted to say hi.  I know you’re married and don’t fly routes down to Florida, so I guess I’ll have to find another way to fulfill my “flight attendant sex fantasies” but reading your blog is fun anyway.  If I’m wrong (and you…

  • A question about dating pilots – gay pilots

    Dear Heather,   I flew a MIA-JFK yesterday and thought of you. These were the highlights… Family of 6 in first class made the purser cry Customer service agent boarded the plane to calm passengers down which caused a late push back Lady got dizzy and needed oxygen in economy…

  • Just when you think you kinda-sorta know someone, The Bloggess blogs about them…

    See that picture, I actually kinda-sorta know the person who took it.  But we’ll get to that in a moment.  First I have to tell you about this blogger I love, that, basically, everyone loves, and she goes by the name of The Bloggess.  If you don’t know her you need…

  • Airline uniforms

    Heather, Apologies if you’ve already seen this a million times, but your post on your blog re uniforms and some comments regarding Virgin Atlantics made me think of the brilliant ad VA ran celebrating 25 years in the industry earlier this year…  http://www.wikio.co.uk/video/747179   Love your blog! Jennifer Jennifer, Thank you…

  • Budget summer vacation: Manhattan Beach, CA using Homeaway.com

    When my husband called me on my cell to tell me we had to move out of our house for a week while the hardwood floors were being refinished, I just stood in the middle of the food court at New York’s John F. Kennedy international airport and sighed. It’d…

  • Laviators Unite!