Heather Poole

  • The passenger didn’t ask for much

    It happened right after the woman wearing black yelled at me because she had to wait in line to use the lavatory in coach, and that happened shortly after I noticed she, the woman wearing nothing but black, was eyeing the bathroom in business class, which is officially designated as…

  • Greetings from the lav

    “I made you a picture,” Jeff wrote, and when I clicked the twitpic link, this is what I got! Oh. My. What have I started? Ever since I wrote the Galley Gossip post THE HOTTEST TREND ON THE AIRPLANE SINCE THE MILE HIGH CLUB passengers have begun emailing me photographs…

  • Celebrities on the plane

    I see celebrities all the time on the airplane. In fact, on my last flight one of the Real Housewives of New York City (the one who is not exactly a housewife) slept all the way from New York to Los Angeles. The first thing I noticed was the cutest…

  • Passengers send me photos

    “This one’s for you,” he wrote, and that’s all he wrote, and it cracked me up! Why are passengers sending me photographs of themselves in the lavatory? Scroll down to find out or read GALLEY GOSSIP: THE HOTTEST THING TO DO ON THE AIRPLANE SINCE THE MILE HIGH CLUB

  • Landing in LA

  • Digital Nomads

    Normally I work in business class, which is the most junior position on the airplane due to the amount of work involved, but that’s okay because I like to work in business class. I even like business class passengers. I do! And because I work so often with people who…

  • Hanging out with Grace

    For the first time in over two years, I officially had a day off in New York. I’m a commuter, so I normally fly in and out as quickly as possible, working as many hours as I can in six days straight, just so I can hop on a plane…

  • A passenger writes…

    Dear Heather, I just don’t have words to explain how much I enjoy reading The Cockpit Chronicles and the Galley Gossip, thank you for sharing all of that. I don’t fly very often, one international flight and a few domestic flights a year ( most from Brazil ) but I…

  • Random travel shots

  • A question about becoming a flight attendant and job security

    Hello Heather,I love your site! I actually got signed on with an airline and waiting for my training date. My first concern is the job security and wondered what you think about the future in the airline industry as a flight attendant. I have waited for my son to grow…