Heather Poole

  • Passenger of the month – THE HUSBAND

    I’ve been writing about him for awhile now, so here’s your chance to meet THE HUSBAND, my husband, a passenger I actually met while working from Los Angeles to New York seven years ago. Name? The Husband Miles flown this year? 110,000 Last flight? Aug 28 Flying Pet Peeve #…

  • Reclaiming the Sky

    We’ve all heard about the firemen, those brave men who ran into the burning towers and lost their lives, but what about the flight attendants? If you’re a flight attendant, I’m sure, at some point, you’ve wondered why no one has addressed those brave men and women who lost their…

  • Packing Light.

    “Okay,” said the husband, shoving his cell phone into the back pocket of his blue jeans. People, all of them very fashionably dressed, whizzed by us while we stood on the cobblestone street outside a large glass window displaying freshly baked pizza. We had just exited the train station in…

  • 9/11 – That Day

    On that day, September 11, 2001, I landed in Zurich, Switzerland, where I spent the next several days trying desperately to get back to the United States. When I did eventually get back to work in October, things had changed, and they had changed drastically. Here’s an excerpt of my…

  • Flight Attendant Pet Peeve #4

    It happened last month, on-board a 757, when flight attendant pet peeve #4 came to me. We were either leaving Miami or going to Miami, but there I was standing between first class and coach, greeting the passengers as they boarded when a very nice woman asked me a question…

  • The Airport Hotel

    Imagine my surprise when I saw this… Looks like we’re not the only ones stuck at a layover airport hotel with nothing to do.

  • FLIGHT ATTENDANT OF THE MONTH: Giovanny

    Name? Giovanny Hometown? NYCBase? LGAHours flown this month? Enough to get by Last flight? DFW TurnGalley or Aisle? GalleyFirst class, business class, or coach? First ClassWidebody or Narrowbody? Narrowbody, only because I fly out of LGA mostlyFavorite airplane? AnyRegular Route? DFWDream Trip? Last row in coach blocked for flight attendant…

  • Flight Attendant Recurrent Training

    I feel sick,” I said to my mother, also a flight attendant, as we sped down the highway. Each mile brought us closer and closer to the training facility. “Relax,” said my mother, a woman who does not know how to relax, especially when it comes to flight attendant training.…

  • More flight attendant shoes

    While in Dallas I walked into a DSW shoe store to buy a pair of flip-flops to replace the ones that had practically fallen off my feet, only to walk out with a pair of cute black flight attendant shoes instead, a pair of low heeled shoes I really didn’t…

  • Prepare for takeoff…

    Like I mentioned before, it’s been one hectic week, and it’s only going to get worse. I’m off to New York today, to work for a week, and I’m taking the kid with me. Don’t ask. But soon, I’ll be posting pictures, lots and lots of pictures, so check back.…