Heather Poole

  • I’m Back!

    I’m back from…. Day 1: Los Angeles to New YorkDay 2: New York to Los AngelesDay 3: Los Angeles to New YorkDay 4: New York to Miami to BostonDay 5: Boston to Miami to DenverDay 6: Denver to Miami to New YorkDay 7: New York to Los Angeles And I’m…

  • JULY FLIGHT ATTENDANT OF THE MONTH: JOHN

    Name? John Hometown? Corpus Christi, Tx Base? JFK (New York) Hours flown this month? 96 hours but will be more like 85Last flight? ParisGalley or Aisle? EitherFirst class, business class, or coach? First class of course!!! Widebody or Narrowbody? Widebody, hello, size queen here! Favorite airplane? Boeing 777Regular Route? Really…

  • Flight Attendants, Books, Lovers, & Emirates

    You know I love to write about writing and flying. So imagine my excitement when I found out the flight attendant working in the business class galley on my commuter flight last night from Los Angeles to New York was also a writer. Her name is Barbara Goodwin, and her…

  • Passenger of the month: Author / Speaker MARK MATTESON

    In my post, FLIGHT ATTENDANT PET PEEVE #3: YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT? I mentioned a passenger, and writer, Mark Matteson, who wrote an amazing book, Freedom From Fear, so I decided to contact him and ask him a few questions about flying and writing – my two favorite…

  • More Flying Crap

    Oh. My. God. You are not going to believe what I found at Costco last weekend! More airline crap to add to the airline museum, the one located inside my guestroom closet. Yes, it’s a bottle of Shiraz – AUS Shiraz 2006 Boarding Pass – but it’s the most adorable…

  • Naked on a Plane

    See those people disembarking off the flight over there…twenty minutes ago they were all nude. They were passengers on a Naked Air Flight. Nudists, they fly. On planes. Nude. Except for shoes. Believe it or not, there are quite a few rules to be followed when flying nude. One of…

  • Beat the crap out of the flight attendant day is over…

    Well beat the crap out of the flight attendant day is over, and it wasn’t half as bad as I thought it was going to be. Flight Attendant Pet Peeve #3, You want me to do what? generated over 540 comments, and what is even more surprising than the amount…

  • Beat the Flight Attendant Day

    Breaking news people! I’ve just gotten word that AOL plans to feature my GALLEY GOSSIP post, FLIGHT ATTENDANT PET PEEVE #3: YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT, on their main screen tomorrow. I’m dreading tomorrow. Along with this news came the advice to put on my thickest skin. How thick…

  • Flight Attendant Pet Peeve #3: You want me to do what?

    For my series GALLEY GOSSIP (at gadling.com), I wrote about something very controversial, something that needed addressing, something that is going to make people freak out big time. In fact, I actually submitted the post, then took it back, and then resent it, and then took it back again, and…

  • Tips for traveling with kids

    I’ve just written, GALLEY GOSSIP: TRAVELING WITH KIDS: A FEW SUGGESTIONS… that is posted over at Gadling.com today. With summer already here, there are more kids than ever on the flights. If you haven’t brought a child on-board with you, chances are there’s going to be one (or two) on…