You know you’re a flight attendant when you can easily say the word “goodbye” in six different languages. To say we meet a lot of people is an understatement — I greet at least 200 passengers a day. If we have four flights in a single day, that’s about 500 passengers, which equates to 500…
Read more When you’re ghosted, there’s nothing to do but wonder
This past weekend flights across the northeast United States and eastern Canada were cancelled en masse as a winter storm descended on the region. For the tens of thousands of travelers stranded or delayed, it’s a lousy experience that seems to have no end. But we know it isn’t any better for the pilots and…
Read more 5 ways delays are worse for flight attendants than passengers
1. FAAWait – During a creeping weather delay a flight attendant who also works part time as an air traffic controller told me about FAAWait. It’s his favorite app. One click and we knew which airports across the country were also experiencing delays, how long the delays were averaging, and what had caused the delays. 2. MyRadar: Recently…
Read more The 10 best travel apps for flight attendants (and frequent fliers)
Hi Heather, My wife is a flight attendant and for some time now I’ve been looking to make a career change and was thinking ofbecoming a flight attendant myself. I can see how she enjoys it and has fun with it and I’d like to try it, too. Do you think it would be a good or bad…
Read more How being married to a flight attendant is great training for the job
You know you’re working a Vegas flight when passengers walk on board and ask if you’re serving alcohol – at 7AM (Yes, sir, we will be serving alcohol for breakfast), you’re apologizing for running out of limes before takeoff (not over the PA, even though you’d like to), people keep trying to pay for things…
I would love to become a flight attendant. I live close to Fort Lauderdale airport, only about 30 miles from Miami International Airport and 80 miles from West Palm Beach Airport. I also have two teenagers (13 and 16) so that’s where my question begins. If I live in Florida but my base is in New York, will I have…
Read more How do new flight attendants on probation commute to work? (And who pays for it?)
Click the link below to hear Pauline Frommer call my book “a good beach read,” It sounds like she really enjoyed it. Check it out… The Travel Show – June 10, 2012 – Hour 2: Heather Poole, author of “Cruising Attitude”, tells of her experiences as a flight attendant, both good and bad…
