Heather Poole

Tag: Galley Gossip

  • Flight attendants trained to spot human trafficking – at the Super Bowl

    What do hundreds of flight attendants, thousands of under-age prostitutes and the Super Bowl all have in common? Dallas. On Sunday they’re all traveling to Texas. American Airlines, American Eagle, Delta, United, and Qantas hope to help stop human traffickers from pimping out women and children by holding training sessions…

  • Flight attendant training – which airline to pick? (Delta vs Eagle)

    Next week I’m to start flight attendant training for American Eagle. But today I got a call from Delta and they want me to go for a face to face interview two days after I’m to start training! If I go to the Delta interview, I’ll forfeit American Eagle completely…

  • Celebrity passenger claimed to have “special powers”

    Tom Cruise. It’s not often I get to start a Galley Gossip post with that name! But that’s the name several readers mentioned after I asked if they could guess which celebrity passenger offered to assist an unconscious woman with his “special powers” on the airplane. Honest to God, I…

  • 5 reasons flight attendants don’t do predeparture beverages in first class

    You’ve boarded a flight and you’re feeling pretty relaxed sitting in that big comfy first class seat. Sucka, you think to yourself as a couple of passengers check you out on their way to coach. Glancing at your watch, you wonder where the heck the flight attendant is because you’re…

  • Traveling brides – it’s all about the dress

    “Cinderella dresses belong in fairytales, not on airplanes!”  That’s a line from the Galley Gossip post I wrote giving advice to brides travling with a wedding dress that inspired the formation of the flickr photo group Traveling Brides – it’s all about the dress!   The group was also inspired by a few tweets about…

  • A letter from a frequent-flyin’, two-timin’ cheat!

    Dear Airline, I remember the first day we met. It was love at first flight. We’ve shared countless hours together- oh the places we’ve gone. It’s been bumpy at times, but I always stuck up for you when people called you old and grumpy. I even stuck by you when…