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Posted onApril 19, 2020April 19, 2020Airline

Read My Book Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet FOR FREE

by Heather Poole1 Comment on Read My Book Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet FOR FREE

If you’re bored at home with nothing to do because of everything that’s happening in the world at the moment, and you haven’t read my…

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Posted onJune 28, 2019April 18, 2020flight attendants

Heather Poole Interview with The BBC Radio Show The Conversation

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  The Conversation – a BBC World Service radio show that brings together two women from different parts of the world to talk about a shared experience…

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Posted onOctober 17, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

Brace Yourself: In Defense of “Hysterical” Flight Attendants

by Heather Poole1 Comment on Brace Yourself: In Defense of “Hysterical” Flight Attendants

An AirAsia plane “plummeted” from the sky, and in every news report I read, passengers complained that flight attendants panicked. I’ve been a flight attendant…

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Posted onAugust 23, 2013August 25, 2013Uncategorized

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Where’s the adult-free zone?

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Posted onAugust 1, 2013August 1, 2013Uncategorized

Bribing passengers to switch seats

by Heather Poole4 Comments on Bribing passengers to switch seats

Bribing among airline passengers reaches new heights, as seat choices get scarce, by Dave Seminar, originally appeared on FoxNews.com July 31, 2013.  NOTE: I’ve been…

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Posted onJuly 17, 2013April 11, 2014Uncategorized

Photo of the day: You can take the boy out of economy, but not economy out of the boy

by Heather Poole20 Comments on Photo of the day: You can take the boy out of economy, but not economy out of the boy

Photo Credit: Steven Frischling Caption credit: Stefan Paetow

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Posted onJune 17, 2013June 17, 2013Uncategorized

The Paul Harris Show: Flight Attendants, Crashpads, Delays, THE MILE HIGH CLUB

by Heather Poole4 Comments on The Paul Harris Show: Flight Attendants, Crashpads, Delays, THE MILE HIGH CLUB

This interview originally appeared on The Paul Harris Show I predict this will be one of my most-downloaded interviews. It was certainly a lot of…

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Posted onMay 20, 2013May 21, 2013Uncategorized

Hey Siri, was that my plane?!

by Heather Poole20 Comments on Hey Siri, was that my plane?!

  Photo credit: Heather Poole Caption:  @AviationPhotographic  

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Posted onMay 4, 2013Uncategorized

10 ways to handle a tight connection

by Heather Poole3 Comments on 10 ways to handle a tight connection

1. Book wisely. If you need to be somewhere really important, it’s probably not a good idea to book your flights with less than an hour…

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Posted onMarch 29, 2013March 29, 2013Uncategorized

Here’s what I think about those sexy flight attendant ads…

by Heather Poole2 Comments on Here’s what I think about those sexy flight attendant ads…

“Does Sex Sell Airline Seats? Some Airlines Hope so. ” originally appeared on TravelChannel.com We asked Heather Poole, a 15-year flight attendant and author of Cruising Attitude:…

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Posted onMarch 27, 2013March 27, 2013Uncategorized

The Worst, Funniest, and Most Common Bad Passengers I’ve Encountered

by Heather Poole4 Comments on The Worst, Funniest, and Most Common Bad Passengers I’ve Encountered

From time to time I get asked questions about bad passengers. I thought I’d share a few of them here. What’s the worst passenger behavior…

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Posted onMarch 2, 2013March 3, 2013Uncategorized

Executive Travel: In flight service

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This article was originally published in Executive Travel Magazine By Christopher Schmicker Mar/Apr-2013 This flight attendant and author shares her perspectives about change up in…

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Posted onFebruary 11, 2013February 11, 2013Uncategorized

5 ways delays are worse for flight attendants than passengers

by Heather Poole3 Comments on 5 ways delays are worse for flight attendants than passengers

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…

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Posted onFebruary 2, 2013February 2, 2013Uncategorized

How to spot human trafficking on the airplane

by Heather Poole3 Comments on How to spot human trafficking on the airplane

Super Bowl weekend is one of the biggest human trafficking events of the year in the U.S.  Because flight attendants are often the first line…

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Posted onJanuary 11, 2013February 8, 2013Uncategorized

Can passengers read pornography in flight?

by Heather Poole6 Comments on Can passengers read pornography in flight?

From time to time I get questions from readers who want to know what the rules are regarding viewing pornography in flight now that Wi-Fi is…

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Posted onDecember 16, 2012December 17, 2012Uncategorized

11 Travel Tips from REAL travelers

by Heather Poole6 Comments on 11 Travel Tips from REAL travelers

Last week Anne Taintor and I teamed up for a holiday travel giveaway.  To be entered into the contest readers were asked to share their…

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Posted onDecember 6, 2012December 6, 2012Uncategorized

Flight attendants: The good, the bad, and the not so ugly world of flying

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The Azumano Travel Show, a weekend travel radio show on KPAM out of Portland, Oregon, had me on the air last week to discuss my book,…

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Posted onNovember 29, 2012November 29, 2012Uncategorized

The 10 best travel apps for flight attendants (and frequent fliers)

by Heather Poole2 Comments on The 10 best travel apps for flight attendants (and frequent fliers)

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…

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Posted onNovember 24, 2012November 29, 2012Uncategorized

REAL men don’t cry…about coach

by Heather Poole2 Comments on REAL men don’t cry…about coach

That’s what I tweeted earlier this afternoon.  I expected to get a lot of grief over that, but strangely just the opposite happened.  Frequent fliers…

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Posted onNovember 14, 2012Uncategorized

7 celebs & travel experts dish on their go-to travel item

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This originally appeared on Huffington Post Poshbrood caught up with some travel experts, road warriors and celebs to find out their must-have travel items to help…

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