“Have you seen what I have to wear?” a first officer said when she overheard me talking about American Airlines‘ new uniforms. “A scarf,” she hissed. She may have used the f-word. “Pilots don’t wear scarves, we wear ties. TIES!” Got it? They wear ties. Not long ago I wrote about how all anyone really needs is…
Read more Flight attendant uniforms are about more than just style
Passenger accused of groping Spirit Airlines flight attendant originally appeared on NBCNews.com. (NOTE: They left out a story I shared about a pilot who was smacked on the behind by a female passenger sitting in the exit row. “Woo get some!” she yelled out for an entire airplane full of passengers to hear. So ya…
Read more A little bit about groping, poking and smacking flight attendants on the plane…
Heather, Just finished reading your book Cruising Attitude and loved it! Flight attendants are the true heroes of our industry! I have been a pilot in the airlines for 13 years (seven years at a commuter and six at a Dallas based LUV company) and your stories ring true from crash pads to the overnight…
Read more Air Force Reservist / Airline Pilot shows off his Cruising Attitude
[This post originally appeared on PeterGreenberg.com] Every week we report on all the craziness that goes on up in the air, but we rarely get to hear from the first person on the scene—the flight attendant. That’s why we always try to talk to and listen to Heather Poole, author of the New York Times bestseller Cruising Attitude: Tales…
Read more Heather Poole & The Secret World of Flight Attendants (my interview with Peter Greenberg)
It’s not my favorite interview, but it came out much better than I thought it would. Honestly I was kind of nervous about this one. I can’t tell you how many times we had to stop filming because of cars honking, airplanes landing, helicopters hovering above, or because the wind was blowing way too hard.…
Read more AOL’s You’ve Got video series features “the real life of a flight attendant”
10 Flight Attendant Secrets is featured in the May / June issue of Mental Floss Magazine.The following excerpt originally appeared on MentalFloss.com May 3 In the current issue of mental_floss magazine (get a free issue!), veteran flight attendant Heather Poole revealed 10 workplace secrets, including this one about the length of her skirt. Our tenure…
Read more For flight attendants, seniority means shorter skirts. Here’s why…
