How do airlines keep passengers safe during a pandemic when face masks have become the symbolic defining line in a growing battle between civil liberties…
“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.…
My first Op-Ed. Los Angeles Times, A25. They changed the title from “flying the less-friendly skies” to “Turn off your cell phone means turn it…
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…
This originally appeared on Conde Nast Traveler’s website: New Year’s Resolutions from Travel Bloggers, Chefs, and Other VIPsTHE FLIGHT ATTENDANT Heather Poole Be more fully…
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…
There’s a great article about packing featured in this month’s issue of Real Simple magazine (July 2012). And I’m not just saying that because they…
Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of of Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana, and Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines, interviewed me on her…
Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is job security, being able to hold my first bid, two weeks vacation, a raise, longer layovers, more…
Hi Heather, I have a question for you. My sister is a flight attendant and I was wondering what you would recommend as a good present(s) for…
Obviously the best thing about being a flight attendant is being able to travel at a moments notice, as long as there’s an open seat…
With Thanksgiving fast approaching and Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s following right behind it, more people than ever will be flying in the upcoming weeks.…
Hi Heather, I listened to your Frommers podcast recently and found it very funny. I especially liked your comments about people’s attitudes to flying and…