Heather Poole
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Heather is a flight attendant for a major US carrier. She lives in California and works in New York.
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- http://www.HeatherPoole.com
Heather is a flight attendant for a major US carrier. She lives in California and works in New York.
1. "The Gift of Fear," by Gavin De Becker, should be required reading for all men and women, especially for those of us who travel, particularly for women who travel alone. I've recommended this book to more flight attendants and passengers than anything thing else over the years. It's saved my life more than once.
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 between them. Even an hour is pushing it. An hour and a half is good. Two hours, even better. Whatever you do, don't take the last flight out! Delays happen. So do cancelations.
From time to time I get asked questions about bad passengers. I thought I'd share a few of them here.
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 available on board most airplanes. Thankfully, it hasn't been much of an issue (knock on wood). But planes are crowded, personal space barely exits, and when passengers do things they shouldn't, well, they usually get caught.
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.
Where are you from, Ahmed? Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I'm Jeddah based.
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 of becoming 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 thing to bring up in an interview situation that I am married to a flight attendant or does it matter at all? Obviously being married to one gives me a greater insight and depth of understanding of the job and what it involves compared to many other candidates. I have a degree in Microbiology so I have somewhat of a brain, although my wife might debate that with you. I also co-managed a bar in Ireland before I came to the United States so I know what it's like to have to deal with difficult and intoxicated customers. I also was an airport screener for a while and I'm a state certified emergency responder. I'd like to think these things would make me a strong candidate. Just curious what you think. Thanks for your time, Brian.
Based on your work experience alone, you sound like the perfect candidate to me! You're comfortable cutting people off handling intoxicated passengers, you're familiar with the responsibilities that go along with working at an airport, and you have a pretty good idea of what life is like in the sky. Being a certified emergency trainer will only make you more attractive to the airlines. Your wife, I'm sure, has mentioned that no one ever dies in flight, right? At least not until a doctor can make an official pronouncement. This might be why so many flight attendants have nursing backgrounds. Some are even senior enough to hold a flying schedule that allows them to balance a nursing career at the same time. These are always my favorite flight attendants to work with because when there's an emergency in flight, they tend to take over. That being said, I truly believe it's your wife that makes you a standout.
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I'm scheduled for a flight attendant interview on Tuesday! I've been through the process once before so I am familiar with the questions they may ask, but I'm just not confident in my answers sometimes. The hardest part is answering behavioral or situational questions. When they ask, "Name a time when..." I find it really hard to recall examples from my past work experience. I have trouble with these questions and I'm not sure what a good answer may be. I hope you can help. Here are a few examples.
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 to agree to relocate? How does that work if I live in Florida and have kids and a husband? Would the airline pay me to fly out to my base station every time I need to report to work or do I have to pay for that? Or would I just have to move there? This is what I don't really understand. - Gladys
You know you're a commuter when you pack 20 pairs of pantyhose inside your crew bag. This is what I was thinking as I packed my suitcase to go back to work last week. Of course two seconds later I had to stop what I was doing so I could update my Facebook page with that very thought. Priorities, people! It didn't take long for the hilarious comments to come rolling in. That's when I knew I had to create the list: 10 signs you're commuting, non-reving, or traveling standby.
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