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“Whether you’re a frequent or once-a-year flier, there’s something for everyone in this witty tell-all.” (Publishers Weekly)
“[An] insider’s perspective on the friendly skies . . . [an] entertaining, gonzo account.” (Booklist)
“A veteran flight attendant’s hilarious take on what really happens behind the scenes at 35,000 feet.” (People)
“Fun airplane reading.” (Washington Post)
“Poole knows what her readers want[:] juicy tidbits about celebrities (she delivers, with no names but sometimes enough description that you can figure it out), to know if flight attendants ever date passengers (yes) and the dirt on whether pilots are as skeezy as they sometimes seem (yes and no).” (Denver Post)
“Heather Poole is the fly-and-tell queen of the skies.” (Los Angeles Times)
“A charming and funny insider’s account of life and work in the not-always-friendly skies.” (Huffington Post)
Heather Poole has been published in The Best Women's Travel Writing 2010. Her regular online column, "Galley Gossip: Confessions from the Jumpseat with Heather Poole," has received more than two million views and is featured on AOL's award-winning travel website, Gadling.com.
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I could not wait for this book. I have been reading Heather Poole's blog for years. She was the reason we started flying with our children when they were just 2 and 3 yrs old. My mom always wanted me to be a flight attendant constantly talked about it. We never flew anywhere. First time I flew I was 22 and could not wait to travel again. With my ex husband travel was boring. Reason for our divorce. My husband and now father of our two kids loves to travel. We go every year somewhere. I hate that air fares are back to the outrageous prices they were before 2011. It's hard when plan tickets cost 7 times your hotel & food on the actual trip. But I fly safe knowing the crew on our plane is trained to handle anything! Thanks Heather for a great book that made the reader feel like we were able to fly along in the book with you through your ups and downs. Glad you were able to get your Prince Charming! I have one too. So glad you fly the skies. I would like to say "Sorry for those on your plane who have no manners at all". It is not hard to say "Please" & "Thank you"!
The syntax is fairly easy to read and the chapters are a good length. Like most narratives, it has its ups and downs which will be more or less interesting to some readers. I liked the behind-the-scenes information about the professional which was shared--learning about travel tricks, the training, and lifestyle actually helped me understand my flight crew a little better (I fly a lot!).
If you're looking for a "secrets revealed" type book or a "everything you don't want to know about air travel" this is not for you. This is really a narrative of the author's career as a flight attendant. It's chock full of tangents, side-stories, anecdotes, and surely some amount of embellishment, but it does give a good deal of insight into the trials and tribulations of a flight attendant. And it definitely is entertaining to read, especially because I've witnessed some of the types of episodes described first-hand. Reliving them from someone else's perspective is quite interesting.
Three stars instead of four because some the stories and format are predictable (possibly because I travel so much?), the flow is monotonous. I also found it to be very author-centric; instead of sharing stories of/about others it felt like a one-sided conversations where you just can't escape. Definitely worth the Kindle price I paid, though.
Heather Poole does an incredible job truly conveying the challenges and real side (albeit funny at times) of the lives of those hard-working professionals in the sky. As someone who also flies as crew member professionally (part and full time for the past 13 years), I found her stories to be so hilarious, relatable and at the same time genuinely vulnerable in the manner in which she shared them. This story really was a quick read (I read it while flying as a passenger), it brought a smile to my face and I actually had a few laugh out loud moments.
Flight crews regardless of who they work for, all have experienced many similar types of things. I found I could relate to quite a few of her examples including when she shared a story about sitting in the cockpit and listening to an air traffic controller with a heavy accident and she she couldn't understand at all what he was saying. When she asked the pilot how he understood them, he responded to her that he couldn't but flew this route so much that he just knew what to do. Having flown overseas and dealt with foreign controllers, I TOTALLY could relate. I've got my own share of stories involving the fingernails/toenails in the seat backs pockets, dealing with hung over fliers who vomit all over themselves, super phobic passengers and more. (The take away is it amazes me how gross & inconsiderate some folks are when they are on a plane.)
So if you're considering a career in the 'glamourous' life in the sky and want the real inside scoop or you're a passenger who really wants to have a better understanding of what some of the 'professional flying nomads' deal with, I highly recommend you read this book!
(Oh and sorry Heather if you're reading this, there's no such thing as "pilot tube", it's a "pitot tube", but I'll blame the publisher's for not catching that typo). :P
This was a fun peek into the world of flight attendants. From the training to the plane, Poole describes her adventures and kooky incidents with passengers. I was kept interested throughout the stories and yet there was nothing really "groundbreaking" about the book. Written well, this is an easy read and entertaining.
The one thing I was waiting for, which was never covered, was how to deal with those who have fear of flying. Although she did a great section on turbulence, I wanted to hear if there was certain ways they handled the FoF crowd, as I used to be one of them!
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