Insufferable passengers, rigorous training, and a turbulent life, Heather Poole recounts her years as a flight attendant. The Paperback of the Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at Feet by Heather Poole at Barnes.
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How can human beings act like that? Author Heather Poole was encouraged by attithde mother to apply for a job as a flight attendant — the job her mother had always wanted.
My favorite was the term “air mattress,” which refers to “Cockpit Connies” who have been issuing an excessive number of boarding passes. I give it two stars because there were moments in the beginning that kept me interested and the author is funny, although she strung her boyfriend along, thus forcing him to break up with her instead of her doing it herself, which irked me.
That means a lot to me, especially coming from another flight attendant. It is astonishing how easy it is to be released from employment as a flight attendant, especially during the training process. Apr 28, Erin Martin rated it liked it. Screaming that someone has “ruined your vacation” because there are no more eggs, hurling obscenities because there’s no more room in the overhead bin.
She writes in a breezy, easy-to-read style, and does try to keep it light.
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If you miss anything your are out in the blink of an eye, literally. By continuing to use this website, you agree to cruisingg use. I got confused by her writing at times.
She is incredibly funny and her stories were collected well and written in an engaging way.
Comparisons, it is said, are odious. She tells her story with humor and pathos, and there’s even some tension thrown in for good measure. Thanks for crruising us about the problem. To ask other readers questions about Cruising Attitudeplease sign up. It will make you ppole more what the attendants on your next flight have to put up with. Heather Poole is a veteran flight attendant who started by posted poole stories on a blog, and has now collected them into a book. She was particularly taken with loole kind Mark Cuban was on her two shifts working his private jet, and gushes about the excellent manners of the members of his basketball team who were on one of those flights.
Apr 09, Julie G rated it really liked it Shelves: She tries to drop bits of gossip about “celebrities in first class” but t I don’t know what I expected, but it certainly wasn’t a book that reads more like a mass email Christmas letter. For anyone who travels on planes a lot, this is a good book, it is not long and could probably be finished on a red-eye from LA to DC.
Although there are hook-ups, the writer is quick to assure us that regulations, fear of stalkers, and just plain being tired are deterrents to such frequent frolics.
Not to mention just where do they go in between flights, what happens when flights are delayed and what are some of the perks about being a flight attendant. I flew crusiing Sun Jet too. Email required Address never made public. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Open Preview See a Problem? This is where the specialist see how much you can handle. In the middle of reading your book on my Kindle. Thanks for the laughs!! What are their lives lik If attitjde thinking about an exciting career in airborne customer service, this is the book for you! He was going to buy and read it based on our conversation.
Entertaining as they are, Cruisimg think sometimes the reader can lose the theme of the chapter.
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Click HERE to order. Another crazy story is one passenger who packed his deceased mother in a garment bag to get her to her final destination to avoid the exorbitant fees to have her shipped any other way. Looking deeper into something not much thought about that way in everyday life. Each in their different ways was a 4 star read. Trivia About Cruising Attitude If you like humorous memoirs, this is definitely one to pick up.
Sent her application in to a big name airline needing fight attendants and never looked back. But there is enough material in the u Most flight attendants are not exactly high fliers. Written well, this is an easy read and entertaining.
Screaming th I enjoyed this more for the technical stuff about flight attendant training than for the stories of Poole’s personal life.
I hate travelling, so being a flight attendant has heahter appealed to me, but I was really impressed by what a good glimpse of the life I got from the book. It was most annoying when she changed the names of people half-way through their stories. Writing I was hsather really pleased with the author’s writing.