Download or read book Skygirls written by Bruce McAllister and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering historical images, documents, and firsthand experiences, covers the history of flight attendants from the earliest days of air travel to the present day.
Download or read book Confessions of an Air Hostess written by Marisa Mackle and published by Little Black Dress. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling Irish writer Marisa Mackle comes to Little Black Dress with a hilarious, romantic and page-turning book about the air hostess to end all air hostesses... A great love story and a fantastic, loveable heroine combine to make this a romantic novel that's simply not to be missed.
Download or read book Come Fly the World written by Julia Cooke and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2021 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"--
Download or read book Come Fly with Us written by Johanna Omelia and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the first commercial flights took off in the 1930s, stewardesses were registered nurses whose duties included swatting flies and helping passengers read railroad timetables in the event of forced landings. In the 1950s, stewardesses were viewed as wives-in-training, as adept at preparing a baby's bottle as mixing a martini. By the swinging ' 60s and ' 70s, female flight attendants were considered successful marketing tools, sporting microminis, hot pants, and buttons that read "Pure, Sober, and Available" to lure male business passengers on board. "Come Fly with Us!" explores the unique history of this industry pioneered by women, tracing changes in the flight attendant's role -- from flying nurse to airborne sex kitten to today's custodian of safety and service. Stunning visuals from airline archives and early flight maps, promotional brochures, and print advertisements re-create a sense of the early days and underscore the dramatic changes that have occurred in this dynamic industry.
Download or read book Femininity in Flight written by Kathleen Barry and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Femininity in Flight' considers flight attendants as cultural icons, looking at how attendants redeployed the 'glamourization' used to sell air travel to campaign for professional respect, higher wages, and women's rights.
Download or read book Fly Girl s Guide written by Ebony Christina and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Fly Girl's Guide: How to Become a Flight Attendant, you have the BEST resource to help you start your career as a Flight Attendant! This book is a step-by-step guide that clearly teaches aspiring Flight Attendants what it takes to pass the Application process, Video and Face-to-Face Interview, and Flight Attendant Training.With easy-to-follow instructions in every chapter, you'll be a step ahead of the competition. Inside the pages of this BEST-SELLING book, you will find information in three concise sections:(1) Applying for the Job What it Takes to Become a Flight Attendant Finding the Best Airline to Work For How to Create the Perfect Resume (2) Passing the Video and Face-to-Face Interview Preparing for your Interviews How to Look the Part The Best Set-up for your Video Interview What to Expect From the Face-to-Face Interview (3) Earning your Wings What to Expect from Training The Best Study Tips Life After Training Related keywords: Flight Attendant, Flight Attendant Career, Job, Stewardess, Cabin Crew, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Skywest, Frontier, JetBlue, Essential Guide, Flight Attendant Training, Face-to-Face Interview, Video Interview
Download or read book Glamour in the Skies written by Libbie Escolme-Schmidt and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-hostess Libbie Escolme-Schmidt has lovingly compiled many hundreds of memories to present the ultimate history of the British Airways air hostess. Collating a multitude of stories from the forties and fifties through to what is often agreed to be the end of the golden age in 1980, this is an important record of the contribution made by women to airline history. During this period flying evolved from a potentially dangerous adventure to a remarkably safe and comfortable means of international travel, and through it all the air hostesses were there. Their experiences range from administering oxygen to passengers flying over the Andes to serving French champagne on Concorde, and the anecdotes are full of humor as they cover training, first flights, sexual discrimination and harassment, disasters, passengers, glamorous stopovers, and other temptations. This illustrated book presents the changing times in air travel through the eyes of the stewardess and offers the perfect tribute to the girls who walked the skies."
Download or read book The Jet Sex written by Victoria Vantoch and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victoria Vantoch takes us on a fascinating journey into the golden era of air travel. The Jet Sex explores the much-mythologized stewardess within the context of the Cold War, globalization, and the emerging culture of glamour to reveal how beauty and sexuality were critical to national identity and international politics.
Download or read book The Cabin Crew Interview Made Easy written by Caitlyn Rogers and published by Aspire Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guides you through the entire cabin crew selection process to ensure the highest probability of getting the job. Every aspect is described in detail, complete with numerous examples--page 4 of cover.
Download or read book The Flight Attendant written by Chris Bohjalian and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful thriller about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man—and no idea what happened. • Don't miss the acclaimed HBO Max series! Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room, she tries to piece the previous night back together, counting the minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with. She sees his dark hair. His utter stillness. And blood, a slick, still wet pool on the crisp white sheets. Afraid to call the police—she's a single woman alone in a hotel room far from home—Cassie begins to lie. She lies as she joins the other flight attendants and pilots in the van. She lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin. She lies to the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. Soon it's too late to come clean-or face the truth about what really happened back in Dubai. Could she have killed him? If not, who did? Set amid the captivating world of those whose lives unfold at forty thousand feet, The Flight Attendant unveils a spellbinding story of memory, of the giddy pleasures of alcohol and the devastating consequences of addiction, and of murder far from home. Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!
Download or read book Cruising Attitude written by Heather Poole and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real-life flight attendant Heather Poole has written a charming and funny insider’s account of life and work in the not-always-friendly skies. Cruising Attitude is a Coffee, Tea, or Me? for the 21st century, as the author parlays her fifteen years of flight experience into a delightful account of crazy airline passengers and crew drama, of overcrowded crashpads in “Crew Gardens” Queens and finding love at 35,000 feet. The popular author of “Galley Gossip,” a weekly column for AOL’s award-winning travel website Gadling.com, Poole not only shares great stories, but also explains the ins and outs of flying, as seen from the flight attendant’s jump seat.
Download or read book The Essential Guide written by Kiki Ward and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cabin Fever written by Mandy Smith (Flight attendant) and published by Plume. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twelve-year veteran flight attendant shares the good, bad and naughty of the job.
Download or read book Smile Particularly in Bad Weather written by Prudence Black and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air hostesses took to the skies in the 1930s, proud and excited to have the most glamorous job in the world, barely looking over their shoulders as they boarded aircraft. Air travel had created a new type of modern workplace - this was a job like no other - filled with adventure, shiny new technology and work that was thrilling, demanding and exhausting. Young women flocked in droves to be measured, weighed and squeezed into snappy uniforms. Smile, Particularly in Bad Weather tells a story about the development of this pioneering profession. It describes the shift from the 1930s, when the girl-next-door took to the air with a great degree of bravado, through to the 1960s and the 'coffee, tea or me?' stereotype where airlines sexualised the air hostess as a point of marketing difference, then on to a crucial period where the air hostess fought back, no longer wanting to be stereotyped nor discriminated against in terms of fair working conditions. This job shaped working women to become something more, it tested their independence, it encouraged self-enhancement and sophistication and it took them to places they hadn't dreamt about.
Download or read book Cruising Altitude written by Talise Danee' and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Have you ever wondered what it is like to live a life on the go? Being a flight attendant has it's good and bad points, and Talise has captured them all in this hilarious and [informational] book. "Cruising Altitude" is a collection of her experiences as a flight attendant. You will really enjoy this one, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!" -- p.4 of cover.
Download or read book Airborne Dreams written by Christine R. Yano and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Pan Ams Nisei stewardess program (1955&–1972), through which the airline hired Japanese American (and later other Asian and Asian American) stewardesses, ostensibly for their Asian-language skills.
Download or read book Falling written by T. J. Newman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Terrifying…buckle up for a chilling summer read.” —People (Best Books of the Week) “The perfect thriller! A must-read.” —Gillian Flynn “Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35,000 feet.” —Don Winslow You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.
