Download or read book True Tales Of TWA Flight Attendants written by Kathy Kompare and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you liked Ann Hood's Fly Girl and Julie Cook's Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am, you'll love True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants. The golden age of air travel promised a life of glamour and adventure for beautiful, single, young women interested in exploring the world-and no airline offered more glamour or excitement than Trans World Airlines. TWA provided an enviable jet-set lifestyle for flight attendants-and the opportunity to travel to exotic destinations like, London, Paris, Rome, Hong Kong and Bombay. Flight attendants appeared on TV and in movies, and rubbed elbows with the rich and famous, from Elizabeth Taylor and John F. Kennedy Jr., to presidents and Popes, all while decked out in designer uniforms from clothing designers like Oleg Cassini and Ralph Lauren. In the 1960s and 1970s, TWA accepted fewer than 1% of applicants to be flight attendants-making it tougher to get into than Harvard. Plus, a flying career offered the best education money could never buy. TWA flight attendants could cook chateaubriand medium rare, deliver a baby at 35,000 feet, and survive a plane crash-all the while immaculately dressed from their never-a-strand-out-of-place hairstyles, all the way down to their mandatory high heeled shoes. But the glamorous lifestyle of a TWA flight attendant sometimes came at a cost. True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants is a diary-style fly girl memoir with stories from hundreds of TWA flight attendants, and filled with a fascinating behind-the-scenes, never-before-seen look at the glamour, excitement, and struggles faced by young women as they traveled the world with TWA during this exciting time in airline history-from the golden age of air travel through the great stewardess rebellion and beyond. Click "buy now" to read the most fascinating, behind-the-curtain, fly girls' book of the year! Perfect for flight attendant gifts too!
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 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 Flying with the Rich and Famous written by Patricia Reid and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time EVER, come aboard a private jet with the flight attendant and see what it's like to fly around the world with the rich and famous! A never-been-done-before tell-all about life on the road with me: your private flight attendant.I've been a corporate flight attendant for over 25 years. I began my dream of becoming a "stewardess" and ended up on private jets - flying all kinds of celebrities and well known persons of interest. My stories are all real, true and hilarious.They are lighthearted, fun, and will leave you curious for more. This book is a People Magazine on steroids! What current mega million film star won't eat brown M&M's? Who had the most fabulous jewels and furs? Who was the funniest actress, yet was the banned from the airlines? Who pulled out his "you know what" and bragged about it? What are the diva singers like? The rock stars, the famous football players, the Broadway stars, the mega billionaires, the famous authors, the wealthy politicians, the well known actresses? Come on board with me and find out! I'll tell you what a private jet is really like and all the tremendous perks I received from my fascinating passengers. All the amazing luxurious and opulent hotels and resorts I ended up in and the worst I came upon. The ups and downs of life on the road, all while flying the rich and famous - your opportunity to go where only the flight attendant has been before...
Download or read book Around the World in a Bad Mood written by Rene Foss and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hilarious book confronts every aspect of a flight attendant's absurd world--from the endless array of passenger demands, to the secret language of flight attendants, and a unique version of the Safety Demo Shuffle. Fasten your seatbelt and prepare yourself for a side-splitting perspective on the trials and tribulations of air travel.
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 Fly Girl A Memoir written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and fascinating memoir of “gifted storyteller” (People) Ann Hood’s adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world—and maybe, one day, write about it—Ann Hood joined their ranks. After a grueling job search, Hood survived TWA’s rigorous Breech Training Academy and learned to evacuate seven kinds of aircraft, deliver a baby, mix proper cocktails, administer oxygen, and stay calm no matter what the situation. In the air, Hood found both the adventure she’d dreamt of and the unexpected realities of life on the job. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin and dined in front of the pyramids in Cairo, fended off passengers’ advances and found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more than a million miles in high heels. She flew through the start of deregulation, an oil crisis, massive furloughs, and a labor strike. As the airline industry changed around her, Hood began to write—even drafting snatches of her first novel from the jump-seat. She reveals how the job empowered her, despite its roots in sexist standards. Packed with funny, moving, and shocking stories of life as a flight attendant, Fly Girl captures the nostalgia and magic of air travel at its height, and the thrill that remains with every takeoff.
Download or read book Confessions of a Hostie written by Danielle Hugh and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever wondered what it would be like to be a jet-setting hostie, or international flight attendant, then spending a little time in Danielle’s life is a captivating journey. You might be surprised and shocked to discover many of the truths behind the lifestyle as well as the incidences and behaviour of passengers at 30,000 feet. In this updated edition, which features Chapter 1 of the sequel "More Confessions of a Hostie: The Second Sector", Danielle writes candidly, humorously and from the heart about life, love and her exploits around the world. From the slums of Mumbai to the glitz of New York there are as many highs and lows as take-offs and landings. Prepare for a turbulent ride of emotions and adventure, so place your seat upright, fasten your seatbelt and prepare for take-off. Danielle Hugh’s passion for flying dazzles in this frank and amusing account of jet-setting around the globe. With almost 20 years in a unique working world, her juicy tales are often as shocking as they are colourful. ,
Download or read book Stars in the Sky written by Casey Grant and published by . This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In all of the stories about aviation and its history, the stories of the first African American stewardesses have been left untold and unknown. We first took to the skies when flying was glamorous and exclusive, when little girls dreamt of being stewardesses, models, or movie stars. We rubbed elbows with the elite and traveled the world when few others could. We flew as pioneers in a global society long before the times of the Internet and globalizaiton. We also kept our heads high, facing down racial prejudice and discrimination. We lived as stars of the sky. I was one of the first African American stewardesses for Delta Air Lines, and I worked alongside other pioneers for almost thrity-five years as co-adventureres and friends. This book tells my story and theirs."--Author's notes.
Download or read book Up in the Air written by Betty Riegel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York, 1961: the dawn of the commercial Jet Age and a golden era of air travel. Betty Riegel spent her early childhood hiding in air-raid shelters as bombs dropped all around. From humble working-class roots, growing up with a mother who struggled to make ends meet and a father away at war, she had always dreamed of bigger things. After responding to an advert in the local newspaper she secured herself an interview for the Pan Am training programme, and at just 22-years-old was selected from thousands of eager young British women to begin a career that would change the course of her life. Betty said goodbye to everything she knew and boarded a plane to New York, a city full of noise, towering skyscrapers and promise. Under the watchful eye of her 'housemother', Dottie, Betty mastered the art of being the perfect Pan Am stewardess; everything from faultless etiquette, geography and safety to seamless make-up application, how to charm influential passengers and preparing five-course Parisian cuisine at 37,000 feet. But no amount of training could have prepared her for the rollercoaster of life in the air. Up in the Aircharts the gruelling yet fabulous life aboard the most iconic airline there has ever been, and how a young woman from Essex opened her eyes to the world and lived her dream.
Download or read book The Kissing Flight Attendant written by Charlotte Crumley-Arrington and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes a kiss can speak a thousand words, but it can also propel you to your destination! Welcome aboard Flight 108, where becoming a flight attendant is more than a dream, it's your destiny. Securing a position in the highly competitive field can be a daunting, exhausting, yet ultimately liberating process. This is why in her dynamic new book, The Kissing Flight Attendant, author Charlotte Crumley Arrington uses her electric personality, quick wit and endearing charm to meticulously help aspiring attendants navigate each rigorous step that will take them from dreaming about being in the skies, to taking flight. Flight attendants have one of the most sought-after jobs in the world, but on the way to soaring the glamorous skies, you've got to conquer one strenuous interview after another before snagging the golden ticket and getting your boarding pass. Finally, a book that not only teaches you all you need to know to secure the job but entertain you along the way! Do you want to become a hero of the skies? Then sit back, buckle up, and let the amazing Kissing Flight Attendant escort you aboard Flight 108, final destination...success!
Download or read book My Airline Years written by Leenie P. Mcphearson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Day It is my first day on the job as a new flight attendant. We have finished serving, and I am sitting in the last row reflecting on 'where I am." I look forward and see the No Smoking-Fasten Seat Belt Signs; I see the tops of passenger heads in their seats; I see someone walking toward the back of the plane headed for the bathroom. I am thinking, "Wow, I am in charge of this plane and the passengers - my airline has put me here and trusts me to perform my duties. That includes not only serving, but also (and more importantly) to evacuate this jet in a survivable emergency! I CAN DO THIS! On every trip, I meet some new airline crews, and I know I have found my niche. I love the chat with some of the passengers. I am on a short flight (50 min airtime), and I notice a passenger on an aisle seat working a New York Times Crossword Puzzle. My comment, "I wish I could work that puzzle, it's over my head." 40 minutes later, doing the landing check, I noticed he had completed the puzzle. "Good job" I said. This book does contain some racy stories, along with sad, emergency and sexual stories. It is now about one month into my exciting, new career. Looking toward the back of the airplane and see a man and a woman both go into a bathroom. Hmmm, what is that all about? They came out a bit disheveled, and I learned from the other flight attendants that the couple now belongs to the Mile High Club, or simply 'sex in the bathroom'. I'm thinking, "In that extremely small, smelly space?" Whatever! A passenger commented, "What a rush that must be!" Cute Pilot Still new in my career, I am meeting some cute, young pilots. It certainly is not unheard of for airline crews to date, but how about a hot fling with a married pilot? I met Aaron, and we were scheduled to fly together for the month. On every flight, and on our layovers, we were definitely flirting, to say the least. On one of our layovers, Aaron asked me to join him in the hotel hot tub before retiring for the evening. It was a very nice hotel with a great pool and inviting hot tub. I knew where this was leading, and I was excited; I wanted to have an evening with him (no one around and no alcohol) just passion. We went to his room after the hot tub, and I slowly took-off my bathing suit and his suit as well. The next several hours were everything I had expected, and more. Aaron had a great body and was certainly well-endowed. My new friend, Aaron, knew all the right moves to make me happy. We continued with hot, lusty sex for at least three hours; I returned to my room as a happy girl. I'm sure I looked tired in the morning. We met as a crew in the hotel lobby to return to the airport. I remember the Captain smiling at me, and continuing to smile throughout the trip. Thankfully no comment was made; guess what? Adorable Aaron signed-up to fly another month with me. So, the excitement and passion was repeated a couple more times. Aaron created a very special memory for me; one that I will never forget. Do you think that experience is a rare one for flight crews? Think again. Having a nice, clean room ready and waiting is just too tempting for many, certainly not all. Being young and having a few sleepless nights, I can handle. My Company relies on me to have due diligence on every flight. I tried to never let them down. I always valued the safety of my entire group of passengers above everything else. Enjoying my evenings on layovers, now that's a different story. So many stories, where do I start? Straight men, gay men, straight women, gay women, bi-sexual or whatever? They all exist; I will share with you some of those intricacies.
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 True Pilot Stories written by Patricia Lorenz and published by Infinity Pub. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dear Passenger written by Elizabeth Calwell and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Passenger is packed with three decades of amusing anecdotes and episodes that have happened on and off the airplane. A small town upbringing gives Elizabeth a unique Southern perspective on the antics of passengers and unusual happenings while traveling. Elizabeth Calwell, a flight attendant and a writer, has produced this comedy memoir titled Dear Passenger Welcome to My Wacky World as a Flight Attendant. She has discovered she is a magnet for bizarre incidents, on the ground as well as in mid-air. Here are some tales of the strange, the unexplained, and the downright hilarious from her world as a flight attendant. On every trip a unique experience just falls out of the blue. These stories include dead bodies in garment bags, a stowaway rooster, and the hilarious antics of passengers and crewmembers on the airplane. All these things have really happened---to her, or to her flying buddies during her twenty-seven years working with a major airline. Have you ever wondered about the life of a flight attendant? Or if you've had a hard day at work and need to escape your on the ground job, put on your seat belt and join the author at 35,000 feet. She can tell you all about it. Welcome aboard!
Download or read book Plane Queer written by Phil Tiemeyer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vibrant new history, Phil Tiemeyer details the history of men working as flight attendants. Beginning with the founding of the profession in the late 1920s and continuing into the post-September 11 era, Plane Queer examines the history of men who joined workplaces customarily identified as female-oriented. It examines the various hardships these men faced at work, paying particular attention to the conflation of gender-based, sexuality-based, and AIDS-based discrimination. Tiemeyer also examines how this heavily gay-identified group of workers created an important place for gay men to come out, garner acceptance from their fellow workers, fight homophobia and AIDS phobia, and advocate for LGBT civil rights. All the while, male flight attendants facilitated key breakthroughs in gender-based civil rights law, including an important expansion of the ways that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act would protect workers from sex discrimination. Throughout their history, men working as flight attendants helped evolve an industry often identified with American adventuring, technological innovation, and economic power into a queer space.
Download or read book The Flight Girls written by Noelle Salazar and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY bestseller—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! “I read well into the night, unable to stop. The book is unputdownable.”—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Heart-breaking, validating, exciting.”—Hypable “Rich historical detail...this saga has it all.”—Woman’s World Shining a light on a little-known piece of history The Flight Girls is a sweeping portrayal of women’s fearlessness, love, and the power of friendship to make us soar. 1941. Audrey Coltrane has always wanted to fly. It’s why she implored her father to teach her at the little airfield back home in Texas. It’s why she signed up to train military pilots in Hawaii when the war in Europe began. And it’s why she insists she is not interested in any dream-derailing romantic involvements, even with the disarming Lieutenant James Hart, who fast becomes a friend as treasured as the women she flies with. Then one fateful day, she gets caught in the air over Pearl Harbor just as the bombs begin to fall, and suddenly, nowhere feels safe. To make everything she’s lost count for something, Audrey joins the Women Airforce Service Pilots program. The bonds she forms with her fellow pilots reignite a spark of hope in the face war, and—when James goes missing in action—give Audrey the strength to cross the front lines and fight not only for her country, but for the love she holds so dear. Don't miss Noelle Salazar's next sweeping story, THE LIES WE LEAVE BEHIND, where a fearless nurse must leave love behind when duty calls her back to the front... More from Noelle Salazar: The Roaring Days of Zora Lily The Flight Girls
