Air Travel Tales From the Flight Crew: The Plane Truth at 35,000 Feet (2nd Edition)

Answers the countless questions people have about air travel and reveals lots more - a book readers will thoroughly enjoy.

Air Travel Tales From the Flight Crew: The Plane Truth at 35,000 Feet (2nd Edition)

ISBN: 1-57023-242-3

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By A. Frank Steward
Air travel may be crazy on the ground for passengers, but what's it really like at 35,000 feet for the cabin crew? How safe, for example, are you when you fly? Is airport security as good as they claim? Why are you more susceptible to the effects of alcoholic beverages when flying high? How common is the "Mile High Club"?
Author of The Plane Truth: Shift Happens at 35,000 Feet, a very Frank Steward answers these questions and countless more in this revealing book. You encounter a kaleidoscope of personalities and experiences, including an enterprising stowaway rate, a woman who discarded all of her clothes, a widow with her husband's ashes, a child who cuts the hair of a sleeping passenger, crew members' fertility problems, itchy and riotous layovers, and mass food poisoning 90 minutes from the nearest airport!
Tucked among the stories is a trunkload of tips and advice on making the best of air travel, including how to:

Overcome the fear of flying
Upgrade your seat
Fly standby and save bundles of money
Decipher what crew members say
Minimize the effects of jet lag

Appropriately dedicated to "the people who smile and thank you for your trash," this eye-opening book puts a whole new face on the travel industry. You will laugh and cry and at times grimace, but you'll also discover a rich tapestry of people who populate those crammed seats, crowded aisles, and tiny restrooms. When you travel with A. Frank Steward, you'll see through the eyes of the cabin crew what air travel is all about - transporting interesting, and often very demanding, strangers from one destination to another. September 2005. 302 pages.
This book was featured in USA Today, Dec. 6, 2005: "Air Travel Tales delivers stories from those in the know."
OTHER PRAISE FROM REVIEWERS

"Frequent fliers and anybody else who has ever had a complaint, question or confession after getting off an airplane will enjoy Air Travel Tales from the Flight Crew."--Detroit Free Press
"Air Travel Tales From the Flight Crew...is one of the funniest, informative books I've read in a long time on the numerous aspects of air travel. Woven into individual scenarios is a wealth of practical advice....Do you know what the "Mile High Club" is? You'll find out in this book, but be forewarned: You may develop a fear of ever flying again. However, you'll also laugh reading some of Steward's recollections."--Travel World International Magazine

NOTE: The first edition of this book was published under the title The Air Traveler's Survival Guide.
For more on the author, click here.
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