Cruising Attitude - Tales of Crashpads, Crew drama and Crazy Passengers at 35000 Feet

Zusatztext "A charming and funny insider's account of life and work in the not-always-friendly skies." Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Flying the not-so-friendly skies... In her more than fifteen years as an airline flight attendant, Heather Poole has seen it all. She's witnessed all manner of bad behavior at 35,000 feet and knows what it takes for a traveler to become the most hated passenger onboard. She's slept in flight attendant crashpads in "Crew Gardens," Queens—sharing small bedrooms crammed with bunk beds with a parade of attractive women who come and go at all hours, prompting suspicious neighbors to jump to the very worst conclusions. She's watched passengers and coworkers alike escorted off the planes by police. She can tell you why it's a bad idea to fall for a pilot but can be a very good one (in her case) to date a business-class passenger. Heather knows everything about flying in a post-9/11 world—and she knows what goes on behind the scenes, things the passengers would never dream. Heather's true stories in Cruising Attitude are surprising, hilarious, sometimes outrageously incredible—the very juiciest of "galley gossip" delightfully intermingled with the eye-opening, unforgettable chronicle of her fascinating life in the sky. Zusammenfassung 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. ...

Product details

• Authors: Heather Poole, Poole Heather
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.03.2012
• EAN: 9780061986468
• ISBN: 978-0-06-198646-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 204 mm x 15 mm
• Series: William Morrow
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Travel writing, History of Religion, Transport industries, History of the Americas, The Americas, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Travel and holiday, Religion and beliefs, Biography: religious and spiritual, Relating to Christian people and groups, Aircraft and aviation, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, RELIGION: History, TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, RELIGION: Christian Living / Personal Memoirs, TRAVEL: General, TRANSPORTATION: Aviation / History, RELIGION: Christian Living / Personal Growth, TRANSPORTATION: Aviation / Commercial, RELIGION: Faith