Flight attendant details life in the sky in best-selling book by Brian Summers originally appeared in the Daily Breeze on August 6, 2013. Heather Poole…
Book View TV interviewed me about my book, Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama and Crazy Passengers at 30,000 Feet. Basically we discussed everything…
An excerpt from my book, Cruising Attitude… 13. Turbulence What most nervous fliers don’t realize is, turbulence is normal and it can occur even when…
In order to be a flight attendant in the 1950s, women were required to be attractive—“just below Hollywood standards.” No wonder many a hopeful starlet…
Galley copies arrived today! “Galley” is term for a pre-publication copy of a book that publishing houses send out to reviewers and people in the…
It’s my book – all 375 pages of it. I’m in the copyediting…
Click, LIKE, and read excerpts from my book on Facebook. It’s just easier that way… My roommate Grace had her moment of a lifetime when Howard…
Here it is, my book cover artwork! What do you think? The book is scheduled to be released November 8 2011. What’s funny is I haven’t even finished…
Photo of Kew Gardens courtesy of my roommate who is not working today, but got stuck in NY anyway. Eventually she’ll make it home. I…
I graduated from flight attendant training on the 8th of December in 1995. Two weeks later, on Christmas Eve, my roommate and I were called…
If my book had a playlist, Dave Mathew’s song “where are you going” would definitely be on it….
An excerpt of Chapter 13 –the FIRST draft! 13. “Welcome aboard!” said the flight attendant greeting passengers at the door. Upon spotting a pair of cat…
An excerpt of the first draft….. Commercial pilots make good money. At the majors they start out at around $25,000, but once off probation their salaries skyrocket with many topping out…
An excerpt of chapter 9 (first – of many – drafts)…. We had no idea who called code enforcement but whoever it was had complained about us…
An excerpt of chapter 7 – (the first of many drafts!)…. It’s important for flight attendants to find doctors who understand what our job entails. For instance,…
It’s not every day your gynecologist confesses something you really wish he had not confessed. The funny thing is the confession itself didn’t make me uncomfortable. Nor did the position I happened to…