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Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet

by Elliott Hester

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ISBN13: 9780312310066
ISBN10: 0312310064
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Publisher Comments:

Make sure your seatbacks and tray tables are in their full upright and locked position for these shocking, bizarre, hilarious, and outrageous stories of airplane travel.

You're belted into a middle seat with burly businessmen on either side. It's ninety-two degrees in the cabin and someone forgot to use deodorant. A baby screams. A kid kicks the back of your seat. After two hours you haven't even left the taxiway. Welcome to modern airline travel! In Plane Insanity, Elliott Hester delivers stories that could only come from someone who "rides tin" for a living — a flight attendant.

You'll hear about:

  • the passenger from hell
  • a smuggled python
  • prostitutes working the lavatories
  • a riot in coachclass
  • a $500,000 heist
  • the anatomy of a carry-on bag
  • a malodorous couple
  • the Mile-High Club
  • and much more!
Fasten your seatbelts. After Plane Insanity, you'll never think of air travel the same way again.

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"Hester...provides a wide assortment of various other true-life airline shenanigans taken from newspapers and wire service reports, which adds to his book's lurid charm." Publishers Weekly

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Flight attendant Hester delivers stories that could only come from a man who "rides tin" for a living. Readers will hear about the passenger from hell, a smuggled python, prostitutes working the lavatories, a riot in coach class, the Mile-High Club and more. Illustrations.
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About the Author

Bestselling author Elliott Hester is a flight attendant, award-winning travel writer, and former Salon.com columnist. He writes, "Continental Drifter," a syndicated travel column carried by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Miami Herald, New York Newsday, and other daily newspapers. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.

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ISBN:
9780312310066
Subtitle:
A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet
Author:
Hester, Elliott
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Essays & Travelogues
Subject:
Travelers
Subject:
Flight attendants
Subject:
Flight attendants -- United States.
Subject:
Hester, Elliott
Edition Description:
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Series Volume:
2001-10
Publication Date:
February 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.27x5.57x.69 in. .52 lbs.
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