The Fast-Paced, Disorienting World of the Flight Attendant
The life of the flight attendant, stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top. Containing portraits of flight attendants, this book aims to show the behind-the-scenes stories of daily life for the flight attendant.
The Fast-Paced, Disorienting World of the Flight Attendant
Containing lively portraits of flight attendants, both current and retired, this book shows the intimate, illuminating, funny, and sometimes dangerous behind-the-scenes stories of daily life for the flight attendant.
The story of the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough from 1908 to 1918, with detailed descriptions of the many different aeroplanes designed there for active service in the First World War. The book is illustrated throughout with period photographs, line drawings and maps. This new edition has been greatly extended and completely updated.
Airline Crashes, the Media, and Transportation Policy
Flying is an extremely safe way to travel. Fewer than 14,000 individuals perished in U.S. airline disasters during the twentieth century. In contrast, nearly three times as many people lose their lives in automobile accidents every year.
Provides a comprehensive profile of the US airline industry as it has evolved, both before and since deregulation. The authors identify the problems the industry faces, assess their severity and their underlying causes, and indicate whether government policy can play an effective role in improving performance. They also develop a basis for ......
In 1938 the US Government took under its wing an infant airline industry. Forty years later, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 set in motion the economic deregulation of the industry and opened it to market competition. This study by Steven Morrison and Clifford Winston analyses the effects of deregulation on both travellers and the airline ......
Much of the fascination which Soviet aircraft and its associated aerospace industry holds for the analyst, enthusiast or ordinary member of the public, stems from the thick fog of secrecy that enveloped the industry throughout the Cold War until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990/91. Until then details which in case of Western designs ......
Provides a valuable and accessible guide to unraveling the complex world of network deregulation in the US. It will serve as a reference point for practioners and policymakers, as well as an important introduction for the general public.
The book covers seventy defunct British airlines that have disappeared from our skies since 1946. They ceased trading for various reasons, from financial difficulties to industrial takeovers. It looks at both international and domestic airlines, and has a whole host of famous names, who are gone, but not forgotten.
