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Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet List Price: $23.95
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 387.742092
EAN: 9780312269586
ISBN: 0312269587
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 236
Publication Date: 2002-01
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Studio: St. Martin's Press
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Summary: Absolutely Hilarious!
Comment: I bought this book at an airport to read during a long flight. It is full of funny stories and strange tales. His writing style is very engaging. I read it all in one sitting. I wish he would write a sequel!

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Summary: Fairly boring reading
Comment: Bought it as could not get the Air Babylon book, which was recommended. Started reading but got bored very fast. Bought Air Babilon and it is much more interesting and realistic

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Summary: Plane boring!
Comment: This book is a rehash of old stories. Nothing new or insightful. A far better read is Babylon Air.

Plane Insanity is very funny in the first 5 or so pages but loses the plot after than and becomes a standard review of items you have either experienced or read about in the papers.

Most disappointing read this year!


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Summary: Change job
Comment: Half the stories are not funny and there is way too much complaining about the job. Mr. Hester is, though, a skillful writer and you can read thru the whole book to end up wondering why you did not throw it away sooner. Maybe Mr.Hester should quit flying and become a full time writer.
Fit to read while waiting for your delayed flight.

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Summary: Great idea, but. . .
Comment: The author writes what could be a fascinating book, but he seems to defend the airline industry at the expense of the passengers. His section on the 'Mile High Club' could have been much better. Granted, the force and appeal of sex is part of nature, but graphic descriptions aren't necessary.

If he writes a regular column, I would be suspect as to the content of his column. No doubt that we humans are funnier than anybody, but the author didn't have to be so bitter about passengers. I have met some flight attendants who were very pleasant, and some who were rude, and most who were pleasantly distant. It's unfortunate that Reagan and the Congress chose to deregulate the airline industy, it has suffered since then.

But the author backs away from that, concentrating on a mish-mash of disconnected stories.

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Editorial Reviews:
You're belted into a middle seat with burly businessmen on either side. It's 92 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 coach-class
* a heist
* the anatomy of a carryon bag
* a malodorous couple
* the Mile-High Club
* and more!
Fasten your seatbelts. After Plane Insanity, you'll never think of air travel the same way again.


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