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 STRATEGIES FOR THE WISE PASSENGER BY DIANA FAIRECHILD

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"This book is full of inside airline secrets only a flight attendant with 21 years of experience could know. It is a scholarly work with footnoted references for more information. It is packed with fascinating factoids. If you travel a lot (I make 2-3 trips a week), you will find this book fascinating and fun." -Dan Poynter, Frequent Flyer

"Diana Fairechild has impeccable credentials for authoring such a book and the depth of her knowledge shines through every page. The book has many fascinating and funny facts. Information on how to respond to medical emergencies in the air might save your life, and while it is hard to say that the information on the part of the 767 that travels 90 mph faster than the rest of the plane will save your life, it is a fascinating bit of trivia that you can impress and amaze your friends with. Some of her insider stories are horrifying, and others are humorous, but all are very readable, entertaining and informative.Recommended." -vacationbookreview.com

"Diana, thanks for your pointers that present the facts without fear." -Captain Thomas Wiehl, 767 & 757 International

"There is always a reason to turn the page and keep reading this fascinating book." -The Travel Insider

"This insightful book targets not only strategies of how to cope on your airline trip, but how to prepare for any emergency in the sky. This author has the courage to expose what airlines implement to create more revenue -- at our expense. Airline marketing departments promise the sky but won't even deliver a good seat. Diana Fairechild promises you will profit from the read and delivers the goods." -Carla Manley, retired flight attendant

"Long before jets were intentionally steered into buildings, author and former flight attendant Diana Fairechild was advocating that passengers take more active roles in onboard safety." -Paul Curtis, The Garden Island

"Strategies for the Wise Passenger" is an interesting and very informative book. You have used an excellent technique in highlighting the things you want to emphasize and given very concise information in every chapter." -George Ewing, M.D.

       

Great advice peppered with fascinating facts.

 

Terrorism
Medical Emergencies
Turbulence
Too Tall
Streaking

EXCERPTS

TERRORISM: "Prior to 9-11, airline pilots were instructed to cooperate with hijackers. The philosophy was that if the hijackers did not damage the plane, then we would take them wherever they wanted. In the 1972 film, Skyjacked, when the captain (played by Charlton Heston) finds out from a note that his plane has a terrorist aboard, he holds a briefing for the stews. He tells them, 'Keep it normal. Keep it light. Keep your heads.' At that time, in my real-life stew training, our instructor actually told us (I swear!), "Hijackers are afraid of women, so you don't need to let them in the cockpit. Block the door."

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: Excerpt: "If you have a heart condition and you fear the possibility of cardiac arrest or illness on an airplane, it may be best not to fly alone. If you do fly alone, it would be good to alert your crew. Careful--only speak to your stew after takeoff. If you paint too dire a picture before takeoff (to stews or ticket agents), your airline may refuse to take you."

TURBULENCE: Excerpt: "Airlines request us to wear seatbelts 'low and tight,' but I prefer a slack seatbelt. Even though a seatbelt isn't tugging at my gut, it still keeps me in my seat whenever there is turbulence, but it allows me to squirm, which is so much easier on the back."

TALL PASSENGERS: Excerpt: "Ask your doctor to write a letter requesting adequate room for your long legs, then show your note when you check in at the airport. Also, have your note handy during boarding, and if there is time, show your note to a flight attendant. Ask her to let you know if a seat with adequate legroom opens up."

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Publication Date: 05/30/03. Printed with soy-based ink on recycled paper, 128 pages, 5 x 7 inches, ISBN:1892997738, $12.95. Foreign Rights



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