| "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."
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| "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. |
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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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SPECS
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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