Working the Skies : : The Fast-Paced, Disorienting World of the Flight Attendant / / Drew Whitelegg.
Get ready for takeoff. The life of the flight attendant, a.k.a., stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as recently depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top. The nostalgia for the beautiful, carefree and ever helpful stewardess pe...
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