She reveals how the job empowered her, despite its roots in sexist standards. She flew through the start of deregulation, an oil crisis, massive furloughs, and a labor strike.Īs the airline industry changed around her, Hood began to write-even drafting snatches of her first novel from the jump-seat. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin, found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more than a million miles in high heels, smiling as she served thousands of passengers. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world, Ann Hood joined their ranks. In 1978, in the tailwind of the Golden Age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. An entertaining and fascinating memoir of “gifted storyteller” (People) Ann Hood’s adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant named one of Spring 2022's "Most Anticipated Books" by Apple Books
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