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tania_kliphuis's review
4.0
I found this book hilarious.
The way it is written is interesting, as it has the fiction essentials: main characters and an interesting plot. However, all of the incidents and characters are supposedly true - albeit a bit squashed into 24 hours.
This book made me want to be nice to every person working in an airport. If they can really get that nasty then I don't want to cross them. I was also tempted to become terrified of flying, but figure that it's out of my hands anyway so may as well not freak myself out.
If you care to know what really goes on in the cockpit and behind-the-scenes at airports, then read this book. Don't bother though if you don't have a sense of humour, and think that air stewards are braindead waiters in the sky who don't deserve some respect.
The way it is written is interesting, as it has the fiction essentials: main characters and an interesting plot. However, all of the incidents and characters are supposedly true - albeit a bit squashed into 24 hours.
This book made me want to be nice to every person working in an airport. If they can really get that nasty then I don't want to cross them. I was also tempted to become terrified of flying, but figure that it's out of my hands anyway so may as well not freak myself out.
If you care to know what really goes on in the cockpit and behind-the-scenes at airports, then read this book. Don't bother though if you don't have a sense of humour, and think that air stewards are braindead waiters in the sky who don't deserve some respect.
andrea_reads_theworld's review
3.0
An entertaining read but I choose to believe it's an exaggeration on the whole.
cathepsut's review
4.0
Funnily enough, I bought this at duty free in Heathrow Airport. This book is a loose collection of anecdotes of the shenanigans in the airline industry. They are told in the form of one day in the working life of an airport duty manager. Very British, very shallow, occasionally very funny - especially if you have flown a few times. Brain candy. This is probably a great read during a long-haul flight with too much alcohol.
oneoflifeslollopers's review
2.0
This book is certainly entertaining though I am dubious as to how truthful this book actually is. While I believe a majority of these stories, I doubt that they happened in a 24 hour period and I STRONGLY doubt any flight attendant would really be stupid enough to rub someone's steak on the toilet seat before serving it to the first class passenger just because he was rude.
It was however an insight to passengers that will hopefully provide some perspective into the lives of airline employees.
It was however an insight to passengers that will hopefully provide some perspective into the lives of airline employees.
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