Libbie Escolme Schmidt worked for British Airways as an air stewardess, in training, and in management.About the AuthorLibbie Escolme Schmidt worked for British Airways as an air stewardess, in training, and in management.It's an important source of inform
| Title | : | Glamour in the Skies: The Golden Age of the Air Stewardess |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.63 (554 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752449044 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 224Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-12 |
| Language | : | English |
Libbie Escolme Schmidt worked for British Airways as an air stewardess, in training, and in management.
About the AuthorLibbie Escolme Schmidt worked for British Airways as an air stewardess, in training, and in management.It's an important source of information for those interested in history of mathematics. Flaubert, Maupassant and Zola are also represented, all of whom "had very different views - in their work, the transition from table to bed is ever present." (190)Chapter One, "Balzac At Mealtimes," a brief biography of Balzac's life details how his formative years and later his financial obligations influenced his eating preferences. There are 162 footnotes at the back to credit the many quotes from the works of Balzac and others. This design appears to be the product of stupidity rather than some bizarre attempt to save paper, because the outer margins of each page are very generous.If you really want to read this book, wait for an eBook edition (if it ever comes), take a gamble that the hardcover is better designed, or borrow it from a library. I was part of this generation,and rememember the excitement of avaiation in those days.Not sure how I got the job,no experience just out of the army,2 year draftee.The young ladies were out of anotheTheir experiences range from administering oxygen to passengers flying over the Andes to serving French champagne on Concorde, and the anecdotes are full of humor as they cover training, first flights, sexual discrimination and harassment, disasters, passengers, glamorous stopovers, and other temptations. This illustrated book presents the changing times in air travel through the eyes of the stewardess and offers the perfect tribute to the girls who worked the skies.. During this period flying evolved from a potentially dangerous adventure to a remarkably safe and comfortable means of international travel, and through it all the air hostesses were there. Ex-stewardess Libbie Escolme-Schmidt has lovingly compiled many hundreds of memories to present the ultimate history of the British Airways air hostess. Collating a multitude of stories from the 1940s and 1950s through to what is often agreed to be the end of the golden age in 1980, this is an important record of the contribution made by women to airline history
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