I spent nine years working
as a flight attendant. I found the airline subculture to be very fascinating
and unique. I knew I would eventually write about it. Flying all over the
world, staying in a new hotel every night, meeting hundreds of new people every
day…it was difficult, intimate and lonely all at the same time.

Flying isn’t what you
think. There isn’t any typical path for flying as an attendant. We
had attendants from other airlines, other countries. What you’ll find
is that some flight attendants haven’t taken a single college class, others
have associates or bachelors and masters degrees, it was such a great
experience.