True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants
Nonfiction | Travel Memoir
TWA flight attendants could cook chateaubriand medium rare, deliver a baby at 35,000 feet, and survive a plane crash — all the while immaculately dressed from their never-a-strand-out-of-place hairstyles, all the way down to their mandatory high heeled shoes.
But the glamorous lifestyle of a TWA flight attendant sometimes came at a cost.
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True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants
What reviewers and readers are saying
"A rollicking, high-energy collection of stories from the frontlines of travel, True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants gives readers an unfiltered peek into the glorious ups and downs of working as a flight attendant over the last half-century. A fun, star-studded, and often poignant read!"
Nell McShane Wulfhar
Author of "The Great Stewardess Rebellion"
"This one is a Wow! I don’t know if I’ve ever given a nonfiction read a Wow before. This isn’t a book to be missed. If the authors put these stewardess stories together in a story arc, the novel would easily rival Airport by Arthur Haley, and that’s saying something. The many, diverse and dynamic stories are well written and have an unquestionable ring of truth and authenticity. Being an easy read is an understatement. I highly recommend this one."
David Putnam
Best-selling Author of the Bruno Johnson Thriller Series
"Fun, easy to read, and entertaining."
Elizabeth Calwell
Author of “Dear Passenger: Welcome to My Wacky World as a Flight Attendant"
In the 1960s and 1970s, TWA accepted fewer than 1% of applicants to be flight attendants --- making it tougher to get into than Harvard.
Plus, a flying career offered the best education money could never buy.
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Meet the Authors
Kathy Kompare
From her first step onto the 747 taking her to Rome, Kathy Kompare knew she had made the right decision to join TWA. For 20 years of travel around the globe learning customs, languages, and the ins and outs of smooth travel, she relished her unusual career, taking full advantage of what each city or country could offer.
Never a 9-5 person, and still not today, traveling for Trans World Airlines was a dream she is forever grateful for. True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants is her first book.
Stephanie Johnson
Stephanie Johnson flew for TWA for 23 years during the golden age of flying. She explored the world as a local, uncovering all the secrets of great shopping, wonderful places to dine, the sites to see and those fascinating little corners of the world. From London and Rome, to Munich and Madrid, and points east and west, she knew them better than the cities she lived in.
She thanks TWA for the ride of a lifetime. True Tales of TWA Flight Attendants is her first book.
Snapshots from the Golden Age of Flying!
The golden age of air travel promised a life of glamour and adventure for beautiful, single, young women interested in exploring the world — and no airline offered more glamour or excitement than Trans World Airlines.
TWA provided an enviable jet-set lifestyle for flight attendants — and the opportunity to travel to exotic destinations like, London, Paris, Rome, Hong Kong and Bombay. Flight attendants appeared on TV and in movies, and rubbed elbows with the rich and famous, from Elizabeth Taylor and John F. Kennedy Jr., to presidents and Popes, all while decked out in designer uniforms from clothing designers like Oleg Cassini and Ralph Lauren.
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