Customer Reviews

Flight Attendants

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There's not much to this book as a "coffee table" book. There is only one photo per two pages and no text accompaning the photos. What text there is is limited to a couple pages at both the beginning and the end of the book. The text at the beginning is by the author and is an abbreviated history of the flight attendant and how it relates to the airline stewardesses he studied. The text at the back is almost a criticism of the work. No where in the book is the answer to the most urgent question raised by this book: Why do the Tiger Airways flight attendants have the Visa logo embroidered on their blouses?

Loved this book, I'm in the airline industry and it brings the "new" reality of flying with the lost mystique. I also saw the Tribeca exhibition of this book and I wish I could have afforded one of the poster-sized prints; instead, I bought a second copy and framed my favorite shots. A nice addition if you are an airline buff or just need to be reminded that there is still something called "class" in the commercial airline world today.

From the 4 photos displayed, I was expecting more of a "classic flight attendant" look throughout the book. While there was a bit of that, most of what I saw felt a bit more mundane and typical of modern air travel. I get to experience more than enough of that without a visual coffee table aid.

The photography is well done. The quality of the book is excellent and the introduction is a fun read.

Flight Attendants has excellent color photos of Airline employees. The book has color photos of Airline employees taken in the 21st Century.

Robert Wilhelm
robertleewilhelm@yahoo.com