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99 Ways to Make a Flight Attendant Fly--Off the Handle: A Guide for the Novice or Oblivious Air Traveler [Paperback]

Joann Kuzma Deveny (Author)
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November 1, 2003
Don t forget to pack this book for your next vacation or business trip! Along with your boarding pass, you must obtain a copy of 99 Ways to Make a Flight Attendant Fly Off the Handle! before boarding your next flight. Never again will you experience that perfected flight attendant eye-roll when following this first guidebook to the etiquette of air travel. Whether you are a frequent or novice flyer, you will be educated and entertained by JoAnn Kuzma Deveny's insider's narration of airline tales and humor. Also, it's a perfect gift idea for your oblivious fellow flyers!

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About the Author

An iron ore miner s daughter, JoAnn Kuzma Deveny was born and raised on the Iron Range in northern Minnesota. She obtained a liberal arts degree at the University of Minnesota. To her father s dismay, JoAnn put her psychology degree to use as a flight attendant for the past 25 years. While moving to seven different states and continuously working through three airline mergers, she experienced the airline industry from puddle jumpers to wide bodies, traveled from Buckingham Place to the Corn Palace, and dealt with passengers from Midwest farmers to cosmopolitan Parisians. Drawing on this background, she detailed her frustrations in 99 Ways to Make a Flight Attendant Fly Off the Handle!

JoAnn continues her flying career and now resides in Mound, Minnesota, with her older son, Danny. During her off-time, she plays the piano at her local church, and is a proud football-basketball-baseball mom.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Beaver's Pond Press (November 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592980279
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592980277
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,113,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes Trite, But Contains More Truth Than Many Want To Admit, April 16, 2006
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This review is from: 99 Ways to Make a Flight Attendant Fly--Off the Handle: A Guide for the Novice or Oblivious Air Traveler (Paperback)
I have been an airline pilot for fifteen years now, and my hat is off to the job the flight attendants do; I couldn't in a million years do their job. This book is a bit trite at times, but nevertheless does convey some of the issues that confront flight attendants on a routine basis.

The book is short, is in large font, and has large margins, so it is very quickly read. While I wonder about a few of the "99 ways," I know firsthand that the gist of the book is correct. One reviewer seemed to think that the author was whiny and was asking too much of passengers with this light-hearted skewering, but I don't agree: it seems to me that the author is just asking to be treated like you would want to be treated. Also contrary to that reviewer's understanding, most flight attendants do actually like people, they just like to have the passengers act in a civilized manner, obey their instructions (they are FAA mandated), and to think before doing totally outrageous things like changing their baby's diaper on a food cart in a galley.

Flight attendants come in all shapes and sizes, some are surly and otherwise difficult, but they are in the minority. Most do a very hard job with courtesy and dignity under frequently very difficult circumstances, and with fewer and fewer resources. This book is a little over-the-top at times, and is certainly lightweight reading, but it does show what these people are up against. For content the book probably deserves three and a half stars, but since flight attendants work so hard, I rounded up to four.

If this book offends you, perhaps some introspection is in order: maybe you know some or all of the "99 ways."
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars It's our life, October 15, 2007
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If you are Cabin crew, read this book. It will make you laugh out loud. Read it in the galley as I did, and review just how many of these events have just happened to you. Funny and accurate encounters. A great read indeed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, June 21, 2005
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I'm a former flight attendant, and got this book as a gift from a friend who still files. It's been 9 years since I had the job, but all the 99 ways still resonated with me and made me laugh. Such a hard job to do! I really appreciated her humor and practical ideas.
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