Posted on Jul 7, 2021
Fasten Your Seat Belts: Flight Attendant-Turned-Novelist Shares Stories From The Sky
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The new novel Falling takes place aboard a flight from Los Angeles to New York, during which the pilot learns a terrorist plans to kill his family unless he crashes the plane. Author T.J. Newman, who spent 10 years as a flight attendant, says inspiration for the story came to her while she was at work.
"I'm looking out at the passengers who are all asleep ... and I have this thought that their lives, my life, my crewmates' lives were all in the hands of the pilots," Newman says. "It was the first time that I thought: With that much power and responsibility, how vulnerable does that make a commercial pilot?"
The new novel Falling takes place aboard a flight from Los Angeles to New York, during which the pilot learns a terrorist plans to kill his family unless he crashes the plane. Author T.J. Newman, who spent 10 years as a flight attendant, says inspiration for the story came to her while she was at work.
"I'm looking out at the passengers who are all asleep ... and I have this thought that their lives, my life, my crewmates' lives were all in the hands of the pilots," Newman says. "It was the first time that I thought: With that much power and responsibility, how vulnerable does that make a commercial pilot?"
Fasten Your Seat Belts: Flight Attendant-Turned-Novelist Shares Stories From The Sky
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SrA John Monette
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - so do i!! of course, i guess that has something to do with being Air Force
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Not exactly the “Coffee, tea or me” attitude that I first encountered back in the mid-1960s. Pan Am 007s cruising across the pond on overnight flights to and from Europe were wonderful experiences and the stews always took time to chat with me and make me feel comfortable. When all the other passengers were asleep, one would always come to sit beside me and chat about our destination and plans after arrival. When I was single, I sometimes made a date with a stew to take her to dinner at our destination. They were always delightful company, easy conversationalists, and a joy to spend time with. Not to mention, often drop-dead gorgeous!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
1LT Voyle Smith Oh I'm Familiar with that Book, I've done some Security Work on the Old Breech Training Academy where TWA and other Airlines used to Train Stewardesses.
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