Stewardess
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Working The Skies
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Author : Drew Whitelegg
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2007-06-01
Working The Skies written by Drew Whitelegg and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-01 with Social Science categories.
Get ready for takeoff. The life of the flight attendant, a.k.a., stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as recently depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top. The nostalgia for the beautiful, carefree and ever helpful stewardess perhaps reveals a yearning for simpler times, but nonetheless does not square with the difficult, demanding and sometimes dangerous job of today's flight attendants. Based on interviews with over sixty flight attendants, both female and male labor leaders, and and drawing upon his observations while flying across the country and overseas, Drew Whitelegg reveals a much more complicated profession, one that in many ways is the quintessential job of the modern age where life moves at record speeds and all that is solid seems up in the air. Containing lively portraits of flight attendants, both current and retired, this book is the first to show the intimate, illuminating, funny, and sometimes dangerous behind-the-scenes stories of daily life for the flight attendant. Going behind the curtain, Whitelegg ventures into first-class, coach, the cabin, and life on call for these men and women who spend week in and week out in foreign cities, sleeping in hotel rooms miles from home. Working the Skies also elucidates the contemporary work and labor issues that confront the modern worker: the demands of full-time work and parenthood; the downsizing of corporate America and the resulting labor lockouts; decreasing wages and hours worked; job insecurity; and the emotional toll of a high stress job. Given the events of 9/11, flight attendants now have an especially poignant set of stressful concerns to manage, both for their own safety as well as for those they serve, the passengers. Flight attendants, originally registered nurses charged with attending to passengers' medical needs, now find themselves wearing the hats of therapist, security guard and undercover agent. This last set of tasks pushing some, as Whitelegg shows, out of the business altogether.
Femininity In Flight
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Author : Kathleen Barry
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2007-02-28
Femininity In Flight written by Kathleen Barry and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-28 with History categories.
“In her new chic outfit, she looks like anything but a stewardess working. But work she does. Hard, too. And you hardly know it.” So read the text of a 1969 newspaper advertisement for Delta Airlines featuring a picture of a brightly smiling blond stewardess striding confidently down the aisle of an airplane cabin to deliver a meal. From the moment the first stewardesses took flight in 1930, flight attendants became glamorous icons of femininity. For decades, airlines hired only young, attractive, unmarried white women. They marketed passenger service aloft as an essentially feminine exercise in exuding charm, looking fabulous, and providing comfort. The actual work that flight attendants did—ensuring passenger safety, assuaging fears, serving food and drinks, all while conforming to airlines’ strict rules about appearance—was supposed to appear effortless; the better that stewardesses performed by airline standards, the more hidden were their skills and labor. Yet today flight attendants are acknowledged safety experts; they have their own unions. Gone are the no-marriage rules, the mandates to retire by thirty-two. In Femininity in Flight, Kathleen M. Barry tells the history of flight attendants, tracing the evolution of their glamorized image as ideal women and their activism as trade unionists and feminists. Barry argues that largely because their glamour obscured their labor, flight attendants unionized in the late 1940s and 1950s to demand recognition and respect as workers and self-styled professionals. In the 1960s and 1970s, flight attendants were one of the first groups to take advantage of new laws prohibiting sex discrimination. Their challenges to airlines’ restrictive employment policies and exploitive marketing practices (involving skimpy uniforms and provocative slogans such as “fly me”) made them high-profile critics of the cultural mystification and economic devaluing of “women’s work.” Barry combines attention to the political economy and technology of the airline industry with perceptive readings of popular culture, newspapers, industry publications, and first-person accounts. In so doing, she provides a potent mix of social and cultural history and a major contribution to the history of women’s work and working women’s activism.
The Glamour Years Of Flying As A Stewardess
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Author : Heddy Frosell Da Ponte
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-05
The Glamour Years Of Flying As A Stewardess written by Heddy Frosell Da Ponte and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS! There was a time when air travel itself was the destination. The airlines were international superstars; even among those long-gone carriers, their still-remembered names can conjure deep feelings of nostalgia, romance, and adventure: Braniff, Continental, BOAC, Swissair, TWA, Pan Am. This was the fifties and sixties. The world was on the move, and it was the new jet planes that were getting people there. But competition for the travel dollar was fierce, and Madison Avenue decided the face (and heart) of every airline would be the flight attendant, the stewardess. So it was that the "stew" became synonymous with the airline's brand. She-and at that time they were exclusively female-was the airline. The stewardess became the fantasy every woman: glamorous professional, high-end server, customer service expert, nurse, therapist, and in no small measure: sex symbol. And to that end, these women were carefully selected for their looks and brains, then rigorously trained for weeks, and finally dressed as high-flying, high-heeled models in uniforms often created by top fashion designers. Heddy Frosell da Ponte was one of those chosen women. She was the ideal candidate to be employed by Pan Am in the 1960s: a pretty female with a terrific figure, under thirty-two years old, unmarried, and a speaker of multiple languages. The Glamour Years of Flying as a Stewardess is Heddy's fascinating, oftentimes hilarious collection of exploits as she traveled the world as a stewardess during the golden age of international air travel. This remarkable book is also a rare look back at the people, places, cultures, and lifestyles gone forever, but now brought back to vivid life by a stewardess-turned-author who knows how to tell a fast-moving tale. So buckle up; this will be one flight you'll never forget. About the Author: Heddy Frosell da Ponte was a flight attendant for forty-five years. Now retired, she lives in Georgia. She is the author of The Glamour Years of Flying as a Stewardess.
The Jet Sex
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Author : Victoria Vantoch
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-03-05
The Jet Sex written by Victoria Vantoch and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-05 with History categories.
In the years after World War II, the airline stewardess became one of the most celebrated symbols of American womanhood. Stewardesses appeared on magazine covers, on lecture circuits, and in ad campaigns for everything from milk to cigarettes. Airlines enlisted them to pose for publicity shots, mingle with international dignitaries, and even serve (in sequined minidresses) as the official hostesses at Richard Nixon's inaugural ball. Embodying mainstream America's perfect woman, the stewardess was an ambassador of femininity and the American way both at home and abroad. Young, beautiful, unmarried, intelligent, charming, and nurturing, she inspired young girls everywhere to set their sights on the sky. In The Jet Sex, Victoria Vantoch explores in rich detail how multiple forces—business strategy, advertising, race, sexuality, and Cold War politics—cultivated an image of the stewardess that reflected America's vision of itself, from the wholesome girl-next-door of the 1940s to the cosmopolitan glamour girl of the Jet Age to the sexy playmate of the 1960s. Though airlines marketed her as the consummate hostess—an expert at pampering her mostly male passengers, while mixing martinis and allaying their fears of flying—she bridged the gap between the idealized 1950s housewife and the emerging "working woman." On the international stage, this select cadre of women served as ambassadors of their nation in the propaganda clashes of the Cold War. The stylish Pucci-clad American stewardess represented the United States as middle class and consumer oriented—hallmarks of capitalism's success and a stark contrast to her counterpart at Aeroflot, the Soviet national airline. As the apotheosis of feminine charm and American careerism, the stewardess subtly bucked traditional gender roles and paved the way for the women's movement. Drawing on industry archives and hundreds of interviews, this vibrant cultural history offers a fresh perspective on the sweeping changes in twentieth-century American life.
Fasten Your Seat Belts
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Author : Boh Tong
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2010-08-15
Fasten Your Seat Belts written by Boh Tong and has been published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Never look at your flight attendant the same way again! Fasten Your Seat Belts is a no-holds-barred tell-all book packed with tales of sex, lies and alcohol, from the narrow aisles of cattle class, to the cosseted confines of the cockpit and under starched hotel linen. With a mix of raunchy, sordid and scandalous details and redeeming moments of innocence and hilarity, this book is a result of more than three decades of flying the friendly skies. So fasten your seat belts and prepare yourself for the read of your life! He had better be. The first body is discovered in Singapore, and the second in Bangkok. Both American women. Both viciously beaten. Both stripped nude and posed obscenely. The FBI calls it terrorism, but the whispers are that a serial killer is stalking American women across Asia.So why is it no one seems to want Tay to find the murderer? Whatever the reason, he won’t let go. He is training a sadistic killer from Singapore deep into the dark, sordid heart of Bangkok. And, if he has to, he will do it all be himself.
The Great Stewardess Rebellion
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Author : Nell McShane Wulfhart
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2022-04-19
The Great Stewardess Rebellion written by Nell McShane Wulfhart and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-19 with History categories.
The empowering true story of a group of spirited stewardesses who “stood up to huge corporations and won, creating momentous change for all working women.” (Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine) It was the Golden Age of Travel, and everyone wanted in. As flying boomed in the 1960s, women from across the United States applied for jobs as stewardesses. They were drawn to the promise of glamorous jet-setting, the chance to see the world, and an alternative to traditional occupations like homemaking, nursing, and teaching. But as the number of “stews” grew, so did their suspicion that the job was not as picture-perfect as the ads would have them believe. “Sky girls” had to adhere to strict weight limits at all times; gain a few extra pounds and they’d be suspended from work. They couldn’t marry or have children; their makeup, hair, and teeth had to be just so. Girdles were mandatory while stewardesses were on the clock. And, most important, stewardesses had to resign at 32. Eventually the stewardesses began to push back and it’s thanks to their trailblazing efforts in part that working women have gotten closer to workplace equality today. Nell McShane Wulfhart crafts a rousing narrative of female empowerment, the paradigm-shifting ’60s and ’70s, the labor movement, and the cadre of gutsy women who fought for their rights—and won.
Anthropometry Of Airline Stewardesses
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Author : Clyde C. Snow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Anthropometry Of Airline Stewardesses written by Clyde C. Snow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Anthropometry categories.
Stewards Stewardess Flight Attendants And In Flight Service 1934 1964
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Author : Dale R. Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Stewards Stewardess Flight Attendants And In Flight Service 1934 1964 written by Dale R. Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Airlines categories.
Airborne Dreams
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Author : Christine R. Yano
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2011-01-25
Airborne Dreams written by Christine R. Yano and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-25 with History categories.
An account of Pan Ams Nisei stewardess program (1955&–1972), through which the airline hired Japanese American (and later other Asian and Asian American) stewardesses, ostensibly for their Asian-language skills.
Stewardess
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Author : Elissa Stein
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2006-07-20
Stewardess written by Elissa Stein and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-20 with Photography categories.
Stewardess is a high-flying visual celebration of the era when air travel was chic and stewardesses were glamorous, gracious symbols of the international jet set. Taking off with an insightful introduction tracing the history of the air hostess, this stylish book is packed with gorgeous vintage photographs, training and in-flight materials, ads, and stewardess ephemera, plus snapshots and reminiscences from stewardesses themselves. A fun and fashionable fight for travelerswithout having to check your bagsStewardess pays fitting tribute to being able to maintain perfect poise at 30,000 feet. Welcome aboard.