Book description
Heard the one about the airline that has introduced 'corpse
cupboards' on new planes to cope with the number of people who die in
the air? Heard the story about the First Class air hostess who got
fired for sitting on the face of a passenger during a long haul
flight? Heard about the amount of knickers and false teeth that are
left behind in the body of the plane? Heard how pissed-off stewards
put laxatives in your drinks? Heard about the pilot who ran out of
runway? Heard of the disabled passengers who miraculously walk again?
No? Then you haven't read Air Babylon.
Do you know the best place to have sex on a plane? Do you know how
to dress for an upgrade? Do you know that one drink in the air equals
three on the ground? Do you know who is checking you in? Who is
checking you out? Do you know exactly what happens to your luggage
once it leaves your sight? Is it secure? Are you safe? Do you really
know anything about the business that you entrust your life to several
times a year?
Air Babylon is a trawl through the highs, the lows, and the
rapid descents of the travel industry. It catalogues the births, the
deaths, the drunken brawls, the sexual antics, and the debauchery
behind the scenes of the ultimate service industry - where the world
is divided into those who wear the uniform and those who don't...
Imogen Edwards-Jones is the co-author of the bestselling
Hotel Babylon, Air Babylon and Fashion Babylon
as well as author of The Stork Club and The Taming of
Eagles. Her fiction includes My Canap
é Hell, Shagpile, The Wendy House and Tuscany for
Beginners. Her new book, Beach Babylon, is now available
from Bantam Press. Imogen lives in west London with her husband and
their baby daughter.
Anonymous is a collection of high-profile insiders from the fashion
industry.
Anonymous is a collection of airline staff, front of house as
well as behind the scenes, whose identities must remain secert in
order to protect the guilty.
