Flight Attendant Joe

Flight Attendant Joe by Joe Thomas

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Joe Thomas regales us with tales from his 8 years of being a flight attendant and I am all ears.

A couple things to know. This book is lively, fun, as loud as a book can be. You might get thrown by the number of dirty jokes and odd references. He’s a gay man with a husband and a unique lens on a world into a strange industry (note: it’s also my industry.) Airline passengers are the worst, the WORST. And flight attendants regularly spend hours locked up in a metal tube with them.

And Joe dishes the dirt.

From cleaning up bodily fluids to dealing with borderline drunk and psychotic people, to putting up with coworkers who are less than stellar at their jobs…this book covers a lot of ground. It also takes diversions into things that aren’t strictly related to air travel. The bit about his friend Evan hit home…as I also have my Evan, a friend who is not a “balcony friend.” (someone who cheers you on from the balcony of life). Interpersonal relationships can take a beating in a job that takes you away from home. Seniority and thick skin are everything.

Joe is brash and unapologetic but once you are along for the ride, you are really in for something. This book is never boring, and clocking in at about 275 pages, it is a quick read. I started it on Tuesday and finished it in 5 days….





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