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Playboy Bunny or Stewardess?? The Uncensored Memoirs of a Pan Am Flight Attendant
“An insider’s look at the real Pan Am from a stewardess who lived the dream.”
Meet the crazy characters that made up the World’s Most Experienced Airline and jet away with them to the far corners of the world.
You will delight in the crew and passenger antics as told by a wide eyed girl from the 1960’s, who had to decide which job would suit her best: Playboy Bunny or Stewardess.
Included in this memoir are excerpts from her original flight service 1966 training manual. Join in a stewardess training session and learn how she was taught to wear her girdles and garters, and why she must never pour the wine past the eagle’s knees!
Meet the crazy characters that made up the World’s Most Experienced Airline and jet away with them to the far corners of the world.
You will delight in the crew and passenger antics as told by a wide eyed girl from the 1960’s, who had to decide which job would suit her best: Playboy Bunny or Stewardess.
Included in this memoir are excerpts from her original flight service 1966 training manual. Join in a stewardess training session and learn how she was taught to wear her girdles and garters, and why she must never pour the wine past the eagle’s knees!
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107 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 5, 2012
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April 6, 2022
This book interested me, as a relative had been a stewardess in the very early days. I enjoyed imagining how her experiences might've been like as I read this book.
April 5, 2013
I picked this up as a free ebook on Amazon and I thought it was a great book -- now that it has gone back to full price, I don't know that I would necessarily recommend it since there isn't much to it.
I don't recall the author starting with her interest in being a Playboy Bunny (other than a brief mention toward the end when the Playboy clubs all closed), but the rest of the story is about her career working for PanAm. The author was a persistent young lady and survived the rigors of the hiring practices of the day (which would be unheard of today), including beauty and poise, as well as a perfectly maintained figure, weight, and hair style. Many of the rules of the day were pretty interesting, including the bits about flight attendants not being permitted to be seen in public handling their own luggage and the strict rules about gloves, etc. It's getting hard to remember what it was like when there were luxury airlines -- the attendants actually cooked your food, on the plane! Today, a $10,000 first class ticket for an international flight still only gets you re-heated "airline food". Reading about the PanAm commitments to quality were really interesting and the pages of her handbook were really fun to explore.
Overall, this is a sweet and simple book -- you won't find any dirty laundry here -- and it was a fun read. I'm glad that someone has preserved their experiences of working for one of the world's last great airlines.
I don't recall the author starting with her interest in being a Playboy Bunny (other than a brief mention toward the end when the Playboy clubs all closed), but the rest of the story is about her career working for PanAm. The author was a persistent young lady and survived the rigors of the hiring practices of the day (which would be unheard of today), including beauty and poise, as well as a perfectly maintained figure, weight, and hair style. Many of the rules of the day were pretty interesting, including the bits about flight attendants not being permitted to be seen in public handling their own luggage and the strict rules about gloves, etc. It's getting hard to remember what it was like when there were luxury airlines -- the attendants actually cooked your food, on the plane! Today, a $10,000 first class ticket for an international flight still only gets you re-heated "airline food". Reading about the PanAm commitments to quality were really interesting and the pages of her handbook were really fun to explore.
Overall, this is a sweet and simple book -- you won't find any dirty laundry here -- and it was a fun read. I'm glad that someone has preserved their experiences of working for one of the world's last great airlines.
February 23, 2016
This one is an interesting memoir of a flight attendant. It is a nice read where you get the glimpse of the 'real' side of the seemingly glamorous world of air hostesses / flight attendants which was indeed glamour-filled for Pan-Am and early days of flying but only to certain extent.
What you saw as the immaculate looks of the flight attendants had a lot of effort and pain hidden behind those smiles ... but hey ... they had fun too
A very interesting book to read. I wonder what a similar book would read like if written by a flight attendant of this century.
What you saw as the immaculate looks of the flight attendants had a lot of effort and pain hidden behind those smiles ... but hey ... they had fun too
A very interesting book to read. I wonder what a similar book would read like if written by a flight attendant of this century.
March 28, 2013
This book was a fascinating inside look at a bygone era. Though only 26, I've always been enthralled with the time of white gloves and pillbox hats, glamour and elegance. The book had an enjoyable narrative, and despite some typos and errors, was a joy to read. There were some WTF moments (not with the book, but with things that were acceptable back then), like women being weighed at job interviews or having to sign a contract saying they wouldn't marry while employed! Very interesting overall.
August 12, 2013
Considering the risqué suggestive title this book is downright boring. Picked it up for free off Amazon, intrigued. Love the idea of an inside look to the Pan Am era, and while you do get a small glimpse into what it was to fly and work for/with Pan Am, this book is written by a woman telling OTHER PEOPLE'S stories, as she was by far the biggest goody-two-shoes ever.
September 26, 2015
Funny and revealing
This is a light, quick, and enjoyable read, interesting as a reminder of what luxury air travel used to be like, and what it took to be a top notch "stewardess" back in the day. We've come a long way!
This is a light, quick, and enjoyable read, interesting as a reminder of what luxury air travel used to be like, and what it took to be a top notch "stewardess" back in the day. We've come a long way!
December 4, 2013
This was an interesting fast read---esp. since my guy worked for PanAm for a bunch of years. Good to know that some things change for the better and sad to know that such a great company died....
December 6, 2013
Free! Interesting stories written by a nonwriter
February 9, 2014
I enjoyed it! I think anyone who is a Flight Attendant will enjoy reading about the 'old school' ways of being a Pan American Airlines stewardess.
February 27, 2015
I got this as a free eBook. I wasn't impressed. The stories were interesting, but weren't put together cohesively.
August 22, 2014
What an enjoyable read. Lighthearted and upbeat. The author doesn't go into great detail, but moves busily along with her memories. I like the fact that she doesn't dwell upon the negative.
February 21, 2015
A short and interesting read. Fun to learn about the way things used to be in the airline industry. A lot of things have changed over the years.
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