Frequent Flier: One Plane, One Passenger, and the Spectacular Feat of Commercial Flight

by Bob Reiss

A look at commercial airlines discusses the jobs of pilots, mechanics, plane designers, traffic controllers, dispatchers, schedulers, weather forecasters, salesman, labor leaders, and others and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671776509
• ISBN13: 9780671776503
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Great Book---Must Read

Anyone who is interested in airlines, airplanes, airports, anything aviation should read this book. I work for Delta, the airline Bob Reiss wrote about, and I learned things I didn't even know. Also any buff of the L-1011 aircraft (the best first class I ever rode in) would love this. Get this book!!! Pay what you have to, but get this book.

Fascinating!

A friend recommend this book to me because I fly Delta Airlines frequently. I picked it up in a bookstore and started reading it on an airplane. This is a fascinating story of Delta Airlines and a Lockheed L1011 aircraft. The author spends three days with the aircraft, flying where ever it does. Along the way, he meets pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, air traffic controllers, gate agents, baggage handlers, and passengers. You would think this would be a big yawn, but it is an engaging and well written book. If you can find a copy, this is a must read.