Cabin Fever - Book Review

I used to work in the travel industry as a ticketing and reservation agent for an around the world tour operator.  My days were filled with system after system of flight, passenger and surface travel information. I could recite, and still can to this day, pretty much every major airport and airline code that existed. I often wondered what actually goes on behind the scenes at the airlines I printed tickets or booked seats for every day for two years.  Well yesterday I got some insight when I found the perfect book for me Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of a Virgin Air Hostess.

The cover was eye catching and if I am honest sexy too, it seems the whole Virgin brand oozes sex appeal, have you seen inside their aircraft wow, so the cover captured that too.

The book tells the story of Mandy Smith who worked for Virgin for 12 years.  After a personal incident, Mandy decided to apply for her dream job, Virgin Atlantic Cabin Crew.

She tells us of the interview process, the intense training course every aspiring flight attendant must pass to gain their wings, and of course her very first flight.  You don’t realise what they go through to “just serve tea and coffee” it is so much more than serving drinks!  There are also many stories of what they really get up to on a stopover and what travelling the world is really like.

You would be amazed, and shocked, at some of the in flight incidents the cabin crew have to deal with, put it this way most of us would be cowering in a corner crying, I mean would you be able to handle the captain collapsing with a heart attack in front of passengers and remain calm with a reassuring smile on your face? I know I couldn’t.

I honestly loved this book so much I read it in 2 hours! It was that good I didn’t want to put it down.

You can purchase a copy on Amazon here (paperback £9.99 or free on Kindle Unlimited)