Descending From 45,000 Feet

Descending from 45,000: The Journey of a Corporate Flight Attendant is a witty, warm and glamorous memoir by a woman who traded the restaurant business for the rarefied world of private aviation — and never looked back.

Born the youngest of seven in a small Ohio town, the author's restless spirit took her from the runways of Palazzo Pucci in Florence to the cockpits of Gulfstream's, Global's and BBJ's. Over a remarkable 15-year career flying the world's ultra-wealthy, she served caviar at 45,000 feet, negotiated with a Turkish rug merchant who offered two camels in exchange for her, airlifted Toblerone bars into an African safari camp, and kept her composure through smoke in the cockpit, broken windshields and emergency landings in Cairo.