Plane Insanity

Written before September 11, 2001, this book probably could not be written today. Purchased in an airport shop on the way to California, I almost missed my flight after I started reading.

Being a regular air traveller, I could appreciate the stories of vomiting kids, pugnacious drunks, rude flight attendants and flight delays. The author has a lively writing style guaranteed to hold you until the last paragraph. Hester's book, Plane Insanity is about the only thing funny left in flying these days.

I was laughing out loud by the end of the first few pages and my fellow seatmates were beginning to wonder about my sanity. Working outside as a part-time baggage handler, in the middle of the winter of '85, at 1 a.m., Hester witnessed a female flight attendant sitting in the warm interior of an airplane and made his fateful decision to become an airline steward.

After 16 years of flight service, watching full-blown airplane brawls, a flight attendant in the midst of a nervous breakdown, passengers in various stages of undress, sex in restrooms, and passenger stampedes, Hester wrote this set of narratives much to the delight of his readers.He has a lively writing style and his storytelling hits the mark. This is one of those nonfiction books that you cannot put down until finished.