Former air stewardess Libbie Escolme-Schmidt has helped train a generation of what are now called 'flight attendants' in the rules and etiquetteÌýof the job.ÌýIn her new book, 'Glamour in theÌýSkies', Ìýshe traces the history of air travel from the 1940s to 1980 through the eyes of the stewardesses. She joins Jane to talk about the romances, exotic stopovers, crazy parties,Ìýas well as the discrimination they were subjected to.
'Glamour in the Skies', by Libbie Escolme-Schmidt, is published byÌýThe History Press, ISBN-13: 978-0752449043