Ann Hood's 8-year career as a flight attendant was drawing to an end just as my own was beginning in 1986. She was fortunate enough to get hired while flying was still considered an upscale mode of transportation and the job was glamorous—at least on the surface! We worked …more our tails off in the 1980s and early 1990s, with lunches given on practically every flight and other perks that are no longer available. I appreciated her reminiscences and was curious to compare her TWA flight attendant career with my American Airlines flight attendant experience (of now almost 36 years.) I recall reading an early review of Ann's debut novel, "Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine," shortly after its publication. (less)