num_pages: 257
description: Brace yourself for a turbulent read in this hilarious and scandalous memoir filled with shocking true stories that give a rare insight into life behind the scenes of a private jets cabin crew.Heavily in debt and earning peanuts as a 'trolley dolly' Saskia Swann desperately needed to get her life back on track. After a chance meeting she landed a job as cabin crew - but this time on a private jet.Suddenly she found herself transported into the glittering world of oligarchs and billionaires where the hostesses wear Prada seven-course meals are served on fine china the bodyguards carry guns and the mile-high shenanigans not only take place in luxury cabins but in the cockpit itself.Saskia soon realised that the job wasnt quite what it seemed though: her billionaire boss expected far more from his hostesses than just cocktails and nibblesIn this gripping expos Saskia Swann pulls back the first-class curtain on the lifestyles of the mega-rich and famous.Saskia Swann worked for six years for one of the world's leading airlines before becoming a corporate flight attendant on private jets. She lives outside London.Nicola Stow has been a journalist for more than 20 years working for leading newspapers and magazines. She is also the co-author of Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of a Virgin Air Hostess by Mandy Smith.
language: English
title: Above and Beyond: Secrets of a Private Flight Attendant
publisher: Lume Books