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Finnair Flight Crew Flip the Pages of Their Own Storybook

Where: Finland
October 5, 2012 at 4:37 PM | by | Comments (0)

It's not often that an airline comes out with its own book; actually, it's been damned rare since Pan Am ended production of their regional and world guidebooks. Still, it does happen and one such instance is now, with Finnair's publication of Airborne: Tales from A Thousand and One Flights [in Finnish, the title is Taivas mikä työpaikka].

The book, a 256-page collection of flight crew stories, was conceived of and written by Finnair's own people. The stories themselves are short and often with a quip, making for light and quick reading. Here's one such story we nipped off its site:

SPEAKING GIBBERISH
I was working in business class on a flight to New York, and there were two particularly nice men sitting on the first row. I had served them throughout dinner, and as they were settling down to rest, I said, “If you have any other desires you would like me to fulfill, just let me know.” I knew it didn’t quite come out right the moment I said it, so I added, “As long as they are decent ones.” One of the men burst out laughing, but the other had failed to hear me. “What did she say?” he asked his friend. “Please don’t ever tell,” I pleaded. “I won’t,” replied the man, “Nobody would believe me anyway.”

The volume is published by Atar and may be purchased for €23.90 from the official website. Profits from the book will be donated to the Finnish Central Association for Mental Health, which has nothing to do with profession of flight attendant, but everything to do with the prevention of mental health issues among children and adolescents.

[Photo: Finnair]

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