Welcome Aboard!

'The perfect book if you love to travel.' Travel Writer and TV Weather Presenter Sian Lloyd.Can I flirt my way to an upgrade?Where are the safest seats on a plane?Will the cabin crew spike my drink if I'm rude?Why do those loud bongs ring out just before take-off?Can you really be too fat to fly?Business or pleasure, nervous or frequent flyer - wherever you're going and whoever you're flying with one thing is for sure: life is very different at 35,000 feet.So what's really going on up in the air? What do your cabin crew get up to when the galley curtains are closed? Where do they all go when you're waiting for lunch? Do they really have handcuffs in the cockpit? How can a packet of crisps save everyone's life in an emergency? Where's the fuel tank, what happens to the dead bodies, why do planes have headlights and should you be worried about the little round hole in the window beside your seat?Packed with facts and full of inside knowledge Welcome Aboard! spills the beans on a lifetime of high altitude secrets. Real life cabin crew Neil Jackson says why flight attendants will never lend you their pen, what goes on in the luxury First Class cabin - and when it's safe to join the mile high club. He explains how planes work, what's not allowed on the flight deck, why vegetarians never get upgraded - and why the toilets make that horrible sucking sound when you flush. He aims to answer every question you've ever had about flying - so don't check-in and don't take-off without it!'This inside information is fantastic, a brilliant read,' Ben MacFarlane, travel doctor and author of Holiday SOS and CruiseShip SOS.'It's got all the answers!' Jennie Jordan, cabin crew and author of Flying High and Sky High.