Ex-hostess Libbie Escolme-Schmidt has lovingly compiled many hundreds of memories to present the ultimate history of the British Airways air hostess. Collating a multitude of stories from the forties and fifties through to what is often agreed to be the end of the golden age in 1980, this is an important record of the contribution made by women to airline history.
Click on the link below to read her article in the Daily Telegraph where she tells of her escapades as an air stewardess, her opinions on the BA strike and of the fact that the golden years of flying are over.