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Education
1954 High School Diploma, Lordsburg, N.M. 1954-55 N.M. Western College, Silver City, N.M.
1955-56 N.M. A&M, Las Cruces, New Mexico
1957 American Airlines Stewardess College
1961-62 University of Arizona
1980 BA Degree, Magna Cum Laude, AZ State University
Dual Major in Regular Elementary Ed and Special Education
Minor in Social Studies.
Honors
Beta Phi Chapter, Kappa Delta Pi
More Than a Ticket
Memoirs Flying with American Airlines from Props to Jets
Authored by
Argie Ella Hoskins
Cover: The new Boeing 707 Jet.
This book welcomes the reader with snapshots during the golden age of
flying from carrying mail to a time when excited passengers were treated
as guests and everyone dressed in their Sunday best to board American
Airlines. It is engaging and appreciated.We served the flying public
with much, much "More Than a Ticket." We had time to hang coats, learn
names, have a conversation, serve a delicious meal and hold babies. You
will feel the excitement of times gone by and get a glimpse of how the
atmosphere of air travel has changed through the years. The drama of
time has created a different picture.
Part one: "My Life as a Stewardess," takes the reader on a journey with a
shy country girl to the city, but she is still a country girl as she
becomes a confident stewardess serving all passengers, including the
rich and famous, making everyone feel at home. How did she do it? Part
two: "On Wings of Time," features short stories from AA stewardesses,
pilots, flight engineers, and passengers. The young and old, casual
readers and aviation enthusiasts will be delighted with memoirs.
Stewardess Argie, "Am I cut out for this job?" “They say I am Dyslexic.”
"Make friends with your cognitive gifts." (Stewardess on Boeing 707 jet
inaugural flight and also did public relations for AA.)
Jon, son of pilot Heath Proctor, "My father was a pioneer airmail
pilot," "Dad’s AA retiree ID card, with employee number 02 on it!"
(Father deceased.)
Curt, son of AA mechanic and later a Flight Engineer Roy Jacobson, "I'll
never forget the smell of jet fuel." "We would go through the hangars
and look at the planes." (Father deceased.)
Stewardess MaryLou, "A secretarial job opened a few miles from home with
AA engineering office. I never wanted to leave." (MaryLou was on the
Electra team and subsequently became an AA stewardess.)
Stewardess Audrey, "Once a stewardess, always a stewardess." (Flew as a “stewardess” and then “flight attendant.”)
Stewardess Gerry, "I was really nervous when I arrived because the other
girls waiting to be interviewed were wearing business suits, high
heels, gloves, and some were wearing hats. I was wearing a broomstick
skirt and sandals." (Friend who flew on Boeing 707s with me.)
Stewardess Polly, “Interviews are over, and besides, you aren’t the type.” (Polly became an outstanding Stewardess.)
Stewardess Joan, "Important faces stood out in the crowd." (Face in the crowd was a younger man who become her husband.)
Passenger Margaret, now age 97, "I thought he was getting a little too friendly (Taxi cab driver.)
Passenger Bob, "I don’t know what I mumbled, but when the plane started
to roll forward to take off, she sat down beside me, smiled, and one of
her soft hands covered my gripping knuckles, and we were off and
flying." (Bob had been a passenger in two near misses before this
flight.)
Stewardess Diane, "I told him that I would meet him at the gate. After
we finished deplaning, I thought to myself, 'Did I do the right thing?'”
(Passenger without a ride to his home near where Diane lived.)
Stewardess Judi, "... meeting President Kennedy and then my husband are hard to top! (Husband was a famous singer/actor.)
Engineer to Captain Tony, "There were no real flight simulators in those
Pleistocene days, so all of the flight training was done in the
airplane." (Tony was responsible for training AA jet pilots.)
I have dedicated these words with love and respect to my flying friends.
An expression of appreciation for the community of American Airlines.
Somewhere in the clouds of time, we met, embraced, and parted. Moments remembered from here to eternity. —Argie
Charities to receive % of profit: The National MPS Society,
Acacia
Shade, Children with Disabilities in Ghana (Africa),
Orton Dyslexia
Society,
National Kiwi Fund,
LDS Humanitarian Fund
"No one has ever become poor by giving." — Anne Frank
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ISBN
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Book
has 319 pages
including
225 pages with photos
- Publication Date:
- Aug 07 2014
- ISBN/EAN13:
- 0578147955 / 9780578147956
- Page Count:
- 320
- Binding Type:
- US Trade Paper
- Trim Size:
- 6" x 9"
- Language:
- English
- Color:
- Black and White
- Related Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
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