The Complete Flier's Handbook - Softcover

Clegg, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330489178 ISBN 13: 9780330489171

Publisher: Pan, 2002

Synopsis

How to get the best deal, lessen the stress and minimize the risks when you flyAir travel is now a regular part of our lives. We take on average three flights a year and over a lifetime, many of us will clock up more than a million miles in the air. But not only is it increasingly stressful, there is also growing evidence that air travel can pose serious health risks, including deep vein thrombosis, exposure to poor air quality, water and food, and tensions that can lead to air rage.Offering clear guidelines, and tips from air travel insiders, this comprehensive and completely up to date guide looks at how you can minimize the risks and make the most of your flight, including:- Checking in: how to get the best seat, to what to do if there's a problem- Avoiding deep vein thrombosis- In-flight health - beating sick aircraft syndrome-Flying with children-Surviving the unthinkable - what it's like to be in a plane crash-The latest in-depth flight health statistics and arline safety statisticsThis is an essential volume for anyone who ever passes through an airport.

About this title

About the Author

Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, UK, Brian was educated at the Manchester Grammar School and went on to read Natural Sciences (specializing in experimental physics) at Cambridge University.

After graduating, he spent a year at Lancaster University where he gained a second MA in Operational Research, a discipline originally developed during the Second World War to enhance the effectiveness of warfare through statistical means. It has since been widely applied to problem solving and decision making in business.

From Lancaster, he joined British Airways, where he formed a new department tasked with providing all PC hardware, software and consultancy to the airline. When this was successfully running, he set up the Emerging Technologies Group, a team of the most eccentric but talented staff in the company who researched and trialled technologies from fingerprint recognition to electronic cash. This emphasis on creativity led to working with Dr. Edward de Bono and in 1994, he left BA to set up his own creative consultancy, running one and two day courses giving in-depth insights into the use of creativity techniques to develop new ideas and products, and to solve business problems. His clients include HM Treasury, British Airways, SmithKline Beecham, The Met Office, Sony, The BBC, Zurich Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland and many other blue-chips.

Brian has given sell-out lectures at the Royal Institution in London and has spoken at venues from Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Cheltenham Festival of Science. He has also contributed to radio and TV programmes, and is a popular speaker at schools. Brian is also editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review site and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Brian lives in a Wiltshire village with his wife and twin children. When not writing, a considerable amount of his time is involved in music, having a passion for Tudor and Elizabethan church music.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330489178
• ISBN 13: 9780330489171
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416