Jeremy's Airport. A Week in the Life of TV's Popular Aeroflot Traffic Supervisor.

Jeremy Spake

ISBN 10: 056338459X / ISBN 13: 9780563384595

Published by BBC Books, London England, 1998

About this Item

Large coloured photograph signed by Jeremy Spake, the author. This book is my account of life behind the scenes at Heathrow - one of the world's busiest airports - and you will be accompanying me on a gruelling seven-day shift. My job is to make sure that all the flights on Aeroflot's busy schedule take off on time - can't be that hard, I hear you say! But throw in 300 missing bread rolls, puppies in hand luggage, excess baggage, a delivery of diamonds, a leaky loo and the odd lobster, and you will soon realise that the world of air travel is most definitely weird. On this journey through the trials and triumphs of my week at Heathrow, you will also meet some of my wonderful colleagues. There will also be some of the BBC film-crew, filing me going about my daily duties for the third series of Airport. I hope that after reading this book, you will be able to spare the occasional sympathetic thought for us down-trodden airline staff, who battle every day to get you up and away on schedule. I am sure you will never think of airports and flying in quite the same way ever again! Illustrated. Price clipped on D/J.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jeremy's Airport. A Week in the Life of TV's Popular Aeroflot Traffic Supervisor.
• Publisher: BBC Books, London England
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 056338459X
• ISBN 13: 9780563384595
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Jeremy Spake, the Aeroflot traffic supervisor who featured in the first two series of BBC TV's "Airport", takes an anecdotal look at everyday life at Heathrow Airport.

Review

Jeremy Spake is a Traffic Supervisor for Aeroflot at Heathrow and star of the BBC documentary, Airport. In Jeremy's Airport, the immensely likeable Jeremy provides an insight into a seven-day shift with a day-by-day account. Starting with a short autobiography, Jeremy explains how he came to speak fluent Russian and the steps that took him to his job with Aeroflot at Heathrow despite his 110 mile commute! Jumping from one problem to the next Jeremy Spake explains the behind the scenes activities of the airline with enthusiasm and humour. From difficult passengers to missing bread rolls, Spake solves the problems he encounters with charm and ease. He also introduces several of his colleagues, bantering with them in his inimitable chatty style and at the same time giving a valuable insight into how the wheels of Heathrow turn and the people that keep them moving. Generously illustrated throughout with photographs of the airport, staff and customers, Jeremy's Airport is informative and entertaining. --Pat Naylor