Article: Fist fights in the aisle, hookers in the lavatory and somebody's queasy kid in his arms _ a flight attendant comes clean.

Byline: John Tanasychuk

Elliott Hester remembers the camaraderie on airplanes the first few weeks after Sept. 11.

"People said `God bless you!' and `Thank you for coming to work today,'" recalls Hester, a Miami Beach-based flight attendant. "It was quiet. I've never seen it so quiet."

Almost four months later, flying is a different story.

"As time passed, we've become ourselves again," says Hester. "In some ways it's a good thing."

It's certainly a good thing for Hester and his first book, ``Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet'' (St. Martin's Press, $23.95). The insanity comes ...

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