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Article: EMORY RESEARCHER EXPLORES WORK STRUGGLES OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN BOOK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 18, 2007
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Emory University issued the following news release:
Thousands of U.S. flight attendants have left their jobs since 9/11 because of layoffs, pay cuts and the emotional toll of a high stress job, according to a new book by Emory researcher Drew Whitelegg. He says flight attendants' replacements earn much less, have less job security and face working conditions that make it difficult to balance work and family obligations.
These are among the findings in "Working the Skies: The Fast-Paced, Disorienting World of the Flight Attendant," written by Whitelegg, director of special projects at the Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL).
The book is based on interviews with more ...
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