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a grainy black-and-white photo of a white airliner taking off with a large cntrol tower in the background: inset: Davis' purple and yellow book cover includes a black-and-white image of her wearing her flight attendant uniform, including a mod cap and dress

A Delta Airline 727 takes off past the control tower at Boston’s Logan International Airport in this file photo from August 3, 1981. Bill Polo/AP

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Kathi Davis began her career as a flight attendant in the golden age of air travel. Despite a deep fear of flying, she kept with it past 9/11. All that and more are the subject of her new memoir, The Closest Exit May Be Behind You: Memoirs of a Fearful Flight Attendant.

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Kathleen Davis
Author, The Closest Exit May Be Behind You: Memoirs of a Fearful Flight Attendant