Attention All Passengers (36 page)

About the Author

WILLIAM J. M
C
GEE is an award-winning travel journalist for
Consumer Reports
and the former editor of
Consumer Reports Travel Letter.
In 2010 the U.S. secretary of transportation chose him as the lone consumer advocate on the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee. He also writes a monthly travel column for USAToday.com and has contributed to
Condé Nast Traveler,
the
New York Times,
the
Washington Post, Money, New York, Parents,
Good Housekeeping,
and many other magazines, newspapers, websites, and blogs. Prior to becoming a journalist, McGee spent nearly seven years in airline flight operations management; he is an FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher and served in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary. He earned an MFA from Columbia University and teaches creative writing at Hofstra University. He lives in Connecticut.

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Copyright

ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS.
Copyright © 2012 by William J. McGee. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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ISBN: 978-0-06-208837-6 (Hardcover)

Epub Edition © JULY 2012 ISBN: 9780062088383

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