![]() It’s strange how the anxiety of believing there might be a problem, is far worse than actually having one. In a moment, the captain needs to speak with you all, and after that we’ll be showing you procedures for making an emergency landing into Brisbane.”Ī few gasps. “Please listen carefully to what I’m about to say. Now, before she’s even spoken one word, I know something’s wrong. This wasn’t someone who f–king stuttered. 30 minutes ago, she was confident, laughing, joking, bantering. But on other occasions, it’s pure human instinct, those finely tuned survival systems that have been keeping us alive for millions of years telling us something’s not right. Analyzing the words used, predicting future outcomes. As humans we spend a lot of our lives disseminating information. The lead flight attendant takes the PA and within a second of her speaking, I know something’s up. ![]() The next thirty minutes pass uneventfully, and then in an instant, everything changes. Our wonderful crew contains the gorgeous Tom at the back…”. ![]() Virgin Blue is a Richard Branson upstart, and the crew, all in their 20s, are livelier and friendlier than those of Qantas, Australia’s dominant legacy airline. I’m on my Australian tour, I’ve had a great week in Sydney, life is good. I’ve got three seats to myself and I’m sitting comfortably in the window seat. This is an hour long flight, easy going, and though I used to be a nervous flier, flying almost every day has managed to knock it out of me. The Virgin Blue 737 powers easily into the sky above Sydney, half empty, and I pop my headphones on and listen to some tunes. In this exclusive excerpt, Gareth shares a high-flying chapter from the new memoir. Funds will cover printing, shipping and other self-publishing costs. “The kind that would hold their attention.” Launched with the goal of raising $5,000, this Kickstarter has currently raised more than $36,000. “This book is filled with the kind of stories I could tell down the pub to my mates,” Emery writes on the book’s Kickstarter page.
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