More information on the author of the book. His real name is James Wysong (from an article in USA Today). Plugging this into google.com, I found a reference to him at http://www.unitedafa.org/archives/uu/uu_2002_03.pdf. This is the 3rd quarter 2002 newsletter of the Association of Flight Attendants of United Airlines. On page 7 is a letter from James Wysong. Therefore, putting 2 and 2 together and getting approximately 4, I would say James Wysong works for United. The book "Airline Traveler Survival Guide" was published in April 2002. When did UAL declare bankruptcy? Don't forget, it takes a while for a book to get from the writing stage to the published stage - at least a few months, if not years. This is another reason why I don't think he's telling the truth about a planeload of pax and some of the crew getting food poisoning and not suing. The probablity that the book was written prior to the bankruptcy filing would have precluded the pax not suing due to bankruptcy. David R David R > I'm reading this book called the Airline survival guide by frank steward > supposedly is a F/A on a major airline > heres one incident he mentions in the book (I'm trying to find out what > airline he works for) > suppose one day they were on flight from Paris to Los Angeles, > supposedly most the passengers and part of the crew got sick from food > poisoning and they > had to make an emergency landing in new York.. turns out the airline > catering had delivered > a crate of prawn sandwiches for a flight the day before so the heat had > 48 hours to spoil the Mayo > no lawsuits were ever filed because the airline was already in bankruptcy > protection > now my question what airline is (or was ) this? > TWA? American? Continental?