Life in the Air Surviving the New Culture of

This book is not just about air travel. It is about the emergent social world of flying. It concerns air space and behavior in the air the way someone else might look at cities and street behavior. Economic, political, and cultural aspects are all conside

Introduction: Air Travel as a Simple Fact of Life

1

(8)

Part 1 The Airport

The Terminal as Transition Space and Gateway

9

(6)

The Airport as Shopping Mall

15

(5)

The Airport as City and Community

20

(18)

Eroticism and the Airport

38

(4)

Boredom, Delays, Cancellations

42

(17)

Part 2 Nowhere Architecture

Place and Placelessness

59

(3)

Airport Architecture: Creating a Sense of Place

62

(13)

The Airport Sign System

75

(3)

Social Activities within Terminals

78

(5)

Part 3 Life in the Air

Frequent Flying: What Fliers Want

83

(7)

Airplane Etiquette: Behavior in the Air

90

(6)

Drunks

96

(4)

Laughs

100

(2)

Meals

102

(5)

Crashes and Air Safety

107

(7)

Fear of Flying

114

(6)

New Horrors

120

(3)

Medical Emergencies

123

(3)

Dehydration

126

(2)

Jetlag: Flying and Folk Religion

128

(7)

Part 4 The Compression of Space and Time

Industrial and Corporate Changes

135

(3)

The Need for Air Travel

138

(3)

Experiencing Space/Time Compression

141

(6)

Bi-coastalism and the Fear of Flying

147

(3)

Bi-coastalism: Disorientation and Decompression

150

(4)

Living in the Air: How People Do It

154

(5)

Part 5 The Airline Business: Growing Concerns

The Emergence of Transactional Spaces

159

(3)

Capitalism and the Path to Deregulation

162

(5)

Hubs, Spokes and Deregulation

167

(3)

Discount Carriers

170

(5)

Crazy Fares

175

(2)

When Lives Were Lost Due to Deregulation

177

(3)

Labor Costs and Contentious Employer-Employee Relations

180

(6)

Complaints: Overcrowding, Overbooking, and Increasing Consumer Discontent

186

(7)

The Future of Deregulation

193

(6)

Part 6 Epilogue: The Most Important Thing

Flying and the Future

199

(6)

References

205

(6)

Index

211

(6)

About the Author

217

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Life in the Air Surviving the New Culture of Air Travel

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