Originally Posted by
rolling20
The Eighth Passenger- Miles Tripp, Chapter 8 'Mike'
Thanks for that, RT, I've got The Eighth Passenger on my bookshelf but it's not the one I had in mind. The final chapter in the book I read related how a group of non-commissioned superfluous aircrew were relegated to bumpering (tedious waxing and polishing) some floors and the fumes ignited due to a cigarette, causing a fire which killed several of them. Tragic, especially considering the unrelenting dangers they'd faced in the air.