From the other side of the cockpit door...
"Head In the Clouds" by Muriel Hanning-Lee... one of the first 'real' air hostesses... some fantastic stories when flying was 'glam', era of the flying boat, and real thinking on your feet. No shy girl this one!
Don't particularly like the 'airport thriller' but "The Last Hostage' by John J Nance I found quite riveting... aviation environment but essentially a crime story.
As a teenager I read a book called 'Trail of the Octopus' by some guy alleging to be a CIA 'asset'... detailed a whole theory that the CIA was behind Lockerbie and framed Libya. Found it scary if true but have never heard anything about this guy before or since... Lester (Coleman?) I think the author was...