Dear Air 2000

by Terry Ravenscroft

Humorous correspondence to and from over forty airline companies. Meet the 38 stones man who has never flown before and stands fat chance of ever doing so. The man who thinks his distinct Turkish looks won't go down very with the locals in the Greek half of Cyprus. The passenger who wants to enjoy the flight with his inflatable rubber woman sat on his knee. The man who suspects his false teeth may have been stolen by one of the cabin crew. Meet these delightful people plus many, many more, and enjoy the funniest read you'll have had for ages. If you enjoyed the Henry Root Letters you'll love Dear Air 2000..

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction

232 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2011

About the author

The day after I threw in my mundane factory job to become a television comedy scriptwriter I was involved in a car accident which left me unable to turn my head. Since then I have never looked back.
Before they took me away I wrote BBC television comedy scripts for Les Dawson, The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, Alas Smith and Jones, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Ken Dodd, Roy Hudd, and several others. I also wrote the award-winning BBC radio series Star Terk Two.
I started writing books when I retired from scriptwriting in 1995. Up to now I have written sixteen, all of them humour.
Born in New Mills, Derbyshire, England in 1938, I still live there with my wife Delma and my mistress Divine Bottom (in my dreams).

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Reviews

[Janet Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a Fun and Refreshing Read!
This book is full of laugh out loud fun! I so enjoy British humor, but add in a dash of bluster and bravado for some real fun! Most of it is decidedly not PC. Some of the Customer Service Reps must have great patience to deal with the likes of this man! I will be checking out more of this author’s work!

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having read some of this author's books, which I found amusing, I read this. Although it did bring a few smiles to my face, I don't think it is one of his best.
It consists of the letters and replies to various airlines, telling them of reasons why he had cause to complain about the fictitious flights he had taken with them.

[Michael E. Schulte Sr. · Rating 3 out of 5]

You pretty much have to be British

The book was funny in a satiristic kind of way. I read it start to finish.
Having grown up with a very British mother, I did understand the humor.
Story came off as a diary of a man constantly trying to get over on various airlines either by kook or by crook. It was a fun read and pleasantly clean which I truly found refreshing.

[Judie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like British-type humor, you’ll love DEAR AIR 2000 by Terry Ravenscroft. If you don’t like it, read it anyway: I’m sure you’ll find something that will make you laugh.
The book is a record of correspondence between T. Ravenscroft to airlines world wide. I was disappointed that he didn’t include El-Al, Israel’s airline. There is only one US airline involved. Mr. Ravenscroft begins the exchange by asking for information about a flight he is planning (or complaining about one that he took). Topics include the food, seating, places to see, schedules, stewardess uniforms, laws in some of the countries, and the behavior of other passengers. Most are outlandish. Much of the humor comes from the responses from the airlines, as they attempt to deal with an obvious crackpot.
Ravenscroft milks the exchanges as much as he can, pointing out when they have not answered his questions. Some companies, wisely, I think, do not respond, but, surprisingly enough, most do in a very polite, professional manner.
The book is worth the couple of hours needed to read it.

[Michael Madden · Rating 3 out of 5]

I took advantage of a free Kindle promo to download this so I suppose I shouldn't complain too much, and in fact I did genuinely laugh out loud at a couple of the scenarios. Unfortunately, Mr Ravenscroft takes a 5 minute funny idea and tries to turn it into an entire book, the result being that there are a lot of exchanges between himself and various airlines that are simply not funny. If this was woven around a series of characters in a sitcom it may work better, but as a simple chronological exchange of letters it falls a bit flat.

[Irene · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an extremely funny book, I was crying with laughter, and in fact a couple of times I had to stop reading it as I was choking and my sides hurt. Because the book was written as letters meant that it was easy to pick up and put down but I found I did not want to put it down and read it in a night I loved the one where he wanted to hire a Fokker plane so that some members of a club could parachute into Germany. A very enjoyable funny book and am probably going to get the others as well

[Paul Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is it possible to get the recipe for Air 2000's in-flight lasagne? Are Air UK's stewardesses' uniforms available for purchase? Will someone who "looks Turkish" be welcome in Greek Cyprus? Find out the answer to these and other intriguing questions in this hilarious catalogue of correspondence between international airlines and the man from New Mills.

If you loved Robin Cooper's Timewaster Letters and yearned for more, then this book is for you. Terry's Dear Coca Cola is also recommended.

[Judy B. Burford]

I haven't rated this book, because it wasn't "my cup of tea". However, I don't want that to reflect on the writing. Terry Ravenscroft has made me laugh on other occasions and I know he has been quite successful selling books. Therefore, my advice to readers is: If you like British humor, read Terry Ravenscroft.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

As usual, a wonderful, amuding read and excellent auther!

[Iain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as Dear Coca-Cola, but a decent bedtime book nonetheless.

[Stephen King · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very funny for the first n letters. Then repeats the same idea and becomes tedious.

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Found it repetitive..nowhere near as laugh out loud as "Dear Coca-Cola"..gave up!

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious

[Kaye Chesworth]

Soooooooooooooo funny

[Efremis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A funny collection of letters to various airlines and their, sometimes, comical response!

[Karen Gibb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pants!

I read the entire book so I can say this honestly. I did not like it, it was supposed to be humorous and I'm still waiting to laugh.

[Dick Davies]

Fun for a while but Got bored with it