Though flight attendant is the most politically correct way to refer to the job, the term airline stewardess may still be heard. Traditionally, this term refers to a female attendant; a male would be called an airline steward. An airline stewardess is employed by the airline, and goes on ...
Q: What Do You Say to a BA Stewardess on Her 55th Birthday? A: The Nearest Exit Is on Your Left; Airline Is on Collision Course with Unions over Retirement Age
When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was a hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and was paid $1 an hour. In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the ...
@CAROLYNN. Sorry Carolynn, your stewardess (and yes I was an airline pilot when they had them) gave you some faulty information. The L-1011 Tristar was never capable of “auto-takeoff” back then just as there are no commercial airliners certified for that flight mode today. I flew the...
My mother, who is quite happy to be named, worked as a trolly dolly, ahem, stewardess, for long-forgotten budget airline Dan Air. “My suitcase was full of all those things,” she says, “vastly embarrassing, when it came to being rummaged at Customs.” Loo rolls would bounce out and...
Jokes where the punchline is a witty comeback. Sort ByNew What's the Difference? An old Jewish man walks into a bar and sits down. He has a few drinks, looks around him and suddenly freezes when he sees a Chinese man. He gets up and punches him in the face. "Ouch!" the Chinese...
Mistakes happen, and people break things all the time. Although it's never intentional, that doesn't change the fact the item is broken, sometimes beyond repair. The only thing that makes this so much worse is when the item is expensive. Just ask these p
blond joke captain stewardess blonde flight attendant Dislike Like Continue Reading Guess the Airline... A man is sitting in the bar at a busy airport. A beautiful woman walks in and sits down next to him. He presumes, because she's got a uniform on, she's probably an off duty fli...
Even if you’re flying internationally so you have your passport with you, don’t pack your driver’s license in your checked bag. Losing any kind of ID is not fun, and if the airline misplaces your luggage, you might never see it again. ...
Being a flight attendant – or a stewardess, as they were called until the 1970s – was a dream job. “Flight crews looked like rock stars when they walked through the terminal, carrying their bags, almost in slow motion,” says designer and author of the book “Airline: Style at 30,...