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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Talking Transportation: Flight Attendants

By Jim Cameron

Special to WestportNow

Any regular reader of this column knows that I hate to fly. I’ll enjoy an overnight Amtrak sleeper ride to Chicago over a three-hour flight, any day (or night).

But when I do have to fly, I really like seeing gray hair in the cockpit. The older and more experienced the pilots, the better (despite this crazy FAA rule that pilots must retire at age 65, regardless of their health).

The other place I like to see experienced aviators is in the cabin, i.e. the flight attendants. No longer are “stewardesses” seen as sex objects to entertain business men (remember “I’m Cathy… Fly Me!”?) or mocked in songs as nothing more than “waitresses in the sky.”

In my mind, flight attendants are under-paid, over-worked and unappreciated safety experts.

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