Bette Nash is 86 and still works as a flight attendant on American Airlines flights, according to Guinness World Records.
The American is thus the dean of this profession, spotted
ABC
.
Having started flying in 1957, Bette Nash has the longest career in her position in civil aviation.
She spent 65 years in her position.
In the United States, pilots are forced to retire at 65, but not flight attendants in commercial aviation.
Everyone can therefore prolong their professional activity.
Just follow Federal Aviation Administration regulations when attending flight attendant training.
Distribution of cigarettes
The octogenarian does not lack anecdotes.
At first, she remembers that passengers paid the flight attendants when they boarded the plane, and that a vending machine allowed them to buy life insurance.
The price of the ticket between New York and Washington was 12 dollars (just over 11 euros).
“After the meal service, I would go around offering Marlboros and Kent boxes,” Bette Nash told
WJLA
in 2017 on her 60th anniversary of flying.
Another change in morals, at the beginning of his career, flight attendants were required to be single.
They were also not expected to exceed a certain weight and were weighed before each trip.
What if you were too heavy?
“They took your pay from you,” said the American.
Currently, Bette Nash is going back and forth between New York, Washington and Boston.
This allows her to go home every evening and take care of her disabled son.
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