turtledave
turtledave OP t1_j5yq4h2 wrote
Reply to comment by HawkeyeTen in My mom, a PanAm stewardess, circa 1966. by turtledave
Agreed. Well put.
turtledave OP t1_j5yj2tw wrote
Reply to comment by AlarmVarious1991 in My mom, a PanAm stewardess, circa 1966. by turtledave
Thanks. I’m not 100% sure (and she no longer remembers), but I suspect that she is so happy here because this was her first day on the job.
turtledave OP t1_j5y8zdj wrote
Reply to comment by Myrcello_Stone in My mom, a PanAm stewardess, circa 1966. by turtledave
Haha. Thanks. Yes, my wife and I bought her the DVD (pretty sure it only lasted one season). She DID marry a pilot, but not a fixed wing pilot. My father was a helicopter pilot for Air America.
turtledave OP t1_j5xwziz wrote
Reply to comment by Old-Ad5818 in My mom, a PanAm stewardess, circa 1966. by turtledave
Nothing, but the term stewardess fell out of favor years ago (probably 30), I think primarily because of its gender connotation (even though steward is a word) and the rise in male flight attendants. Now flight attendant is used and you don’t have to gender the term.
turtledave OP t1_j5xtlsq wrote
Reply to My mom, a PanAm stewardess, circa 1966. by turtledave
This is my mother when she was a "stewardess" for Pan Am circa 1966 (she WILL correct you if you say flight attendant). I had the photo colorized a few years ago. The stories that she tells -about how in order to be a stewardess at the time you had to be a certain weight and height (and you'd get a write up and put on an action plan to lose weight if you were too heavy), had to wear stockings, and COULDN'T be married (and if you did get married, it was called "marrying out" - which she did) - are outrageous. She has Alzheimer’s now, but before, during and after being a stewardess, she travelled all corners of the world for many years and those are some of the best memories she still has and loves to talk about traveling.
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turtledave OP t1_j5zu7pr wrote
Reply to comment by BartholomewBandy in My mom, a PanAm stewardess, circa 1966. by turtledave
Not sure what you mean, but yes, she's nice and is the best mom ever.