Our job flying is not even remotely in that category. The uniqueness of the work environment from passenger behaviour/safety/state of health to aircraft technical/safety awareness requires one to be alert with proficiency in observational skills aka 'situational awareness', excellent communication and a sincere teamwork focus along with an assertive and confident approach to every task required of them. Some passengers are travelling for nefarious purposes and we are trained to be aware of particular behaviours, some people may feel compelled to do silly things that can compromise the safety of everyone onboard. Some are travelling for challenging, traumatic extremely upsetting reasons, others for business or to participate in some exciting venture. We meet every type of person from the unremarkable, to truly delightful, others who may be challenging, questionable or just plain 'odd', then there are the celebrities, the famous and the fascinating. We even meet and care for persons in custody, both criminals and deportees along with their police escorts. There is almost no type of individual we don’t meet in our daily work, and throughout it all we must be prepared for ANYTHING! We don’t have the luxury of calling for the police, fire department or paramedics at 37,000 feet half way across the Pacific Ocean with 4 hours to the nearest diversion airport, nor can we just walk out if it all gets too tough. Typically new hires undergo an eight to twelve week training course prior to going flying out on line. It is largely comprised of safety related training, emergency procedures, aviation medicine, security - procedural, observational, interventional including not only self defence but restraint and extreme offensive countermeasures as may be necessary, dangerous goods handling, recognition and actions for any spillage, contamination or threat to aircraft/passenger safety, caring for those with sight or hearing impairments in addition to those with mobility or other physically limiting factors, company/airline industry regulatory awareness and proficiency (of which there is an extensive volume of information), manual handling including education in safe effective techniques for personal injury avoidance in unique dynamic environments such as the various areas of an aircraft cabin, aircraft (each type operated) and technical instruction, international cultural awareness, international customs (boarder control) familiarisation and procedures, dealing with unruly/belligerent passengers, unaccompanied minors and young persons (12-16 y.o.) travelling alone, and a whole heck of a lot more. The service training is then covered in the last one to three weeks depending upon course length, type of flying (domestic/international) and airline, then there is a great more service training once out on line flying supernumerary before graduating. Service training for first and business class typically comes later if one is deemed appropriate and competent to apply for the upgrade training. Some airline's training is much longer, low cost airline's training is much shorter at only 2-3 weeks and just cover the essential regulatory and emergency procedures with very limited to no customer care and service training at all. Each time a crew member signs on for a trip their competency in emergency procedures is assessed amongst other factors, and every 12 months they must undergo recurrent training to be re-certified to fly, oftentimes there are also other mandatory training and assessment days throughout the year. What you as a passenger may observe from your seat is 10% of their job and responsibilities. Like any job, it’s not for everyone, and everyone certainly does not have what it takes to be aircrew. It is an unfortunate fact that some airlines and colleagues give us a bad name as a consequence of unprofessional courteous conduct, but we most certainly are not maids or waitresses - far from it. Enjoy your next flight and stay safe. Cheers :)

Thanks for all that hard work. I admire these women and what they have had to put up with over the years.

Curious why you are telling us your mother's height and weight. I know that was a rule at some point in the industry, but why tell us this?

Seems you would have enjoyed 'Hooters Air', I suspect you believe nurses all ought to 25 with big boobs and tight skirts short enough to show their suspenders straps. Even if airlines did hire hosties that fulfil your creepy lascivious desires (there’s a few short haul low cost carriers in Asia that do) what on earth makes you think they would be interested in a shallow knob like you, or feel comfortable with you drooling over them as you stare at their cleavage or panty line? Get a tube of lube and try a different channel, you are obviously a fantasising 'wanker'! Perverts like you ought stick to rail or coaches.

Ditto

But weren’t the Pan Am F A the top of the line?

@@lisajeter9511 Status-wise yes, but their management at the time was misogynistic while United was not and since United was #2 status wise that was ok.

I think all of you should write a book! I'm sure you have a million stories.

Congratulations! Hope things work out well for you. Cheers! ❤

Congratulations!! And best wishes…. from a former Pan Am brat. Good luck with flight attendant training and your future career.

You don't have to worry about excessive turbulence.

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Congrats 😊