Kip Powick Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 CNN........... http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/aviation/bette-nash-oldest-flight-attendant/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Well, I might as well be the one to say - RETIRE ALREADY! I've worked with my fair share of "older" FAs. They might be the friendliest and most caring person possible. They might be the best airline ambassador imaginable, but when it comes right down to it I wouldn't want them to be the one manning the L2 door on a dark and stormy night. Sorry, but an 80 year old woman cannot be expected to do the job. I don't mean the job of serving coffee and smiling at babies. I mean the job of dragging unconscious people down the aisle to the slide. And, just to be clear, I'm not being sexist 'cause I don't think an 80 year old man would be up to it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Hard to believe...she's probably a great employee but how she can carry all the duties required of an FA is beyond me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I invite you to have the "Retire Already!" conversation with my father. Some people just can't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 56 minutes ago, seeker said: Well, I might as well be the one to say - RETIRE ALREADY! I've worked with my fair share of "older" FAs. They might be the friendliest and most caring person possible. They might be the best airline ambassador imaginable, but when it comes right down to it I wouldn't want them to be the one manning the L2 door on a dark and stormy night. Sorry, but an 80 year old woman cannot be expected to do the job. I don't mean the job of serving coffee and smiling at babies. I mean the job of dragging unconscious people down the aisle to the slide. And, just to be clear, I'm not being sexist 'cause I don't think an 80 year old man would be up to it either. I don't think it's necessarily an age thing. There are many younger wide body, as in super sized, and waif type F/As that would have trouble moving their own bodies down the aisle to the L2 door on that same stormy night let alone trying to get around the unconscious pax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 Ron Anaka , I believe has the record...FA for 63 years for United....since retired, but still holds the Guinness world record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 seeker : " I mean the job of dragging unconscious people down the aisle to the slide. And, just to be clear, I'm not being sexist 'cause I don't think an 80 year old man would be up to it either. " that is not part of what a FA is expected to do. I well remember when the subject came up of a quadriplegic having the right to self declare that they didn't need an attendant, "what if " in the case of an emergency evacuation, the conscientious from the feds was that that individual would simply be left behind with no onus on the FA to perform a rescue (same would apply to an unconscious passenger), but of course they forgot about basic human nature where the FA would try their to perform such a rescue. https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/publication/travelling-with-an-attendant#toc-tm-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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