Originally Posted by babybyrd

oh i know
i was being a bit flippant and fernickity
but just wanted to make the point that not everything is better younger : )

sipping a nice AGED wine as i type - cheers

Originally Posted by babybyrd

without sounding too serious

i am 48
i am a flight attendant on long haul and i have been for over 23 years
do i look as good as a 22 year old blonde? no i probably dont

but, without generalising, my life experience means that i can probably empathise with you more than the 22 year old can if youre travelling home for a parents funeral or to be at their sickbed, i can relate to a wider variety of people and as i have been doing the job this long you can know for sure that i am doing the job because i love it NOT just cause its a good way to see the world (cause take it from me i have now seen it 10 times over!)and go to good places for parties and shopping-

(can i look after you if youre sick or have a heart attack or a panic attack? can i get you out of your seat if youre unconcious, assess your condition and administer a defibrillator, do cpr, administer morphine based drugs on you? yes i can
can i throw you out of a toilet if youve set it on fire having a sneaky fag and squirt a fire extinguisher? yes
can i physically handcuff restrain you and tie you into your seat of your deserving of it? again - yes)

of course these things dont happen every day but to keep the job and your license to fly you get tested every year

you have to show you can drag a life size and realistically weighted dummy from a chamber ( airplane mock up) thats pitch black and filled with smoke while wearing a smoke hood

we have to be able to extinguish fires

straddle a dummy and do cpr

those are probably the most physical parts of our annual exams
but theres also a LOT of mental/memory tests about all teh proceedures and equipment we have on board ( 90% of which most of you will never even be aware of) and all of this on up to 3 different aircraft types

so if a woman of 73 CAN cope with all this AND cope with mega time changes and very long hours on her feet and with no sleep, then seriously she deserves some respect and admiration

sermon over ( forgive me - ive flown 16 hours out of the last 36 - my varicose veins are playing up and my wig has squeesed so tight ive got a headache - not to mention that my incontinence pad needs changing )

Originally Posted by drop step

I'm a commercial pilot, I trained for 8 years before getting my first job and I always laugh when flight attendants act like they are an integral part of the crew... When the plane goes down and the only lights in the cabin are the ones coming from a fuel fire nobodies going to listen to that 20 year old bubble head with 4 weeks of training. No, they'll be climbing the walls, climbing over the seats, and climbing over there fellow passengers to get to the fresh air.

Flying waitress

Originally Posted by gingerert

I f.cking HATE American Airlines! Their O'Hare - Manchester flight has only one aisle, which is impossible to navigate with a small child and flight attendants coming up and down with trolleys. I have NEVER been on an AA flight with polite, helpful staff either at check-in or on the plane itself, and I swore last time I flew to the UK that it would be my last with AA. They're just so f.cking miserable and the quality of your flight experience is terrible.

I am seriously considering just spending the dough and going with Premium Economy seats on Virgin this time (next June)... unless Cindy has another suggestion...?

Originally Posted by drop step

I'm a commercial pilot, I trained for 8 years before getting my first job and I always laugh when flight attendants act like they are an integral part of the crew... When the plane goes down and the only lights in the cabin are the ones coming from a fuel fire nobodies going to listen to that 20 year old bubble head with 4 weeks of training. No, they'll be climbing the walls, climbing over the seats, and climbing over fellow passengers to get to the fresh air.

Flying waitress

Originally Posted by Kaffy Mintcake

I don't for one minute believe that you're a commercial pilot with that comment.

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl

Nice try...I'd stick to golf if I were you.

Originally Posted by drop step

I'm not going to argue with you...I'm just telling you that I have every pilots license and rating known to man..Private, Commercial, CFI, CFII, Multi engine, ATP and instrument ratings...

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl

Course you do.

Originally Posted by drop step

I'm an expert on this subject and i'm merely adding my two cents to the discussion. I don't care if you think i'm a garbage man, can collector, baggage handler or a homeless man..I'm not trying to impress anybody here

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl

Course you're not.

Originally Posted by drop step

I'm a commercial pilot, I trained for 8 years before getting my first job and I always laugh when flight attendants act like they are an integral part of the crew... When the plane goes down and the only lights in the cabin are the ones coming from a fuel fire nobodies going to listen to that 20 year old bubble head with 4 weeks of training. No, they'll be climbing the walls, climbing over the seats, and climbing over fellow passengers to get to the fresh air.

Flying waitress

Originally Posted by MadRad

If the flight attendant is a flying waitress, I guess that makes you a flying bus driver.

Originally Posted by MadRad

If the flight attendant is a flying waitress, I guess that makes you a flying bus driver.