Airport and Airport 1975

Dave J wrote:
Fair enough. For the record I was as-yet unborn when the first film
came out, and not long walking for the second. In my opinion, though,
some shots might have been better left out altogether, leaving it to
the imagination.

I'll also say this about the generation gap. I clearly missed the days
when people dressed up to fly, or when flight attendants flirted with
anybody.

I remember when almost all of them were women that you would want to have
flirt with you.

Gig 601XL Builder writes:

I remember when almost all of them were women that you would want to have
flirt with you.

They are the same women today.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Gig 601XL Builder writes:

I remember when almost all of them were women that you would want to have
flirt with you.

They are the same women today.


indeed. But we (macho chauvinistic pigs) were hoping that they would have
retired by now and replaced by younger / attractive generations :-)

ok, I am ducking now,

--Sylvain

Sylvain writes:

indeed. But we (macho chauvinistic pigs) were hoping that they would have
retired by now and replaced by younger / attractive generations :-)

In the early days of aviation there were mostly young FAs because aviation was
itself too young to produce old FAs, at least in any quantity.

Now, decades later, there have been many thousands of FAs working for decades
and so the number of older FAs with substantial seniority has greatly
increased. For FAs, seniority is everything, since once one has learned to
carry out the job competently, there are no other criteria of advancement (the
job can only be done so well).

Seniority is important for pilots, too, but there are other factors. Piloting
is a job in which one learns indefinitely from experience, so that's a factor.
Also, pilots are required to retire at a fairly young age, which prevents
seniority from becoming too much of an issue.

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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Sylvain writes:

indeed. But we (macho chauvinistic pigs) were hoping that they would
have retired by now and replaced by younger / attractive generations
:-)

In the early days of aviation there were mostly young FAs because
aviation was itself too young to produce old FAs, at least in any
quantity.

Nope, wrong again.

Bertie

Hi,


In article ,
wrote:
Piloting is a job in which one learns indefinitely from experience

Nobody else spot this little gem? Seems like a bit of an about face to me.

Andy

Mxsmanic wrote:
Sylvain writes:

indeed. But we (macho chauvinistic pigs) were hoping that they
would have retired by now and replaced by younger / attractive
generations :-)

In the early days of aviation there were mostly young FAs because
aviation was itself too young to produce old FAs, at least in any
quantity.

Now, decades later, there have been many thousands of FAs working for
decades and so the number of older FAs with substantial seniority has
greatly increased. For FAs, seniority is everything, since once one
has learned to carry out the job competently, there are no other
criteria of advancement (the job can only be done so well).

Seniority is important for pilots, too, but there are other factors.
Piloting is a job in which one learns indefinitely from experience,
so that's a factor. Also, pilots are required to retire at a fairly
young age, which prevents seniority from becoming too much of an
issue.


DATA POINT
This morning on NPR they did their weekly series where one person interviews
another. Ususally an adult child or grandchild interviewing a parent or
grandparent. This morning it was a son interviewing his mother who was hired
as a stewerdess fro Delta in 1949. She had to quit (airline rule at the
time) when she got married.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Sylvain writes:

indeed. But we (macho chauvinistic pigs) were hoping that they
would have retired by now and replaced by younger / attractive
generations :-)

In the early days of aviation there were mostly young FAs because
aviation was itself too young to produce old FAs, at least in any
quantity.

Now, decades later, there have been many thousands of FAs working for
decades and so the number of older FAs with substantial seniority has
greatly increased. For FAs, seniority is everything, since once one
has learned to carry out the job competently, there are no other
criteria of advancement (the job can only be done so well).

Seniority is important for pilots, too, but there are other factors.
Piloting is a job in which one learns indefinitely from experience,
so that's a factor. Also, pilots are required to retire at a fairly
young age, which prevents seniority from becoming too much of an
issue.


DATA POINT
This morning on NPR they did their weekly series where one person
interviews another. Ususally an adult child or grandchild interviewing
a parent or grandparent. This morning it was a son interviewing his
mother who was hired as a stewerdess fro Delta in 1949. She had to
quit (airline rule at the time) when she got married.

Proper order too.

Bertie