Posted on 06/08/2005 6:17:39 AM PDT by Constitution Day
What differenciates these stewardesses from others?
A trained flight attendant is licensed by the FAA and among other things must be qualified to administer emergency medical care, operate safety equipment, deploy emergency equipment and fight fires.
For a good look at what the job of a flight attendant is all about, get yourself a copy of the movie Airport.
You owe me a keyboard for that one.
That's if they take the time away from hanging around the back of the plane , out of sight from the passengers. What makes you think the Hooters girls can't do the same things? Not in your union?
You're right, I didn't read the whole thread before posting. Shoot first and be taken away in handcuffs later, that's me.
Well, I've never been a member of any union, but I've never worked for an airline and you can't seem to understand that fact either. But Hooters girls don't get the training and FAA recognition that flight attendants do. That's even recognized by Hooters Air, which supplies the FAA-required number of flight attendants on each flight, to which they add some girls who apparently get paid enough to shake their boobies in your face that they're willing to take your abuse. They must get paid a lot, as they don't even get the tip you presumably would normally leave the Hooters waitress you'd abuse when on the ground at a restaurant.
I wish you would. You sound like a very unhappy person. Moving to another country might cheer you up.
LOL- been there, done that, got the charred t-shirt.
Hell, when Braniff Airlines flew me into Ton Son Nhut (Saigon) to go to war and back home again, the 'stews' were foxy young round butts in mini-skirts. A stewardess was probably among the most well groomed lookers in America. Even those with average looks were foxes, as well groomed and dressed as they were. The uniforms flattered the female attributes.
Nam Vet
Well, seeing Americans behave like jackasses in a foreign country is enough to embarass any decent American. That's why in the past there were a lot of decent Americans who pretended to be Canadians so that they would have a better time in other countries. It's the exact same sentiment that makes this Canadian want to cringe whenever my countrymen puff themselves up as "morally superior" to anyone else and it's why I, and many other Canadians, refuse to advertise our nationality to foreigners who don't know us. Protecting himself from possible embarassment and/or abuse while on vacation may not help the image of the American people but give him a break. Not only is there nothing unpatriotic in the act of exposing the flaws in one's country, it is a patriotic duty to do so, which is why your extremely wise Founders came up with the First Amendment.
Damn this is fun. Four rants in a single thread :-)))))
Not a chance, Jane. Your appraisal's wrong too. You'd be wiser not to jump to conclusions--and such silly ones at that.
I agree completely, but can you imagine how your average 40 or 50 something US carrier flight attendant would look in a Singapore Girl uniform? It would create a whole new reason for stocking up on air sickness bags.
Actually, when travelling in other countries, I'm very happy to be recognized as American though I don't particularly flaunt it. (As European friends have observed, I don't have to. I radiate it.)
Jane completely missed the point. (Sorry, Jane, you'll have to read more carefully and do some reflecting to avoid such mistakes in the future.)
It's fun being American.
(Sorry, Jane, but your remark did make me mad.)
(I know. I know. It's silly, here in anonymityland. But if she could see me, I'd stick my tongue out at her.
There! Take that, Jane!)
(But it's good for everyone to know that, even someone so close to perfection as I, can get irked from time to time--and can even show an occasional transient moment of pettiness. Such is the human condition until one reaches the true perfection of nirvana.)
(There! Take that again, your LADYSHIP!)
(...transient moment or two)
LOL. Calm down big fella, calm down!
I made that trip too, but things have changed in the last forty years amigo, a lot.
still good advice, in or out of context ;-)
I will not claim that you owe me because the laughs I got were so desperately needed after reading the day's news in Canada that I'll gladly pay the ten bucks for a new keyboard. Yesterday's rants are nothing compared to the 4.6 kilotonne cerebral detonation that occurred in my home a couple of hours ago.
I'm calmed down now. In fact-- What were fighting about, anyway?
It's me--back to my usual loveable, bundle-of-joy, true, sweet, cuddly self.
I'm sorry I said...whatever I said...and I'm sorry I stuck my tongue out at you. Both times. Here's a big fat kiss:
...just for you.
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