that said...from the article.
Then we transitioned from wool skirts to polyester hot pants, which added a whole new dimension to the smoking issue, she said, explaining: Passengers would have their elbows on the armrest and then plop their hand out into the aisle with a lighted cigarette in it. So we would have to try to dodge it. In a wool dress, it was less of an issue because you could brush off the ash, but when PSA went to polyester hot pants youd often get a cigarette burn hole on your pantyhose, and you were lucky not to get a more severe burn on your leg.
“Those bad old days when there were stewardesses and you weren’t just cattle. “
And the stewardesses were not old enough to be your mother!