The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-25
Walter WiHlcI1eu
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THINGS I NEVER KNEW TIL
NOW ABOUT FLIGHT ANGELS
No girl can become a hostess on
an airline unless she Is a registered
nurse -. The average hostess
career with an airline lasts slightly
less than one year. (The g1rls re-
ceive so many marriage proposals
they finally get tired of saying
MOI It's a popular fallacy
that the majority of air hostesses
marry pilots. lover eighty per cent
Of them marry outside of the bust
ness, usually passengers met aboard
their flights, or boys back home.)
Some companies call them
EoStesses, and others call them
Stewardesses- but in the profession
they are known as flight angels"
Air hoSteSSeS marry so rapidly that
American Airlines must train eighty
new ones each year. (They employ
ITO hoSteSseS which gives you an
ideal :. The word trouble" must
never be used by air hostesSes. "a
forced landing must be referred to
as a landing to make an adj
juStment.") A hostess salary
starts at 500 a month and is in
creased at intervals until It's $135
mo wonder they get so many pro-
posalsD =. Air hoSteSses in train
ing are referred to as "Dodo BIRDS.
HosteSseS must buy their own uni
forms. (And, also good Watch.) =.
There is a strict rule that their
weight must never exceed 100 pounds
4. Cts tougher than being a
movie starr . . They mustn't chew
gum while on duty They
mustn't smoke in public at any time
while in uniform +. ;. They mustn't
imbibe alcoholic beverages during
a flight or for twelve hours before
it-not even beer. Gwen when
they're off duty, they mustn't drink
in public place while in ;lniform.D
When passengers ask them
about their air experiences, the
routine nature of air transport
hostesses mustn't tell any "thrillers"
They must emphasize the routine
nature of air transportation)
Contrary to popular belief, air
hoStesses do not automatically lose
their jobs when they wed. Gap
r'icants for jobs as hostesses must
be unmarried, but a hostess who
is already working for an airline
may continue to do so after mar
riageD The American Air
Line requires its hoSteSses 10 read
Dale Carnegie's book. How to Win
Friends and Influence People (And
they must also follow Readers Dr.
Ge5t) According to the hos
tesses. there's very little airsickness
anymore. Cts all mental state
caused by excitement or fright.D
The requirements for applicants
lin addition to being unmarried and
{. registered nurse) are that they
must be between 81 and 26 years
old, between five feet three and
five feet five inches tall and weigh
between 1O5 and 100 pounds
Virginia Bruce, who plays an air
hostess in Warmers Flight Angels"
is five feet seven, which would have
barred her from becoming hostess
in real life. (Which proves that
evsn airline Officials make mis-
taEes) On sleeper ships, Snor-
ers are the hostess biggest prob
lem. Zone wrote in her report, with
10 passengers on the plane only one
slept-the one who Snored.'O
A hostess knows practically every
thing there is to know about each
passenger before he goes up the
gangplank. $50 you smart alecks
might just as we'll save yourselves
the trouble of handing her lineD
Every time a hostess boards
a plane, she has LIT articles OF
equipment to check and handle, in
Guiding chess and checker boards.
typeWriters, toothpicks and an cleo
trio shaver . According 10 hos
tesses, male passengers are more
considerate of them than Of their
wives. Jascha Heifetz (who isn't
Wife-beater) was once served cup
OF coffee while on a plane and didn't
touch it. The hostess finally no