Six and a half decades ago, Bette Nash, of Manassas, Virginia, got a job as a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines and has been pushing beverage carts and giving security instructions ever since. Bette – who is now in the Guinness Book of World Records for her long record-breaking career – took her first flight as a teenager and quickly fell in love with the crew members’ “bad looks and polite manners”, she told AirlineStaffRates. com. . Meet the world’s longest-serving flight attendant, 86, who has been an airline employee for 65 years and has seen the industry transition from using chalkboards to computers Dream job: Six and a half decades ago, Bette Nash, of Manassas, Virginia, got a job as a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines and has been pushing beverage carts ever since Love at first sight: Bette took her first flight as a teenager and quickly fell in love with the crew members’ “bad looks and polite manners,” she told AirlineStaffRates.com “I wanted to be a flight attendant from the first moment I stepped on a plane,” he also told CNN. “I was 16 years old and the flight attendant walked across the hall and I said, ‘This is for me.’ She started her career in 1957 when she was 21, and things were definitely different back then – flights were $12 when she first started and you didn’t have to book in advance. It used to hand out Marlborough cigarettes to passengers and served them lobster and carved meats on platters – but what has changed most is the technology. “Gone are the days of handwritten tickets, seat assignment stickers and chalkboards,” he said. Another thing that has transformed during her 65-year career is the way flight attendants dress. She started her career in 1957 when she was 21, and things were definitely different back then – flights were $12 when she first started and you didn’t have to book in advance Bette (shown second from left) used to hand out Marlborough cigarettes to passengers and serve them lobster on platters – but what has changed most is the technology “Gone are the days of handwritten tickets, seat assignment stickers and chalkboards,” said Bette. An airline ticket from 1955 is pictured on the left and a flight schedule from 1938 is pictured on the right Makeover: Another thing that has changed during her 65-year career is the way flight attendants dress “Dressing when I first started was very conservative, then we started really getting out there,” he recalled to CNN. After that, things started to calm down a bit. And while many things have changed since it began, there is one thing that has remained the same – the people. Many things have improved over the years, but there is one thing that has remained the same – the people. Bette said, “They have the same needs – some love and attention” “Maybe their dress changes, but people have the same needs — a little love and attention,” he told the Catholic Herald in 2017. Bette, who continued to work for American Airlines after its takeover of Eastern Airlines, is best known for her “warm hospitality” and is said to “greet every face with a smile” while keeping her uniform “perfectly pristine” anytime. according to AirlineStaffRates.com. A passenger named Simon Johnson told DailyMail.com in 2017: “I think what’s most amazing and impressive about Bette is the way she warms up the whole aircraft. “You walk in, you meet her, she knows your name, she remembers the conversation she had with you yesterday or last week or a month ago.” “I fly hundreds of thousands of miles a year, but these are always my best flights when Bette is on the plane,” another gushed to ABC recently. At this point, Bette is able to choose between either route and prefers to work the New York-Boston-Washington DC flights so she can get home in time to see her son, who is disabled, goodnight. Bette, who now works for American Airlines, is best known for her “warm hospitality” and is said to “greet every face with a smile” while keeping her uniform “perfectly pristine” at all times. A passenger named Simon Johnson told DailyMail.com in 2017: “I think what’s most amazing and impressive about Bette is the way she warms up the whole plane.” According to Bette, one of the highlights of her career was traveling with former First Lady Jackie Kennedy, who was the wife of President John F. Kennedy. She also likes to follow the same route because she is starting to recognize faces. “I love my people. I like being on the same flight all the time because I know my customers,” he explained to CNN. According to Bette, one of the highlights of her career was flying with former First Lady Jackie Kennedy, who was the wife of President John F. Kennedy. The flight attendant has no plans to retire anytime soon, adding: “As long as I’m healthy and able, why not work. it’s still fun” The 86-year-old, who is a black belt, is still strong enough to drag a sick passenger down the aisle and start CPR — something she must do every year to pass her annual FAA test to keep her job. “Bette has taken care of millions of our customers, around the world, over the past six decades,” American President and CEO Doug Parker said in 2017. “It’s the simple things she does every day, like greeting customers with a warm smile, thanking them for their business that have added to her legacy and her ability to create an airline that customers want to fly.” And the flight attendant has no plans to retire anytime soon. “It was just the perfect career path. It gives an outlet to my love of people and I like to think that I have provided good service to others,” he told AirlineStaffRates.com. “I thoroughly enjoy my three-minute conversations on board. And I’m often amazed at the interesting work, travels and lives people have. As long as I have my health and am able, why not work. It’s still fun.’ He added to CNN, “Even when I think I might retire, I come to work and think, ‘I can’t do this.’
