Originally Posted by newyorklondon

This article in the Guardian (from the Observer archives: 11 January, 1970) is quite interesting in its discussion of how - by 1970 - the 'jet age' had already begin to lose its sheen (But the piece soon brings us down to earth, asking whether it’s a ‘marvellous, relaxed way to travel’ or a ‘tense, irritating experience that will place more and more demands on the human-fatigue factor’.)

But buried in the article is this nugget: The airlines’ view towards guide dogs was rather draconian – they had to be ‘muzzled and drugged’. Still, that’s nothing compared with the treatment of air hostesses. BOAC had ‘compulsory retirement after 10 years’...

Is that really true? When was that phased out?