You Think You're a Frequent Flier (NYT Article on UA's Most Senior Flight Attendant)
Mar 18, 2012, 4:09 am
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You Think You're a Frequent Flier (NYT Article on UA's Most Senior Flight Attendant)
Mar 18, 2012, 5:05 am
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You Think You're a Frequent Flier (Article on UA's Most Senior Flight Attendant)
Below link links to a webpage summarizing a New York Times article about Ron Akana, the No. 1 Flight Attendant (in seniority) at UA. He's 83 years young. I, like the author, love the last line of the article. Sounds like this guy gets service!
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/...requent-flyer/
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/...requent-flyer/
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Mar 18, 2012 at 5:11 am Reason: corrected f/a's name
Mar 18, 2012, 5:14 am
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Works 9 days a month by my calculation. Nice gig. I remember the WSJ did a feature on a similarly aged female FA about a decade ago. In both cases, I was left wondering how they would perform in an actual emergency.
Mar 18, 2012, 5:18 am
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NW and now DL have an infamous old guy FA/purser who is known for deciding who he thinks should be up front, both paying passenges and FAs, and then being either nice or rude and condescending to the person. IMO he should have been fired decades ago.
Mar 18, 2012, 5:59 am
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Great story...although I do wonder in case of an emergency how he would help pax out of the exits etc etc
Just read the story again and he is not the oldest FA in the USA. Amazingly there is one at DL aged 87!
Just read the story again and he is not the oldest FA in the USA. Amazingly there is one at DL aged 87!
Mar 18, 2012, 6:14 am
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Mar 18, 2012, 6:30 am
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Wow a lovely story,hope though if an amergency occurred he would be able to cope with the situation, albeit though of course he would each year i expect have vigorous safety check exercises. Anyway good on him
Mar 18, 2012, 6:47 am
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That was Iris, who retired at about age 85. In the years leading up to her retirement she lived in SEA and commuted to SFO for the SFO-NRT flights. The one time I flew with her she worked FC. I enjoyed the brief time spent in the air with her, but at the time there were many who didn't share my thoughts on the matter.