Labor & Economic News Blog
Monday, September 24, 2007
'Clipped' Delta flight attendants reunite
'Clipped' Delta flight attendants reuniteMost became flight attendants when flight attendants were called stewardesses. They had to be single, under a certain weight and age, and wear heels and sometimes gloves and always girdles. "I had a supervisor thump my bottom to find out whether I had a girdle on," recalls Kathy Roper, 62, a retired Delta flight attendant. Most of them flew friendlier skies. Passengers wore coats and ties and dresses and furs. Now, Roper says, "you're lucky if they have a shirt on." Flying was more of an adventure, still something of a small miracle.
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