Flight attendant says goodbye after 50 years.

[Johnboy60]

‘Queen of Aloha’ works final flight, fondly recalls different era of flying

HONOLULU - When Patti Smart was hired as an Aloha Airlines stewardess 50 years ago, it was a different job for a different time.

She rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra, performed in-flight fashion shows and danced in smoke-filled aisles aboard cramped DC-3s seating two dozen passengers.

Smart, nicknamed the "Queen of Aloha," retires Friday after more than a half-century on the job she started when she was 18 years old.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22025684/

 

[simplicity]

It's great when a job lasts that long. I guess she had a lot of fun as a stewardess. I'm thinking it's not a great job for a person who wants to settle down and have children.

 

[wiggsfly]

Pretty cool. Most of us could only hope for that kind of job security.

 

[wpiman2]

I really don't like getting served by old flight attendants. Good move.