Shocking, isn't?

hubbabubba

Charter Member
Read in British "Flight" magazine, April 18, 1935, under "Commercial Aviation" column;

"Swissair services have been operating with considerable success and the "Douglas" seems popular. Stewardesses add a new and cheerful note to European travel, though it is doubtful if the idea will spread. Illogically, perhaps, we associate male waiters with first-class service, in this country at least."

Of course, the label "flight attendant" was still to be invented...:kilroy:
 
Nothing was thoroughly popular in its first days.
Just look at travel by rail. Warnings of "speed sickness" because of those awful 30kph, complaints about ash from the engine, etc...

Btw: I wonder if the job of a stewardess can be regarded as a symbol for the success of the female emancipation. They could order everyone around in an emergency after all... :d
 
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