"you ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky......"
-The Replacements
Truth of the matter is that once upon a time air travel was very glamorous and prestigous, coupled w/ much less PC times when airlines could hire stewardesses, (not "flight attendants"), based on looks and personality. They were expected to entertain the big swinging dick businessmen who could afford to fly, and a large bonus of the job was considered to be the unfettered hunting ground for a husband w/ a good job, between the passengers and flight crew. Not many dudes had their wives or GFs along, so it was like when Cheney goes "hunting" on one of those pheasant breeding ranches.
Fast forward to the present with airlines eliminating in-flight peanuts to cut costs, combined w/ the government's ham-fisted attempts to stop terrorist attacks w/o actually casting a wayward eye at young Arabs w/ one-way tickets. Working as a flight attendant has about as much appeal as sweeping up a hair salon by the looks of who is doing it; there must be a secret union of homos and the women who love them who are bogarting the profession. The thrill is definitely gone in the U.S., but Icelandic Air still has the right idea from what I gather.
