Meet the 81-year-old woman who’s spent 60 years as a flight attendant

Meet the 81-year-old woman who’s spent 60 years as a flight attendant

New Zealand Herald, 27 November 2017 – Eastern Air Lines, US Airways and, yes, even Trump Shuttle. Bankruptcies and at least one strike. Nash has weathered them all. And now, entering her seventh decade of flying, no one is as surprised as she.

Ten years ago, when Nash was feted on her 50th anniversary as a flight attendant with a rare water cannon salute (a tribute usually reserved for a retiring captain or an officer), she laughed at the suggestion that she would be around for her 60th.

Yet here she is – stylish brown updo kept in place with three tiny brown clips, a bit of sparkle on her eyelids and just the right amount of blush. Read more…