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World’s Longest-Serving Flight Attendant Passes Away

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Bette Nash began her career in 1957 at Eastern Air Lines and continually flew since. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

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Carl Richter 10
Do what you love and love what you do. God bless you Bette. Rest in peace with the Lord.
iflyrjs
terry gersdorf 9
Had the pleasure of flying with Bette several times. RIP
srichardson2011
Bette Nash we thank you for your loyalty , Eastern airlines were so lucky to have such a hard working loyal employee . R.I.P Bette fly with angels now .
cnyflyboy
Stephen Donnelly 17
What a woman! May God take you now under his wing for your eternal flight
watkinssusan
rip..she started as a "stewardess"when fling was glamourous,people dressed and acted with class on a plane,and the entire aviation industry was getting started..a woman to be remembered and who saw many changes...
sparkie624
sparkie624 7
RIP - That is a long time to be a Flight Attendant.. Over 50 years... She is Cleared to "Flight Level Unlimited"
PlainSpeaking
Brent Bahler 2
Bette was 88 when she died.
Tweed757
Ted Morse 2
I loved flying with the Eastern, Panama Am, TWA flight attendants. They loved the job and it showed.
hwh888
hwh888 3
I can only admire a person with that much dedication and love of what she did for a living.
mgstrom
Mark Strom 2
I flew with Bette many times, she had some FANTASTIC stories to say the least !
skyeagle
Service excellence.
Miss . Bette Nash ,is a legend and an example what a Flight attendant should be.
She was usually mentioned at the training center in Dallas To flight Attendants trainees.
An impressive and a wonderful flying experience and dedication to Aviation and American Airlines.

Miss. Bette Nash’s had dedicated her entire life and prioritized her outstanding career as The world’s longest Known flight attendant.
She was very passionate , made her passengers feel special and was a pleasure as a crew member to fly With.
Our deepest condolences To family.
gkmoore
Kurt Moore 2
RIP, Bette! My mother worked as a FA on Eastern around the same time - they may have known each other. What an era that was!
anthony96
WOW 67 YEARS RIP BETTE
jenastreet
jena weber 1
Got to meet Bette at DCA last year. Told her about my mother who was one of the first era of
“Stewardesses” to fly (Chicago Southern).
swinkey58
Daniel Hagan 1
What a charming lady. Bette, you made my day!
Robertlk
Robert Kap 1
Just wonderful!
Mooney54
Michael Young 1
What a sweetheart and a blessing to the traveling public and those that worked with and knew her as such a special and kind human. We all are better for having her in our lives. Best a person can ask for..
WilliamFindlay
But my question is, where did Bette attend school for Nurses Training as most if not all, “Stewardesses” were a Registered Nurse. My wife Ann, a retired RN just wanted to know….
dee9bee
dee9bee 0
The RN requirement went away during WW2.
dee9bee
dee9bee 0
here's my source:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/11/first-flight-attendants-registered-nurses-requirement-disappeared-many-nurses-left-enlist-wwii/
Propwash122
Peter Fuller 0
“Nash started her career as a so-called “stewardess” for Eastern Air Lines in 1957, eventually ending up at American through a series of mergers.”

I wonder how she got from Eastern to American, since Eastern never merged with another company, but went bankrupt, ceased operations and was liquidated in 1991. Did she lose her job and then hire on at American? Or did she go along when Eastern sold its Latin American operations to American? Or did she go with the air shuttle operation to the Trump Shuttle, later acquired by USAir which is now American?

No matter the route of her long and winding path, it’s a record that may never be broken. Rest in peace, Bette Nash!

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59Captain
M. R. 1
Wow, it was about her dedication to service in flight not about what cancer she had and the battle it took to survive how ever long she had it this horrible condition
G4UCJ
G4UCJ 1
I *THINK* this comment was meant as a dig at the usual tabloid articles that are to be read everywhere that tend to focus on the wrong parts of the story, such as the illness and age (almost every article I read seems to mention the age of the person involved, multiple times and quite often that age changes through the article). If I have misread the intention of that comment, then I apologise to all as it would therefore be a reprehensible comment. I cannot image working for 65+ years in the same job, that is true dedication. RIP

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