Flight Attendant Day 12 July. Holiday of the air profession - Day of the civil aviation flight attendant. Flight attendant - a romantic or dangerous profession
A brilliant liner, blue heights - and in a matter of hours a person descends the ladder to unfamiliar lands, located thousands of kilometers from home. For some, air travel has become a part of life. And someone climbs aboard with trembling legs.
Despite popular belief, air transport is among the safest. Passengers have little to worry about, entrusting their lives to experienced pilots.
And the comfort and safety during the flight will be taken care of by the stewards and flight attendants, who are perfectly trained and know how to find ways out in difficult or unforeseen situations. The professional holiday of the World Flight Attendant Day is dedicated to these workers. civil aviation, which is celebrated annually on July 12th.
Is flight attendant a romantic or dangerous profession?
Lovely and always smiling stewardesses, strict and collected stewards are the usual accompaniment during the flight.
They know several languages, are able to communicate with unbalanced personalities, are able to provide medical assistance, and have experience in serving passengers.
This combination of the qualities of a psychologist, a physician, a waiter, and an interpreter is embodied in the romantic and difficult profession of a flight attendant.
These people have to regularly change time zones, travel thousands of kilometers in the air, while remaining friendly and polite.
New countries, lands, people on the one hand resist constant overloads, inadequate communication and many hours of stay at high altitudes. So decide how much the romantic profession of a flight attendant is life-threatening.
The history of the profession goes back over 80 years. The first passenger traffic did not provide for the presence of an additional person on board the aircraft. The functions of a flight attendant were performed by the co-pilot.
They thought about flight safety in Germany - and in 1928, a liner took to the skies, on which a steward served passengers. His duties included ensuring the comfort of passengers. Therefore, stewards were recruited from among the waiters of elite restaurants.
In America in 1930, the idea arose to invite girls as flight attendants.
This idea was supported by the requirement to attract pretty girls who would create additional advertising for passenger air travel. In addition, the fair sex has less weight, which was important at that time for flights.
The title of the first flight attendant was received by Ellen Church, who lives in the state of Iowa. The girl was fond of flying and took private lessons in aerobatics. Therefore, she ventured to offer her services to the airline, which, surprisingly, ventured to try a woman in the role of a flight attendant.
The girl passed the test, and she was instructed to recruit the first squad of flight attendants. The group consisted of seven nurses. The main requirements for them were: age - up to 25 years and weight - up to 52 kilograms.
International Flight Attendant Day: Who's Celebrating?
Modern flight attendants do not have the same weight requirements as the first flight attendants. But to become a flight attendant, you have to graduate from a special educational institution. In addition, when choosing personnel, airlines adhere to the principles of the three O.
A: the image is external. Attention is paid to speech, facial expressions, physical attractiveness, makeup, and the ability to keep oneself.
A: the image is internal. We are talking about certain character traits: self-control, restraint, sociability, stress resistance, decisiveness.
A: the image is professional. Here applicants are required to show the knowledge and skills that they have acquired in an educational institution or at a previous job.
A modern flight attendant is a guarantee of ensuring the comfort and safety of passengers during the flight.
Airlines are trying to emphasize the image of the company through the appearance of the flight attendants. To do this, companies select special uniforms for flight attendants, which can reflect national motives. Form ideas can be based on elegance, rigor or sexuality.
It is the people of this profession that celebrate their professional holiday on July 12 - World Day of the Civil Aviation Flight Attendant.
They are, of course, joined by colleagues, friends and relatives. Students and teachers of specialized educational institutions are not lagging behind.
World Day of the Civil Aviation Flight Attendant 12 July: holiday traditions
International Flight Attendant Day is celebrated not only by Russian stewards and flight attendants. The holiday unites flight attendants from all over the world. The celebration usually takes place with colleagues and friends - in a restaurant or outdoors. Words of greetings and sincere congratulations sound.
A toast is necessarily pronounced, in which they wish, the coincidence of the number of take-offs with landings.
On this day, the management of the airlines tries to celebrate the best and professional employees, who are awarded certificates, cash prizes, and valuable prizes.
The importance of flight attendants in providing service to the airline is noted.
The purpose of the event is to attract attention to the profession of young people, to raise the prestige of the profession.
On July 12, flight attendants from all over the world celebrate their professional holiday. In the aviation industry, the vast majority of flight attendants have long been women and all passengers are used to calling them flight attendants. Our site is happy to congratulate all the flight attendants and wish them pleasant flights and soft landings!
- The white plane takes flight
- A stewardess meets us on board - just class!
- It will fasten the straps to everyone, and pour some water for everyone,
- Happy holiday to you, beauty, aviation find!
A bit of history and facts
- The girls weighed less, which was a weighty argument in those years.
- The passengers at that time were mostly men, whom the young girls were much more satisfied with.
A simple story about a flight attendant.
Even now, when asked about her future profession, a little girl can answer - as a flight attendant.
And earlier, at the dawn of aviation development, it was the most popular and most unattainable dream of many girls and women! Although the first stewards were men. Their duties included helping the passenger boarding and disembarking from the aircraft. And service them during the flight. Then they were recruited from the waiters of fashionable restaurants. And they had nothing to do with technology. Already on the Zeppelin airships, there were specially trained specialists in the crew to help passengers with accommodation and to create comfort.
With the rapid growth of aviation, and in particular civil aviation, the question arose about the need for an assistant pilot, a steward, who, only deals with passengers, their safety, provides medical assistance, in general, tries to ensure that demanding, capricious and inquisitive passengers do not interfere to the pilot.
So the first steward was a man invited by Lufthansa in 1928. He flew a Junkers F-13, with four passengers on board.
In 1930, the American transport company Boeing Air Transport (United Airlines), became interested in the experience of German colleagues, and decided to create a similar service on its lines. Ellen Church, a nurse from San Francisco, contributed a lot to this. She took private piloting lessons. And at the end of the course I came to the Boeing manager with a request to hire her as a pilot. She received an offer to assemble and lead the first small squad of female nurses to work as flight attendants - flight attendants on airlines. The company's management made the right bet.
The fact is that, in those years, air and passenger transportation was not only a new business, but also quite dangerous. And the presence on board, in flight, of a fragile pretty girl, as a member of the crew, calmed even the most nervous and fearful passengers. And Ellen's main profession, in flight, could come in handy. Low flight altitudes led to strong turbulence in surface wind currents. Few endured such an ordeal well. This is where Ellen Church's training as a nurse came in handy.
The selection of seven nurses for the first group of flight attendants was very cruel, even by modern standards. Professional nurse. Not older than 25 years. Weighing no more than 115 pounds, which is about 52 kg. Smaller growth was desired. Not higher than 163 cm. And the first uniform of the girls was a simple medical gown. There were also conditions that are not very fond of recalling in America now. Girls had no right to marry and have children. They were paid, by those standards, a very decent amount, $ 125 a month. But there were a lot of responsibilities, which the current "goddesses of the air" do not even suspect. For example, their duties included helping the crew in rolling out the aircraft from the hangar, refueling. Loading luggage and cleaning the plane. They were the guides and told the passengers about the places over which the flight took place.
In addition, they provided medical services and fed everyone. And they even caught flies, distributed gum and cleaned their shoes to customers! As you can see, there was a lot of work. And, nevertheless, when other airlines followed the example of Boeing Air Transport, who wanted “heavenly girls” (they were called so then), there was a huge number! Only during the Second World War, due to the massive recruitment of nurses into the army, the selection criteria for girls were somewhat softened. And they began to recruit any suitable girls.
FUN that in a country of "developed democracy"
the age criterion was canceled only in the 70s.
And the ban on marriage and children as much as 80m!
Today, it is wrong to perceive a flight attendant as a servant who feeds you and looks after you. First of all, the flight attendant must ensure your safety. And the training program for modern flight attendants resembles the training of special forces! Remember, the stewardess on board is a hospitable hostess who temporarily hosts you at her home. She is not a hand-in-hand maid, but a full-fledged member of the aircraft crew. If necessary, she even fly the plane, such courses are also included in the training program. Behave like visiting good friends. And happy flight to you!
It is interesting:
* The deadline for a flight attendant to work in Russia is 45 years.
* The most defiant uniforms were worn by the girls of the American airline Hooters Air. Under the motto "fly hot". The girls were dressed in T-shirts and short boxer panties. The company closed in 2006, but the orange shorts and plunging necklines of flight attendants are still remembered throughout America.
* Thai airline P.C / Air employs transsexuals with a third gender badge. Be carefull!
* Yugoslavian stewardess Vulovich Vesna, survived a fall from 10,000 meters!
* Stewardesses are trained in Russia for 2-3 months. Each company has its own methodology.
* In 2008, a Canadian flight attendant herself landed a plane with passengers at Shannon Airport. The commander "went crazy", and the co-pilot was wounded, trying to reason with a colleague.
Every year, their professional holiday - - is celebrated by representatives of one of the most romantic specialties in the world, better known to us as stewards and flight attendants.
It may seem surprising, but this profession is over 80 years old. It is believed that it originated in Germany in 1928, when a special person began to take on board the plane, whose duties included providing service during the flight - a steward. Previously, this was done by the co-pilot of the aircraft, which was risky from the point of view of flight safety.
At first, the functions of flight attendants were performed by men - most often they were former waiters of expensive restaurants. However, already in 1930 in the United States, the idea arose to attract attractive girls to work - this was supposed to be an additional advertisement for passenger air travel. There was one more argument in favor of the fair sex: they weighed less, which was of great importance for the aircraft of that time.
Ellen Church (1904-1965) from Iowa is called the first flight attendant in the history of aviation. On her maiden flight in this capacity, she departed in 1930 on a flight from Oakland to Chicago for air transport Boeing.
Ellen Church (standing in the doorway, left) became the world's first flight attendant
Ellen graduated from nursing courses, in addition, she privately took lessons in aircraft management - this served as a decisive argument in her favor: the girl herself offered her services to the airline. Moreover, it was Miss Church who was tasked with recruiting the first group to train future flight attendants; they were seven nurses under the age of 25 and weighing no more than 52 kilograms.
The weight of the flight attendant is not that important these days. But when recruiting personnel, the principle of "three O" is often used: this is an external image (speech, facial expressions, make-up, external attractiveness); an internal image (the presence of the necessary character traits); professional image (professional knowledge and skills).
The main responsibility of a modern flight attendant is to ensure the safety of passengers during the flight. In addition, stewards and flight attendants do everything to make passengers feel comfortable.
If you want to see the world -
It is best to fly by plane.
Coziness and comfort on board the aircraft,
The flight attendant creates it!
May everything in your life be in order
May takeoffs and landings be safe
Flight weather, happiness and patience,
Always good luck and luck in everything!
Aviation makes it possible to move goods and people over considerable distances in a short time. Despite the common misconception, this type of transport is one of the safest. It is an important part of the economy of developed countries. An international professional holiday is dedicated to specialists employed in this industry.
Who is celebrating
The event is attended by civil aviation flight attendants. The holiday is celebrated by employees aviation enterprises, teachers, students, course participants, graduates of specialized educational institutions. Their relatives, friends, acquaintances, close people join the action.
History and traditions of the holiday
The holiday appeared after the formation of a similar profession in the 1920s. It first appeared in Germany in 1928, where the functions of passenger service were transferred from the co-pilot to a specially trained person. This decision was dictated by security considerations. Thus, the crew was freed from performing extraneous tasks.
The purpose of the event is to increase the prestige of flight attendants, to draw attention to their problems, to familiarize themselves with their ranks. Such an action demonstrates the high role of employees in the competitive struggle of companies.
International Flight Attendant Day 2020 brings together specialists from many countries of the world, including Russia. Colleagues and their acquaintances, relatives, friends, and close people gather at festive tables in cafes and restaurants. Participants exchange experience, discuss innovations. Congratulations, wishes of health, success in responsible work sound. Pronunciation of the traditional toast that the number of takeoffs coincides with the number of landings is becoming an invariable attribute of celebrations.
Distinguished employees are awarded certificates of honor and valuable gifts. The management notes the important role of employees in providing high service.
The media prepares programs about the history of the industry. The main characters of the stories and interviews are civil aviation veterans, former and current flight attendants. They talk about their life path, interesting experiences during flights. Activities often take place in nature if the weather in the summer month is favorable. The picnic is accompanied by swimming, fishing and cooking on an open fire.
About the profession
Civil aviation flight attendants perform tasks of serving passengers during flights. They are required to advise, provide the prescribed food and drink.
The path to the profession begins after completing courses or an educational institution. The graduate masters the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Only those who have passed the required exams are allowed to work.
The employees are subject to strict requirements for knowledge of foreign languages and the level of service. The steward must have first aid skills.
The activity is classified as hazardous to life and health. It is caused not only by significant stresses, possible disasters, but also by prolonged radiation exposure. His background during the flight in upper layers atmosphere is much higher than on the surface of the Earth. In the West, the profession of a boat attendant is highly paid and in demand due to the large fleet of liners of numerous airlines.