A major change in policy at American Airlines could be the end of the road for an 86-year-old flight attendant who holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest flight attendant in the world.
With more than 65 years of flying under her belt, it may be time for AA's #1 most senior flight attendant to retire.
She doesn't do a lot of flying nowadays, but she usually operates the short hop between her base in Boston andWashington DC.
The flight has been affectionately dubbed the "Nash Dash" due to the routine presence of Bette on it.
The smallest plane in the American Airlines fleet has a capacity for 128 passengers. She doesn't operate long-haul flights anymore, so she's only trained on AA's fleet.
All of American Airlines flight attendants will need to be trained on all aircraft types by the end of the decade. As well as the A320 series aircraft, American Airlines also has a number of other types of aircraft.
Compared to other carriers, this policy change makes sense and is something that has been done before. It has been difficult for an airline like American with lots of senior crew who joined from various mergers and acquisitions.
JonNYC notes that this could be the end of the road for some extremely senior flight attendants if they need to get training for the new Boeing 797.
AA:
all FAs need to be trained on all aircraft by the end of 2023.
—JonNYC
According to JonNYC, crew bases that serve international premium destinations will be the first to require all flight attendants to be trained across all aircraft types.
Flight attendants need to be trained in different inflight service routines in addition to learning safety and emergency drills.
It is possible that senior flight attendants would not want to go through this training.
Will she have to be trained on all aircraft types? Is it possible that Bette could work on long-haul flights again in the future? We tried to get in touch with American Airlines but they were unwilling to discuss the matter.
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