And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I think that they offered a meal back then. Actually all over Asia, they still do - with every flight. In the US you're lucky to get a soft drink and peanuts.
The man in the photo wasn't called a flight attendant. They were called pursers then. My father was a purser at Eastern Airlines in the 30's and briefly after the war.
I think that they offered a meal back then. Actually all over Asia, they still do - with every flight. In the US you're lucky to get a soft drink and peanuts.
ReplyDeleteThe man in the photo wasn't called a flight attendant. They were called pursers then. My father was a purser at Eastern Airlines in the 30's and briefly after the war.
ReplyDeleteThe chief flight attendant on US airlines presently is still referred to as the purser.
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