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☆ Bette Nash, Longest-Serving Flight Attendant in the World, Dies at 88
  + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
Bette Nash, whose nearly seven decades of serving airline passengers aboard the Washington-to-Boston shuttle earned the route the nickname the Nash Dash and won her a spot in Guinness World Records as the longest-serving flight attendant in history, died on May 17. Ms. Nash never officially retired, and her death, from breast cancer, was announced on Saturday by her employer, American Airlines. She lived in Manassas, Va.Ms. Nash entered service with Eastern Air Lines in November 1957, at the dawn of the jet age. Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, “I Love Lucy” was on TV and even short domestic flights were still a glamorous adventure. Wearing white gloves, heels and a pillbox hat, Ms. Nash served lobster and champagne, carved roast beef by request and passed out after-dinner cigarettes.
Persons: Bette Nash, Nash, Dwight D, Eisenhower, “, Lucy ” Organizations: Boston, Guinness World Records, American Airlines, Eastern Air Lines Locations: Washington, Manassas, Va
☆ Bette Nash, American Airlines: World’s longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88
  + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Karla Cripps | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
CNN —Bette Nash, holder of the Guinness World Record for longest-serving flight attendant, has died at the age of 88, according to statements from American Airlines and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. “She started in 1957 and held the Guinness World Record for longest-serving flight attendant. Fly high, Bette.”The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), the union representing flight attendants in the United States, posted its own tribute to Nash on Facebook. She started in 1957 and held the Guinness World Record for longest-serving flight attendant. CNN Bette Nash (third from left) — "I wanted to be a flight attendant from the time I got on the first airplane," says Nash.
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