“I’ve never seen one that game!” Sal says to Don about particularly gregarious stewardess?

“Really?” Don replies with a knowing glance.

Behold!

“The six of us rented a hosue together out there. The pilots called us the ‘sexy six.’ They always looked at you in a sexual way. You know, you’d walk into the cockpit on your first day and they’d say, “This is a test to find out if you’re a virgin,” and they’d have a gyro and they’d make it spin, and then they’d say “Aha, you’re not a virgin.”“

These skies are prettttyyy friendly, fellas.

(via ”The Fifties: A Women’s Oral History.” Brett Harvey. Harper Collins. 1977. New York)

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    I was a F.A. about 4 years ago, and it wasn’t much different.

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    Yes! Send this era back...me asap, please. :)

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    like: 50s misogyny, airborne or otherwise. Do like: That green coat.

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