TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, September 16, 2013
Greetings Infomaniacs,For our flight home from Seattle, my cousin and I picked up some pound cake for the flight attendants and pilot to enjoy. They were so grateful for the little treat that I think I am going to do it every time I fly.
They were also more than willing to let us know about when we would be flying over Mt. Rainier. Unfortunately, although we both had our eyes trained out the little window, neither of us were able to see it.
I don't know how we could both miss a giant landform, but I am guessing it was too cloudy to get a clear view. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Enjoy!
MelissaQuestions? Comments?
Email MelissaTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky."
HINT: American aviation pioneer and author.
RANDOM TIDBITSThe first flight attendant was actually a man. A German named Mr. Heinrich Kubis was the world's first flight attendant in 1912.
The first female attendant was a registered nurse named Ellen Church in 1930. Nurses were the preferred flight attendants in this time.
In the 1960s you could not just be a flight attendant. You had to pass the height, weight, marital status test and not forgetting the age limitation. In this order, you had to be at least 5-foot-2, weigh less than 130 pounds, be single and childless and retire at the ripe old age of 32 years.
Flight attendants can be viewed as under cover agents. Many flight attendants work in collaboration with the police to curtail human trafficking. Flight attendants are trained on what to look for in people they suspect and how to respond to such situations.
A newbie flight attendant is on six months probation and is limited to wearing slightly longer skirts than seniors. After probation, they can hem their skirts to the desired length.
A yearly training program does the world the benefit of trimming any flight attendants who cannot pass it. There is a possibility it might involve checking for height violators or emergency exit windows non-fits.
*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***I'm always in charge, I'm never in debt. I'm known as the first among all my kind. I'm found within cars, But never in buses. I'm not used in Mexico, but I'm used in Palestine. What am I?
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky."
ANSWER: Amelia Earhart.
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