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Flight attendants aren't waitresses in the sky
The world's first eight flight attendants took to the air in May 1930. They were all nurses, hired by Boeing Air Transport (forerunner to United Airlines) to give early-era air passengers a greater sense of security on board.
As air travel became safer over the ensuing decades, nurses were no longer required in the cabin.
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