World’s longest-serving flight attendant dies aged 88: ‘Fly high, Bette’
- Bette Nash, holder of the Guinness World Record for longest-serving flight attendant, has passed away at 88, per American Airlines and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants.
- Nash, who began her career in 1957, never officially retired and died in hospice care on May 17.
- Both American Airlines and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants praised Nash's influence and legacy in the industry.
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Bette Nash, longest-serving flight attendant with a Guinness World Record of almost 70 years in the sky, dead at 88
Bette Nash, who became a stewardess during the Eisenhower Administration, died at 88 on May 17 in hospice care following a breast-cancer diagnosis, ABC News reported.


Bette Nash, recognized as the world's longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88
Bette Nash, recognized as the world’s longest-serving flight attendant, has died. She was 88. American Airlines, Nash’s employer, announced her death on social media Saturday. The carrier noted that Nash
Bette Nash, the world’s longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88
The aviation world is mourning Bette Nash, a D.C.-based flight attendant who died earlier this month after spending nearly seven decades serving passengers in the skies — and making history along the way.Nash began her career with now-defunct Eastern Airlines at age 21 in 1957, when Dwight Eisenhower was president, flights between New York and D.C. cost $12 and "stewardesses," as they were called, served lobster on platters and passed out cigare…
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