"Unconsciously, the days have passed a reincarnation." He said, "I was a flight attendant at the age of 18. My daughter also became a flight attendant this year, and she is also 18 years old. "
He Su Qin is 44 years old. She is wearing a pale white dress with a sweet smile on her lips, but she looks less than 40 years old.
He recalled the situation in those years: "1980, China civil aviation changed from' military system' to' civilian system'. In June 5438+10, Hubei Civil Aviation first recruited 10 flight attendants in Wuhan, and I was lucky enough to pass. " She said, "At that time, flight attendants were recruited according to the standards of air force pilots. I remember that during the physical examination, you have to take a wheelchair to test your balance. "
Shi Jinjuan, a 46-year-old senior, is now the deputy manager of the cabin department, and her son is a sophomore this year. "I also became a flight attendant when I was 18 years old, but I was enlisted." 1978 In the winter, when 33 Shanghai female soldiers arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport by train, Shi Jinjuan was full of freshness in front of her.
This is the only time that civil aviation forces recruit "flight attendants" for the society, and it is also the last batch of "flight attendants" recruited through conscription. Shi Jinjuan clearly remembers that the words "paratroopers" were written on her physical examination form.
"Now flight attendants are not as mysterious as before, but more and more girls yearn for this job." According to Shi Jinjuan, the image requirements for flight attendants have always been harsh, with regular facial features, no scars and spots on the face, bright skin color, no pigment teeth, neat teeth and not too fat or too thin. Education has always required high school or technical secondary school or above.
"Over the years, in addition to these unchanging things, the employment standards have actually changed a lot." Shi Jinjuan said, "At that time, we had a physical examination, and the vision requirement was above 1.5. Now you only need 0.5 to wear contact lenses. The height standard has been raised from 1.60 meters to 1.62 meters. "
In Shi Jinjuan's view, the biggest change is that the recruitment of flight attendants now pays more attention to whether her personality is suitable and her psychological quality is good. She usually requires enthusiasm, kindness and strong language skills. In the past, I may have paid more attention to appearance, but now I emphasize that recruiting flight attendants is not a beauty contest, but choosing the most suitable person. Fierce or cruel "beauties" are not welcome.
Twenty years ago, I poured water from an open bottle.
"You may not imagine that more than 20 years ago, meals and drinks were not provided on the plane." Shi Jinjuan told reporters, "In the past 20 years, civil aviation has changed too much."
Shi Jinjuan went back more than 20 years ago. There are 18 passengers on the Soviet-made Li -2 small passenger plane, and she is the only flight attendant. The plane roared into the clouds, and Shi Jinjuan counted the machine sacrifices, tea, candy and cigarettes, and then began to distribute them. Some passengers close their eyes, some eat sweets, and occasionally some people light matches to light cigarettes (there was no sealed cabin on the plane at that time, smoking was allowed). Next, Shi Jinjuan was busy opening the water bottles and pouring water for the passengers one by one.
"Now, these are all memories." Shi Jinjuan said that now the stewardess pushes the dining car, and passengers choose various drinks and meals, which has become the most common scene on the passenger plane, while cigarettes disappear in the cabin forever.
More than 20 years ago, Shi Jinjuan's Wuhan Independent Flying Squadron (now the predecessor of China Southern Airlines Hubei Company) had less than 40 pilots, including flight attendants 17, and Nanhu Airport was all small planes with less than 48 seats. There are only a handful of flights At that time, only three inter-provincial routes, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, were opened, with 2-3 flights per week, which is totally different from the current 9- 13 flights a day. There are only two routes in the province, Yichang and Enshi, which are available every day.
Empty wife makes passengers feel more at ease.
More than 20 years have passed, and Shi Jinjuan has had countless unforgettable flights.
In 2004, on the Wuhan-Bangkok flight, an old lady in her fifties suddenly fainted in the aisle of the cabin, and her wife and daughter suddenly lost their minds. Shi Jinjuan immediately organized several flight attendants for rescue. In her experience, flight attendants can't move the patient's body without knowing the exact condition. While pinching the patient's acupoints, they took emergency measures such as cold towel scrubbing and oxygen inhalation. After landing for more than 30 minutes, the lady finally woke up and was out of danger.
Talking about these past events, Fang, secretary of the party branch of the cabin department, said with deep feelings that in the face of various emergencies in the air, flight attendants need to have rich social experience, psychological knowledge and nursing knowledge, which need time to polish.
Tian heard from passengers more than once that there were one or two empty wives on board, which made her feel at ease and made her journey more secure. She said that in people's imagination, a flight attendant is a bowl of youth rice, which is synonymous with beauty and beauty. In fact, flight attendants can be regarded as a lifelong career. Our retirement age is 50. Grandma-level flight attendants are very common in European and American countries with developed civil aviation.
Working at high altitude, it's hard to lose weight.
There is no regular commute, no fixed time for eating and sleeping, and endless holidays. No time to fly, no food. Ching Tien, 44, spoke at one breath about the untold hardships of so many stewardesses.
The most fashionable topic for women today is slimming. Do you know how the stewardess works out?
Tian explained:
Weight loss is divided into cycles, and our cycle is closely related to work. In a year, there will be four transportation peaks in civil aviation transportation, namely, Spring Festival travel rush, May Day, Summer Holiday and November Day. These four periods are the busiest period in the civil aviation industry and the best time for us to lose weight.
Take the short-haul flight from Wuhan to Shenzhen as an example. For the flight time of 1 hour and 30 minutes, a dinner or a snack will usually be attached according to the company's regulations, and two drinks will be added for the passengers. According to our rough statistics, if a flight is full of people 158, if 150 people are counted, each person will add 300 drinks twice, and the flight attendants will have to lift it up and down at least 300 times. When delivering food or snacks to every passenger, you have to bend over for 300 times, and you can't miss every link. And so much work has to be done in 90 minutes, except for the 20 minutes of take-off and descent, which leaves us only 70 minutes. This is not a trivial matter, such as cleaning the bathroom, delivering newspapers and checking security.
When the flight lands, all the flight attendants will sweat profusely. What is the difference between this and 90 minutes of aerobic exercise? And this "aerobic exercise" we have to do four times a day. Every day, 65,438+0,000 arm lifts and 65,438+0,000 bends make it difficult to lose weight.
Another secret of face-lifting is to exercise your face-smile. According to statistics, every flight attendant smiles 60 times an hour on average. It is said that a smile can exercise more than 20 muscles on the face. To many people, our work is easy. However, people's physical strength at an altitude of 10,000 meters 1 hour is four times that of the flat land. Such a big workload is more effective than taking any diet pills.