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- Aug 9, 2004
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Subject: UAL F/A 85 Retires (Finally)
The lady on the right is "Iris," now in the process of retiring from United Airlines.
She was 84 or 85 when this picture was taken some months ago, and is 85 now.
No airline pilot in the USA was even born yet, when Iris started
working for UAL. I think she joined in her teens.
She has been #1 for a very, very long time. The lady who was #2 all
those years tried to hang in there and get the #1 number before
retiring, but Iris out-lasted her.
One story is that Iris retired last October, but forgot to turn in the paperwork.
A true story is that she once airlined to SFO (her long-time domicile) from her home in Seattle, caught a nap in the crew lounge, woke up, thought she was at the end of a trip, and went home.
Got a rare DNF (Did not Fly) that day!
The lady on the right is "Iris," now in the process of retiring from United Airlines.
She was 84 or 85 when this picture was taken some months ago, and is 85 now.
No airline pilot in the USA was even born yet, when Iris started
working for UAL. I think she joined in her teens.
She has been #1 for a very, very long time. The lady who was #2 all
those years tried to hang in there and get the #1 number before
retiring, but Iris out-lasted her.
One story is that Iris retired last October, but forgot to turn in the paperwork.
A true story is that she once airlined to SFO (her long-time domicile) from her home in Seattle, caught a nap in the crew lounge, woke up, thought she was at the end of a trip, and went home.
Got a rare DNF (Did not Fly) that day!