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Tom Reincke

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A Sneak Peek Into a Flight

AttendantsLifestyle

racy shares what it really means

to be a Flight Attendant


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The tail plane of my beloved Ansett(Ansett went into liquidation 3 days after September 11)!


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A Sneak Peek Into a FlightAttendants Lifestyle

Tracys Memoirs(A flight Attendant for 12 years)

Nothing will ever repeat the days of Flying!

Looking back MY LIFE comprises large Chaptersof excitement (University and Flying being twoof them) and smaller Paragraphs of what Iconsider inconsequential time time that can besummed up in one sentence.

I can apportion my belongings according tothese chapters: science collections in one boxand flying memorabilia in another.each to beopened and browsed through with intense

interest when the opportunity arises.forexample, I have compiled a flight attendantalbum consisting of notes from crewing,photographs, hotel postcards, aircraft postcardsand the like which is hilarious to reminisce overwith my flying friends.

Photographs in the cabin, at the hotels, at theairport, in uniform (and out)all remembering avery specific period of time when youth and a funcareer was dominating my life.

I became a flight attendant after I had graduated (in Science) and commenced a veryunsatisfactory second degree in Law: This was not where I wanted to be so I startedto ponder what I really wanted to do.

Fate took over and a friends Father (Ansett Pilot, Captain Bill Hanrahan)recommended application to the airline rank of Flight Attendant. I guess it wassomething that always interested me due to the fact that my Grandparents inEngland received a video (age 14) where I stated that I wished to become anAirHostess. It was just pushed to the outer rim while I enjoyed University life.


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It was hard going from the safe environs of University to the Airport for my firstinterview (they had obviously accepted the standard application letter and at thetime, I heard later, were keen to employ graduates).

We had a group interview in front of a panel of real flight attendants andmanagement and were asked what aircraft happened to be sitting on the tarmac

outside at the time. A baggage handler from Sydney answered correctly. I was mostimpressed (I always remembered to look at the engines from then on)!

We were given a multiple choice question sheet; the most important question beingsomething along the line of what is most important to an airline (I answeredcorrectlythe passengers of course..as I had been prepped to relate everything tocustomers and customer service a tip from a former TAA flight attendant). Wewere then divided into two groups and sent away for measurements and weighing.Although I try I cannot remember a second interview.maybe it was done on thesame day?

Some months passed after receiving an exciting letter to say I had been acceptedand would be called up for flight attendant school this gave me time to complete theyear in the Law Faculty and defer my course.

I vowed I would fly for two years and then return to the law but as it was such a greatlifestyle I never did return.after all I still had a science degree under my belt..

Flying School was a life in itself.20 or so new recruits lived together at the airportTravelodge (we each had our own rooms decorated in green, orange and brown as itwas the 80s) and together we faced the perils of exams, exams, and more exams toobtain our wings.

Learning the contents of large manuals parrot style with no real vision of what wewere learning was tougher than Uni! Plus no-one wanted to fail knowing what theeventual lifestyle was going to be like.

My first day On-Line was difficult to say the leastfour different aircraft types inone day (each with very specific emergency equipment locations and drills) flyingfrom Melbourne to Sydney and back again with business executives and well-travelled individuals demanding impeccable service and attention.

My first real career outside uni left me quaking in my boots and wondering what Iwas doing. I remember being amazed that the rest of the crew could tell when thelanding wheels came down (a noise which becomes second nature with time) andchatted and laughed without a care in world while I tried to remember the next stepsof the service.

There must have been some purpose to being thrown in the deep-end as every dayafter that was a doddle. We flew in pairs for a month back then so it was nice havinga flying partner as company.

Crews could change interstate but your flying partner had a matching roster which

made things easier.two heads are better than one so to speak.and getting use tothe different airports, aircraft and crew (especially the Purser) could be daunting.


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Years later you just about knew everyone and things were simple.that was whenthe real fun started. Overnights in plush hotels resulted in drinking sessions in thebar and sometimes even tickets to concerts (if bands were on board your flight).

Everyone would be in good spirits after hectic flights (as the adrenaline was rushing

from being busy) so dinner, drinks & good-times were inevitable. I am still friendstoday with ex-airline personnel as strong bonds are bound to be made.

It is a lifestyle you get wound into and like University the outside world becomessomething else. I didnt get weekends off for quite a number of years as rosters

(called blocks) wereassigned on seniorityand on a monthly basis.Consequently days offwere often spent havinglunch and spending

time with other airlinepersonnel as the realworld was at work!

The work itself waseasy but tiring if youwere on your feet allday (or night).

You are constantly ondemand with the initial food/drinks service being replaced by ringing call buttons butthere was still plenty of time to chat in the galley or cabin as the work becameautomatic.you knew what needed to be done, how to do it and therefore just did it!!

We each had a break and could sit and eat a meal on a crew seat and everyone wasalways drinking and eating in the galley on the run

It was great camaraderie .friendships were borne on every flight and with everychange of crew. So much was discussed in those galleyslove-life, physicalailments, life in general. A medical diagnosis could be obtained from thosediscussions.one learned so much just by being in a small zone chatting at 35

thousand feet!

The Passengers were also interesting. I remember one flight where I chatted with anAmerican and he ended up joining my family for dinner that nighta great time to behad by all.

I remember bumping into him in the concourse of the domestic airport years later andhe said he relayed the story of that night to all his friends in amazement at thefriendliness of the airline staff in Australia. He was older than I so no romance hadensued but he did end up with some business contacts via a family friend whoattended the dinner.


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Love life on-board was rife in the Flight Attendant/Pilot ranks. Some flightattendants dated other flight attendants (romances beginning on overnights atvarious hotels), some flight attendants dated pilots and some flight attendants datedpassengers. Some eventually married. No different from resort work or cruiseships!! A lot of fun, frivolity and drinking occurred on those overnights!!

Travel became a way of life. We had small overnight bags and you learned how topack everything you needed in it.years later people commented on how light Icould travel but I must admit that now I take everything but the kitchen sinkwe gotfree flights domestically and heavily discounted international travel.

Our month off (every 8th month if I remember) was usually spent overseas withdomestic travel being used for days off.it was handy flying to Sydney or Adelaidefor lunch or going to the Gold Coast for a quick break.

After years of flying it was almost taken for grantedso was your paywagesincreased each year of service with quite substantial increases if you wanted to

become a Purser of Trainer. The main benefits however were in the little things liketravel/uniform allowances, meals on every flight, hotel accommodation (saving onwashing and water bills at home), travel discounts etc.. but you dont really realisehow beneficial all these extras are until you leave

Yes, I did leave. As fantastic as it was after several years of service my mind startedto wander and I climbed off a flight one day vowing in my mind never to return. Inever did.

My health had deteriorated & the hedonistic life had to be left behind. I had triedstudying for an additional diploma whilst flying in the latter years (to reactivate thebrain cells) and although I achieved the goal I knew in my heart of hearts that I had tobranch out into the real world and lead a more restricted, conservative life where Iate dinner at relatively the same time every night.

It took ages to adjust. One day you are part of a smart uniformed team-playing groupon a mission and next day you are a flagged out & alone with a new world at yourfeet. I juggled and toyed with the idea of returning (once I discovered how hard itwas out there) but fate kept facing me ahead.

I now work in the finance industry and truly love it but will always remember the wild,

spirited, very glamorous days of being a Flight Attendant.

It is all in my memorabilia box.


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