How to Be a Flight Stewardess or Steward
A Handbook and Training Manual for Airline Cabin Attendants
3rd Revised Edition (1971)
By Johnni Smith
Pan American Navigation Service, Inc.
A fascinating and increasingly scarce piece of commercial aviation and workplace history, How to Be a Flight Stewardess or Steward is a professional training manual produced by Pan American Navigation Service, Inc., the corporate arm of Pan American World Airways.
First issued in the 1960s and updated through the jet age, this third revised edition (1971) reflects the changing realities of airline labor, aircraft technology, and cabin service expectations at the dawn of wide-body jets and mass international travel.
Written as both a career guide and formal training handbook, the book details hiring standards, grooming, deportment, safety procedures, and the lived realities of airline work during a period when the profession was still heavily gendered and tightly regulated.
The cover imagery — uniformed attendants posed confidently before a Pan Am aircraft — is iconic, instantly evoking the aspirational glamour and corporate discipline of the era.
Publication Details
Pan American Navigation Service, Inc.
Copyright © 1966
Third Revised Edition, 1971
North Hollywood, California
Library of Congress Card No. 65-28387
Printed in the USA
ISBN: 0-87219-000-9
Condition
Very Good
A strong, display-worthy copy.
Why This Item Is Interesting
Authentic airline training manual, not a later retrospective
Documents the gender politics, labor standards, and aesthetics of airline work
Highly collectible within aviation history, fashion history, and women’s labor history
Strong crossover appeal: design, corporate culture, feminism, transportation history
How to Be a Flight Stewardess or Steward
A Handbook and Training Manual for Airline Cabin Attendants
3rd Revised Edition (1971)
By Johnni Smith
Pan American Navigation Service, Inc.
A fascinating and increasingly scarce piece of commercial aviation and workplace history, How to Be a Flight Stewardess or Steward is a professional training manual produced by Pan American Navigation Service, Inc., the corporate arm of Pan American World Airways.
First issued in the 1960s and updated through the jet age, this third revised edition (1971) reflects the changing realities of airline labor, aircraft technology, and cabin service expectations at the dawn of wide-body jets and mass international travel.
Written as both a career guide and formal training handbook, the book details hiring standards, grooming, deportment, safety procedures, and the lived realities of airline work during a period when the profession was still heavily gendered and tightly regulated.
The cover imagery — uniformed attendants posed confidently before a Pan Am aircraft — is iconic, instantly evoking the aspirational glamour and corporate discipline of the era.
Publication Details
Pan American Navigation Service, Inc.
Copyright © 1966
Third Revised Edition, 1971
North Hollywood, California
Library of Congress Card No. 65-28387
Printed in the USA
ISBN: 0-87219-000-9
Condition
Very Good
A strong, display-worthy copy.
Why This Item Is Interesting
Authentic airline training manual, not a later retrospective
Documents the gender politics, labor standards, and aesthetics of airline work
Highly collectible within aviation history, fashion history, and women’s labor history
Strong crossover appeal: design, corporate culture, feminism, transportation history
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