{"id":165509,"date":"2024-05-26T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=165509"},"modified":"2024-05-26T20:23:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T20:23:31","slug":"bette-nash-worlds-longest-serving-flight-attendant-dies-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/05\/bette-nash-worlds-longest-serving-flight-attendant-dies-at-88.html","title":{"rendered":"Bette Nash, world&#8217;s longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After serving for nearly 67 years, Bette Nash, the world&#8217;s longest-tenured flight attendant, has died at 88 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of our dear colleague, Bette Nash, the longest-tenured flight attendant at American Airlines,&#8221; according to a memo to flight attendants on Saturday obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/bette-nash-worlds-longest-serving-flight-attendant-dies\/story?id=110561946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nash died on May 17 in hospice care after a recent breast cancer diagnosis, though she never officially retired from her role with American Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/05\/american-airlines-announces-eight-new-routes-to-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-in-winter.html\">American Airlines announces eight new routes to Latin America and the Caribbean in winter<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bette began her career in Washington, D.C., in 1957 with Eastern Airlines. Despite being able to choose any route in the world, Nash primarily worked the DC-New York-Boston Shuttle so she could be home every night to care for her son who has Down syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, she was honored with the Guinness World Record title for longest-serving flight attendant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With her quick wit, magnetic personality and passion for serving others, Bette set an example not just for the flight attendant profession but for all of us in the airline industry,&#8221; Brady Byrnes, senior vice president of Inflight &amp; Premium Guest Services for American Airlines, said in the memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-d40f09ce     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" 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