Kicker - Longest serving senior flight attendant

NICK EICHER, HOST: An American Airlines flight attendant just set a world record that isn’t likely to be topped anytime soon.

Bette Nash began her career working for Eastern Airlines in 1957.

Back then, she told ABC News that plane tickets were a little cheaper than they are today.

For example, a one-way ticket from New York to D.C.:

NASH: When it started, I think it was $12—one way...

At 86 years old, she’s still working and going strong. And as you may have guessed...

AUDIO: She is the most senior flight attendant in the world [applause]

But she’s not just the most senior flight attendant in the world. She is also the longest-serving.

64 years and 61 days to be exact.

So I called my mom—she was a flight attendant for American back in the day, before I was a gleam in my father’s eye.

PAULA: Hey!

NICK: Hey there!

So, I tell her I’ve come across a story she might like.

PAULA: Is it about the flight attendant?

NICK: Yeah, did you see that?

PAULA: Yeah, haha.

NICK: OK, so what is your word to Bette Nash on her record-breaking tenure as a flight attendant? What do you say to her?

PAULA: I say, bless your heart and you look wonderful!

Couldn’t have said it better. It’s The World and Everything in It.

PAULA: OK!

NICK: Alright! Have a good day!

PAULA: Alright, bye-bye.

NICK: Love you, bye.

PAULA: Love you.

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