“One of the first things flight attendants learn is to consider our own needs first. When there’s a drop in cabin pressure on the plane, we are supposed to put the nearest mask on our face. That is a metaphor that I think about a lot”
Sara Nelson. Illustration: Lauren Tamaki Sara Nelson is the president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, the world’s largest flight-attendant union. She’s also the woman credited with helping end last year’s government shutdown when, in an emotional speech, she excoriated the Trump administration for putting air-traffic controllers, flight attendants, and others at risk and called for a general strike. The shutdown ended the next day.
The majority of people in the office with me were women who were 20 years older, and didn’t have families because for their generation, they were largely unable to get married and keep the job, or really able to have kids. They gave their lives to the union, and made it possible for other women to have this career and be mothers and have our benefits.My theater director in college was Richard Morse, who was trained by Stella Adler.
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