Interviewed on August 20, 2020
The interview describes Jacquelyn Peterson’s career as a flight attendant for TWA (Trans World Airlines) from 1977 to 1989; her childhood and her early interest in flying and travel; TWA’s hiring process and requirements, her training at the Kansas City facility, subsequent refresher training; her work at the New York base; her flights out of La Guardia, JFK, and Newark; domestic flight routes and transfer to the international division; flights from New York to Paris, London, Cairo, and other cities; the aircraft she flew on: Boeing 727, 707, 747, and 747SP, and Lockheed L-1011; emergency landing in Paris and other memorable flights; her work on the airplanes, including a description of meal service, interactions with passengers; uniforms she wore, the effects of seniority on her career, compensation and benefits she received from TWA; description of 1986 strike by the Independent Federation of Flight Attendants (IFFA) against TWA, the motivations behind the strike, and the outcome; her three-year furlough that resulted from the strike, her brief return to TWA, and her decision to leave; career in real estate in Los Angeles, her family life, and her decision to donate career items to SFO Museum.
Comments and Suggestions click to expand