Beauty

[foxywoods]

I went to a cattle call once for flight attendants. It was the mid-'80s and I do not remember the airline. We all sat in an auditorium and  were asked questions intended to eliminate unsuitable candidates.  We had to be willing to spend overnights in different cities. I did not last long. what was I thinking! I was a young mom.

[SactoSue]

I think I am guilty of the majority of  those taboos at some point in my life, probably multiple at the same time or event.

[SactoSue]

I have not flown Emirates.

I have flown Egypt Air, decades ago.   There was no alcohol served   There were predominantly male flight attendants.  The few female flight attendants were generally in the back of the plane, where there were several sections exclusively for women that were closed off by curtains. 

The flight was a good deal from NYC to Nairobi and back, via Cairo.

There was a 3-day layover where I was put up at the Cairo Hilton on the Nile and had an interesting time touring the Giza plateau,  Saqqarah, and Memphis.  I got a great tour of the Cairo Museum when the gates first opened in the morning by giving the guards baksheesh and getting unfettered access to everything.   

Being all alone in the King Tutankhamun section in the quiet stillness of the morning with that incredible mask and sarcophagus was a peak experience.