flight attendant

noun

: a person who attends passengers on an airplane

Examples of flight attendant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The parents of a 14-year-old who claims to have been recorded by a flight attendant in an American Airlines aircraft bathroom are speaking about what happened to their child. —

Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023 If that’s the case, flight attendants might be able to pull some strings for you. —

Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2023 Once the plane landed, law enforcement came onboard and took the male flight attendant off. —

Adam Sabes, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2023 One passenger told Futurism that flight attendants created makeshift biohazard suits from aprons in an attempt to clean the spill. —

Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023 After the retirement of many pilots and flight attendants during the pandemic, American carriers have struggled to meet travel demand within the United States. —

Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023 There should be biohazard gear on planes to deal with contamination to keep passengers and flight attendants safe. —

Natalie B. Compton, Andrea Sachs and Heidi Pérez-Moreno, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023 Pilots and flight attendants are the remaining two work groups at the carrier that have yet to reach a deal. —

Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023 That was the case for United Airlines pilot, Cole Doss, whose pre-flight announcement ahead of a trip to Madrid, Spain, from Washington, D.C., included a heartfelt thank you to his mom, who was a flight attendant on one of his flights for the first time in his airline career. —

USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of flight attendant was in 1947

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