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2. Our struggle:
We get up there, we open the doors, and we smile at passengers coming into the plane. That smile masks the sleepless nights and horrible jet lag we've been having, not to mention the lack of 'real' food and the continuous stress day and night. We don't tell you that we got no sleep and we're flying this plane half-awake because we don't want to scare you. Next time you disembark, give the pilots or the flight attendants a wave, or even better- a thank you.
3. We don't have to eat airline food:
Yes, you read that right! Flight attendants give us special meals, so that if the airline food shipment was contaminated, we won't get sick. Also, the captain and the first officer have to take different meals; this is to prevent us from getting sick, because if the chicken is contaminated, and we both take it, we'd both get sick and we might even be incapable to fly. Captain gets to select first, but usually they let first officers choose first.
4. You won't be seeing us in a couple decades:
I'm deeply saddened by the fact that planes today basically fly themselves. All we do is the math, the paperwork, and the PanAm smile. The flight is taken care of by itself. Pilots still land the plane 99% of the time, but with ILS the landing procedure will go extinct in a few years. Sure, we still get to push the throttle and fire the plane into the sky, but even that is falling prey to rapid advancements in technology.
