Delta’s Most Senior Flight Attendant, Who Has Flown for Over 66 Years, Recalls When Women Couldn’t Marry or Work Past Early 30s

Prince Crandall began her career in 1959 at Pacific Airlines, and back then, some airlines enforced policies requiring flight attendants to remain unmarried and to retire at age 32. Airlines doubled ...

After more than 66 years in the air, the industry’s longest-serving flight attendant prepares to retire

Being a stewardess always had a certain glamour for Joan Prince Crandall.

Delta's longest-serving flight attendant recalls when female crew couldn't marry, had to retire at 32

Joan Price Crandall got her start in the industry with Pacific Airlines in 1959 ...