Originally Posted by
NWA320pilot
The politically correct name is "Flight Attendant". Use stewardess and you can get an earful!

I heard a story how the name was changed to Flight Attendant at the time that there became more and more male stewardesses and they did not want to be on par with a Steward on a ship.
Don't know if its true, but I think I'd rather be a Ship Steward than a flight attendant. I mean, Gopher seemed to enjoy his job on the Pacific Princess