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Don't throw out cigarette butts...  

Jump to full article: The Independent Online (IOL) (za), 2010-02-08
Author: James Clarke

Intro:

Ann Braun, who used to be an air hostess, recently came across an excerpt from an American manual for "stewardesses" which, she points out, was "slightly before my time but very funny".

The manual was dated 1930 when, of course, aircraft went slowly and had windows one could open.

Under the heading "Duties of a Stewardess", it said: . . .

  • Swat flies in cabin after take-off.

  • Warn passengers against throwing lighted smoking butts or other objects out of the windows, particularly over populated areas.

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