Leaving on a Jet Plane 藍天白雲俱樂部 ── 空服員知多少
精英翻譯社轉自http://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0062/268292/web/
Flight attendants have been helping people in the friendly skies for more than 100 years. While most flight attendants are female, the world's first flight attendant was a man named Heinrich Kubis. He worked for the German Zeppelin airline, Schwaben, in 1912. Since then, flight attendants have tended to the many needs of millions of airline passengers.
空服員在高空上親切地服務客人已有一百多年的歷史。雖然女性空服員占了大多數，但世界上第一位空服員卻是一位名叫 Heinrich Kubis 的男性。1912 年，他在德國的士瓦本飛船航空公司工作。從那時起，空服員已照顧到了數百萬名乘客的眾多需求。
The first responsibility of flight attendants is to ensure1 the safety and comfort of the passengers aboard the plane. In addition to that, flight attendants provide drinks, meals, and snacks during the flight. Though this may not sound like a difficult job, many flight attendants spend up to six months in training just to work for an airline. Once their training is completed, flight attendants must show that they can properly assist in emergency situations. A loss of cabin2 pressure, rude passengers, or even a terrorist3 hijacking4 are just a few examples of what flight attendants may have to deal with. The next time a flight attendant is serving a drink, consider that this person is not just waiting on passengers but also keeping the aircraft5 safe.
空服員的首要職責就是確保機上乘客的安全和舒適。除此之外，空服員在飛行期間也會提供飲料和餐點。雖然這聽起來不是多困難的工作，許多空服員還是要接受長達六個月的訓練，為了就是能在機上工作。一旦他們完成訓練之後，空服員必須表現出他們可以在緊急情況下提供適當的協助。像是機艙失壓的情況、無禮的乘客，或甚至是遇到恐怖份子劫機等等，這些都只是空服員可能要處理的情況之一。下次空服員端上飲料時，想一想這個人可不只是等著服務乘客而已，同時也要維護機上的安全。
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