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Not just a trolley dolly: the demanding life of an air hostess

Julia Cooke follows the fortunes of three Pan Am ‘stews’ who faced hijackings, armed insurrections, near-misses and hair-raising evacuations

Pan Am stewardesses in the 1970s. Credit: Alamy
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