Pan Amwas the first airline to employ men as flight attendants, but Boeing Air Transport was the first airline to employ women as flight attendants in 1930. At first, the terms 'steward' and 'stewardess' were used in the industry, before the gender-neutral term 'flight attendant' was adopted. 'Stewardess' is used in this article to refer to the historic profession before the 1970s.
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