The slang term sky hag was originally a negative appellation for an older flight attendant. But it’s now being reclaimed by longtime airline employees as a positive self-descriptor. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Sky Hag”
I learned a couple of new slang terms from a friend of mine who’s been a flight attendant for years and years and years.
She and her peers call themselves sky hags.
Oh, I’ve heard that one.
Have you?
Yeah.
Sky hags.
Yeah.
And again, this is a group taking a negative term and claiming it for themselves. You know, older flight attendants call themselves sky hags.
Did we talk about the BBC radio show?
I believe it’s called Cabin Fever, which is all about—it’s a comedy show. It’s all about airplanes and aircraft and airports and everybody who works there.
No, we didn’t talk about it.
There’s a ton of this kind of language, Cabin Fever. Look it up.
