Betty Gladfelder :  

Unbelievable that so much time jas flown by.... After Soquel I attended Cabrillo and some UCSC and then went to work and got married, had a son in 1968. Worked as a property management person, legal secretary and then in 1970 I opened a Children's clothing and toy store (remember the PURPLE TURTLE in the COOPERHOUSE?) also a basketshop, cardshop, music box shop, and a bakery and deli in COOPERHOUSE. Finally in '76 after a divorce and near nervous breakdown, I sold it all and ran away from home. I worked in Las Vegas as Executive Secretary to the General Manager of MGM Grand and then my son and I wanted to travel so in 1977 I got a "temporary" job as a Flight Attendant for Hughes Airwest (where I met my Husband in 1978 and married in 1980, a Pilot of course, who else do FAs meet? ) After two mergers (Republic and then NorthWest) and almost thirty years I recently retired from Northwest Airlines. Along the way I became a Teamster Vice-President in Detroit and helped "fire" Jimmy Hoffa Jr. I never saw myself as a Union activist, but it was amazing what a few dedicated people can accomplish. My husband went through one last merger with Delta, and then retired Jan '11...since we were both flying so much and we both did a lot of union work, we figure we've only really been married about half of our 31 years....we are trying to get to know the new us...if you've retired, you know what I mean.... :0) :0) We commute between Lake Tapps. WA (South of Seattle) and Rancho Mirage CA. I have an incredibly talented son who is 40 (!) now and other than my old body giving out on me for all my past abuses, Life is Good. Over th...Expand for more