What It Was Like To Wear That Famous Uniform

A Real Life Pan Am Stewardess

in glamour.com

by Tracey Lomrantz

photo Laurie Wilfert

If you watched last night's episode of PanAm and wondered, like we did when we saw the pilot, if there was any way the real life stewardesses who inspired the show managed to squeeze that much glamour and giggling and romance into their average workday, wonder no more. We caught up with one and got the full scoop on the era's most stylish job...

Laurie Wilfert--second from left--started fly

ing as a Pan Am stewardess about eight years after the show takes place, so there were no official girdle checks for her, but there was still a serious sense of the fabulous life in the air. Here's what she has to say about her experience, and how it compares with what you see on the small screen.