
Wendy Knecht
Former Pan Am flight attendant and author of the memoir "Life, Love, and a Hijacking: A Pan Am Flight Attendant's Memoir," and Pan Am Museum Foundation contributor.
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Sep 5, 2026
Episode 68: Pan Am Flight 73: 40 Years Later — Courage in the Face of Terror
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Wendy KnechtGUEST
Well, we had like a four-month period of training, and we started out in London overnight where we do service training.

Wendy KnechtGUEST
And then the supervisors went back to Bombay, and we would go on with the flight attendants, the new flight attendants, who were, I have to say – Even before all this happened, we knew how amazing they were.

Wendy KnechtGUEST
Pan Am, it was a very sought-after job, and Pan Am picked only the best, and we were so lucky to have these wonderful people.

Wendy KnechtGUEST
So when we went back to Bombay, we would supervise the flights, and we'd go with them on their training flights, which every flight attendant is on probation for six months before they get their gold wings.

Wendy KnechtGUEST
So I had made a lot of personal relationships while I was there, So I was going back for a visit, and I left on September 4th, 1986, from Los Angeles.
Episode 66: A Farewell to Tom Betti
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Wendy KnechtGUEST
Of course, to me it meant so much that you talked about Flight 73 and the, and the effect that that had on everyone, and, um, how traumatic that event was, and about Neerja.

Wendy KnechtGUEST
And I just, gosh, it's hard to pick one that's my favorite, but I love all your interviews, like your interview with Dorothy Kelly, just spotlighting these people that had such an effect but were in the background, you know, that nobody really knew their stories.

Wendy KnechtGUEST
And it's really important, and I think that's what's so great, one, one of, one of the great things about the podcast.
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31:27Tom BettiHOST
So, um, as we're coming to the end of this segment, what closing thoughts would you like to share with us? Uh, Wendy, would you like to go first?