Tel Aviv – A woman from a small village in northern Israel is the first Druze flight attendant for El Al Airlines.
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Merach Kara of Daliyat al-Karmel, near Haifa, had to overcome cultural traditions of her community to take the job, Ynet reported. She told Ynet that she wanted to be a flight attendant since she took her first plane ride at the age of 4.
Kara performed national service and attended university as a computer science major before deciding to pursue her dream, according to the report.
She said her family has been fully supportive of her decision even though it is frowned upon by her community and friends.
The fact that she speaks Arabic has come in handy with Arab passengers during training, Kara said.
“I hope that by becoming the first Druze flight attendant in El Al, I can open the door for many more Druze women and help them explore the world,” she told Ynet.
BY MARCY OSTER
Keep the Druses coming. She looks like this will step up from the Isreali’s
My guess is that she is probably going to be better at her job than jewish Israelis.
My most interesting experience with Oh No El Al, my wife, I and infant were flying business. We came up to the door of the jet with our carriage with the expectation that they would take it at the door to the jet. Even before that happened there was a loud, belicose roar from a middle aged male LY employee. He yelled that that carriage and those people are not going in my flight. I thought he was the pilot, I guess he was the purser.
Ultimately we flew, the carriage, as planned, flew below deck and was lost by LY later on.