Men feel helpless when they fly, and their vulnerability and loss of control creates a feeling of dependency that makes them attracted to their smiling, caring hostesses.
Some men may also feel anxious or scared while flying, and the support and reassurance they receive from flight attendants in-flight adds to the attraction.
Well, so says prominent psychologist Judi James, speaking on the phenomenon of flight attendant attraction.
According to James, the love and attraction men feel towards flight attendants is reminiscent of the love they have for their mothers.
As crazy – and, let’s be honest, kind of sick – as this sounds, it makes sense. On a plane, men feel like little boys, made to sit down, made to wait for their food, made to wait for an extra blanket.
This dependency creates feelings of love that’s directed to those that comfort them: flight attendants.
So it’s not just their sexy uniforms after all…
It’s the same phenomenon that happens between patients and doctors – vulnerability infused attraction.
Business travellers are especially vulnerable to mid-flight charm, according to James, because they usually have lots of power and control in their real lives, which they give up when they check-in.
But it seems even celebrities are vulnerable to this flight attendant attraction.
Clint Eastwood had an affair with flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves in the late Eighties. The couple had two children together.
If you need some help building that attraction with flight attendants, read this.
