For Pan Honglin, who is in her 30s, this year's Spring Festival travel rush marks the 10th year since she started working as a flight attendant.

Pan was born in a small town in Hechuan district of Chongqing. Living under a flight path since childhood, she often saw airplanes high in the sky. The information about flight attendants she gleaned from television and newspapers also helped plant the dream of becoming a flight attendant in her heart.

However, being influenced by the older generation of her family, who preferred her learning a more practical skill rather than "a job for the young", Pan attended a medical school and worked as a nurse in a hospital for four years after graduation.