He Suqin, 50, serves as an instructor of a flight attendant crew in China Southern Airlines' Hubei office. She began working as a flight attendant when she was 18 and was one of the first flight attendant recruits from Hubei Civil Aviation.

He Suqin's daughter, Lu Yan, became a flight attendant for China Southern Airlines on Aug 1, 2006. They were called the first "mother-and-daughter team" in China.

He Suqin retired from her 32 years of flying on Aug 14.

He Suqin (R) and her daughter, Lu Yan (C), serve passengers on a plane on Aug 14, 2012.[Photo/CFP]

Out of respect for her work, a passenger (L) asks He Suqin to autograph his boarding pass on Aug 14, 2012. [Photo/CFP]