Feeding Young and Old Alike

Truly the Heart of a Filipino!

9 November 2018

For Philippine Airlines, feeding the old is not the only norm. It also feed the infant, literally.

Flight attendant Patrisha Organo was doing her job as flight attendant Wednesday when she received another call beyond duty.

Organo, a new mother of nearly one-year-old daughter heard an infant profusely crying after takeoff.

It was "a cry that will make you want to do anything to help," Organo wrote on Facebook.

"I approached the mother and asked if everything's okay." she wrote.

The mother of the baby told Organo that her child was hungry because she'd run out of formula.

Organo switched gears from flight attendant into mom mode.

 "I felt a pinch in my heart. There's no formula milk onboard," Organo wrote. "I thought to myself, there's only one thing I could offer and that's my own milk. And so I offered."

The mom had been at the airport as early as 9pm on Monday night. Their flight was scheduled to depart a little after 5am on Tuesday morning, which explains why the mom ran out of her formula milk.

Both the mother and the child were brought to the galley at the back where Organo breastfed the baby. The baby started rooting, she was so hungry.

"I saw the relief on her mother’s eyes. I continued to feed the baby until she fell asleep . I escorted her back to her seat and just before I left, the mother sincerely thanked me." she wrote

Organo said she knew that flight would be memorable for her because it was her first flight in a new position as cabin crew evaluator. But she never imagined it would turn out like this.

"Thank you, Lord for the gift of mother's milk," Organo wrote.