![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mum-hailed-as-icon-20-years-after-being-portrayed-as-a-cow-on-tv/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1_Jane-Boulton.jpg&description=A mum who appeared on the reality TV show Airline has opened up about being hailed as an 'icon' 20 years on, with her no-nonsense attitude leaving modern fans in stitches A mum who appeared on fly on the wall TV series Airline has opened up about being hailed as an "icon" by TikTok users 20 years on. Jane Lee went by the name Jane Boulton back in 1998, when the ITV show first aired. At the time, she'd been working on the Easyjet desk at Luton Airport, dealing with a range of customer issues and complaints. She quickly became known for her no-nonsense attitude when dealing with customers, but looking back feels she was wrongly portrayed as "such a cow", with her "empathetic and sympathetic" rarely shown. Jane, who now leads a quieter life away from the limelight was amazed when, around four months ago, one of her teenage children advised that footage of her was "all over TikTok". Jane, who now lives in South London and runs her own cake-making business, told the Metro that she was "shocked" to see that she'd gone viral for a new generation of fans. Videos of Jane in her previous career tend to revolve around her dealing with stressed-out customers in a stern manner, leaving users in stitches. One such video is entitled "Jane Boulton from Airline is an absolute icon. Putting people in their place since 2004". The clip, which has clocked up more than 101.4K likes and counting, shows Jane dealing with a panicked woman who'd missed her flight and begins with the voiceover deadpanning, "Susie has tried to find a more sympathetic ear, instead she'd found Jane Boulton". Later in the clip, Jane can be seen losing her patience with frantic Susie, telling her: "With all due respect 138 other passengers managed to get on the flight that have probably never been here before." Former TV star Jane, who doesn't know how to use TikTok herself, says that people now recognise her when out and about, and will even shout out her name when they see her. The mum-of-three will try and resp){kind=link}
A mum who appeared on the reality TV show Airline has opened up about being hailed as an ‘icon’ 20 years on, with her no-nonsense attitude leaving modern fans in stitches
A mum who appeared on fly on the wall TV series Airline has opened up about being hailed as an “icon” by TikTok users 20 years on.
Jane Lee went by the name Jane Boulton back in 1998, when the ITV show first aired. At the time, she’d been working on the Easyjet desk at Luton Airport, dealing with a range of customer issues and complaints.
She quickly became known for her no-nonsense attitude when dealing with customers, but looking back feels she was wrongly portrayed as “such a cow”, with her “empathetic and sympathetic” rarely shown.
Jane, who now leads a quieter life away from the limelight was amazed when, around four months ago, one of her teenage children advised that footage of her was “all over TikTok”.