In an interview with Us Weekly, the 77-year-old actress — who has starred as Esther Valentine on the CBS cleaning soap opera for over 4 a long time — opened up about why she has stored her part-time job as a flight attendant regardless of her profitable profession as an actress.

“It is actually fascinating as a result of sooner or later I get to be on the set, the following day I get to be right here doing this Hollywood Christmas parade, after which I get to serve espresso at 35,000 ft,” Linder mentioned. “You do not overlook who you’re that means. It retains you grounded.”

Linder — who first joined The Younger and the Stressed in 1982 — mirrored on the long-running cleaning soap’s current milestone.

“We simply aired our 13,000th episode, and I used to be so honored to be a part of that,” she mentioned. “It is over 42 years and counting for me. I am simply completely thrilled.”

And whereas working as a flight attendant for United Airways, Linder revealed that passengers generally acknowledge her, and recalled a narrative of a time she was approached by a fan.

“I used to be standing on the gate able to get on a airplane, and this lady checked out me and she or he mentioned, ‘Kate Linder? No, you are not,” Linder shared. “And I mentioned, ‘I used to be after I awoke. So one thing’s flawed. I do not know what’s flawed.’ She could not consider that I used to be going to be working that flight. And she or he ended up being on that flight.”

Finally, Linder mentioned she feels “fortunate” to have the ability to reside out her desires.

“I’ve seen lots of people that generally consider their very own press,” she mentioned. “I really feel so very lucky to do what I do. That is all I’ve ever wished to do. Nobody in my household was within the enterprise, so it was at all times like taking one step ahead and two steps again, and but, how lucky and the way fortunate am I?”

Throughout an interview with PEOPLE earlier this 12 months, Linder known as the expertise of working two jobs “loopy” and “superb.”

“Once I first began, I turned a flight attendant as a result of I wanted a job that might give me sufficient day without work so I may pursue my profession. After which I used to be employed. I used to be solely employed for sooner or later, so I stored going,” she recalled when she first joined The Younger and the Stressed. “After which I assumed, ‘Properly, if I can preserve doing them each, nicely then I am going to do them each.’”

Linder shared that her most popular routes are “Denver turns, San Francisco turns, even Hawaii turns in order that if I’ve one thing that evening, I can nonetheless make it and nonetheless do it.”