She decided to go back to Europe. Again, she was greeted warmly.
VOA: special.2009.01.25
She explains that the Tainos greeted Christopher Columbus when he landed in the New World in 1492, but the Spanish conquistadors who followed him decimated the tribe.
VOA: standard.2010.04.05
This was a stab at humor from a flight attendant, perhaps the one who was wearing bunny ears as shegreeted boarding passengers.