Flight Attendant Requirements

[elleflies]

I'm blaming my lack of posting on general exhaustion. Not much of an excuse... but it's my excuse :)

Anyhoo, I visited the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in April and took in the exhibit they had on Flight Attendants... oh wait. Stewardesses.

I'm so glad the requirements have changed since the "Golden Age of flight"



5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet, 6 inches
21 to 26 years old
135 pounds maximum
Female
Attractive,"Just below Hollywood standards"
Height and weight in proportion,
Single women only, not married, divorced or widowed
Plenty of personality and poise
Registered nurse or two years of college
White

Comments

[caithream.livejournal.com]

BLAH.

Also hiiii I miss you!

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

I miss you too!!

[pixel-0.livejournal.com]

General exhaustion is always a good reason not to post. Heck, it's the reason I tend to use. Hence, why it's a good one. ;)

And that exhibit is...eye-opening, to say the least. :P

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

I always intend to post and then I just sit there staring at the computer all slack jawed and drooling. It doesn't work out too well...

Yeah. It's mind boggling. The industry has come so far even if it has so much farther to go.

[madkrazyghetto.livejournal.com]

Crap, where's my time machine, so I can go back a few years age-wise and then go back in time to sign up for that? Although I'm not sure what they classify as "Hollywood attractiveness".

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

If you had a time machine, I would slap you silly if you used it for THAT. There are much better uses for a time machine... ;)

My best guess... holding women to an ideal that few can hope to obtain. Hello misogyny!

[madkrazyghetto.livejournal.com]

Hilarity is always an excellent use for a time machine! ;)

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

This is a VERY true statement.

[taboojo.livejournal.com]

That sounds like such a cool exhibition!

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

It really was. It's more a permanent display in the Commercial Aviation section but the uniforms and information was extremely fascinating (If a bit horrifying at times). Especially to someone who works in the industry.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

O tempora, o mores.

(Dang, I need to get back to the Smithsonian. Not just because the A&S Museum roxx0rz my s0xxorz, but because the National Museum of the American Indian was still under construction last time I was there¹, and I have heard interesting things about it.


¹ Yes, I'm entirely aware how long ago that was.)

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

Tickets down to DC on the Megabus cost me $30 roundtrip. It is totally doable! :)

I had every intention of seeing that museum but alas, my plans were foiled due to time constraints. The last time I was in DC I was 14 and not old enough to appreciate what I was seeing so I had to go see the museums I'd already seen in order to properly appreciate them. (They have pretty planes and I had to drool over them)

Someday I'll see the rest! (I'll keep my fingers crossed for you too!)

[erateini.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel rested!

LOL, I still cringe when I'm called stewardess. Plus the fact I'm over 26 and not really "Just below Hollywood standards" HA!

Things have improved but just last month someone complained that we spend to much time on safety and not enough time looking cute and making him happy.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

I don't care for the term either. It doesn't really annoy me but I think it says more about the people who still use it than those who it's being applied too.

My company, because it's a charter, has stricter PA standards than most of the legacy carriers. I once had a supervisor mark me down on an evaluation because my makeup "wasn't bright enough" and this was at the tail end of a JFK-Georgetown, Guyana turn. Needless to say I don't really pay much attention to her anymore.

In the event of an emergency, he'll be grateful for all that safety training and won't care that you aren't rocking the "Hollywood standards" (because really, who in this day and age can?)

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that's amazing.

I should fish out a letter to the Walt Disney Company where a woman tried applying in the 40s or 50s.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

WAIT I FOUND IT:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/polaroid/632255233/sizes/z/in/photostream/

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

*GAPES*

Dear God I'm glad I wasn't around back then. God forbid you be born with girly parts and actually want to DO something with yourself.

If only I had a time machine... a few good bitch slaps seem desperately in order. (for the art and aviation industries)

YOU'LL COME WITH ME RIGHT? :)

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

AS LONG AS WE GET TO SEE DINOSAURS AFTER.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

It's me. THERE WILL BE DINOSAURS.

Oh. We go back in time, get a Dinosaur and set it loose on all the misogynist idiots in the 40's and 50's!

[doven.livejournal.com]

graphic design was so much better though.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

This is so very true.