Cathay Pacific's Flight Attendant Union (FAU) seems to think their flight attendant uniforms are too sexy, and is asking Cathay Pacific to redesign them. For what it's worth, this is the same union that threatened to withhold smiles in 2012 during contract negotiations. Via the South China Morning Post: Cathay Pacific flight attendants are asking…
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I mean no offense to the wonderful, extremely professional flight attendants at Cathay Pacific, but at no time flying CX have I ever associated any flight attendant, female or male, with the word "sexy." I think we're past the era of sexy flight attendants and all used to the idea of a competent and mildly stern woman in her 50's attending to your champagne pours.
Now, the boys at Air France, on the other hand... luckily they come from a country where sexual harrassment is a way of life.
The blouses/shirts are indeed short and lift up to expose skin when the flight attendants help with the overhead bins.
@gary, there is rampant sexual harassment of FAs on planes. Surprised you don't get that fact.
el al male flight attendants are too sexy regardless of their uniforms... even better without them... 😉
Surprisingly, there is not much mention of the SQ FAs who wear corsets to accentuate their curves, and needless to say - their uniform seems to be designed to show cleavage, especially in F and J class when they sit down / kneel down / bend down to talk to the pax or offer pajamas and amenities or collect meal orders... CX FAs are a style of their own - quite gracious!
isn't this a cultural issue. the male passengers perceive the FAs to not be where they should be in their opinion, so therefore harassing them is "acceptable" in their mind.
changing the uniforms is not going to do anything to stop this. if the passenger thinks it is okay, the FAs could be wearing a fully covering long dress and still be groped. this harassment issue b/c the uniforms "show too much skin/whatever" is very much like saying a woman shouldn't be out after dark, or simply shouldn't be in whatever location, and asked to be attacked by just being there.
How about Delta FA's that use high heels boots to their knees while working on planes? That is not sexy but in my opinion a safety issue since there is no way they can help evacuate a plane in case of an emergency wearing those boots.
Maybe the Marco Polo members got the ideas from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQjCGjUkkIg
They're not sexy enough if my opinion. Isn't that part of the stewardess job description? RyanAir has the right idea. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/ryanair-2014-charity-calendar-_n_4158273.html
"Sexy" clothing in that pic???? Bring on the Hooters girls as flight attendants. We need the flying experience to go back to the way it was in the 70's. 😀
It seems that people agree that blouses are revealing when lifting/bending, so they should be lengthened if FAs desire.
But, I think, the bigger issue is that FAs don't feel sufficiently supported by the management when it comes to dealing with unruly or harassing passengers. It sounds like CX is afraid of DYKWIA passengers.
P.S. @ Lucky - I'd be curious if you could do a post on experiences of Asian FAs, e.g. to see if certain groups of passengers feel overly entitled and don't treat FAs with respect.
"These perverts should go to Wan Chai or to Manila."
Sounds like a legit Hong Kong-er to me!
my GF is a NH CA and she said if she is not filing a report on a customer, she is hearing a story on almost every long haul flight from her crew and its sad. esp when the union rep for the ANA inflight group is also a member of management. (doh!) deaf ears. they have been asking for pants for years and obviously nothing. not even in the Japanese news. Why? It goes back to a culture when the women serve and remain obedient. I am not a sociologist but it says something when a female VP of a company (NH) is serving tea at a meeting with lower level male colleagues.
Not all about the uniform. Its about a mind set. Western females are more empowered (rightfully) and wont take crap. Asian females, take crap.
Oh please... its only the traditional Hong Kong girls who pretend to be virgins. they are not that sexy!!! its like going to an all boys school. Anybody looks hot after a while... they should stop being such prudes and lighten up...