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Galley Gossip: Age, weight and height requirements for flight attendants (and why Christina Ricci could never be a Pan Am stewardess) {Gadling}
Jul 11th 2011 10:47PM Heather,
Wikipedia and you are incorrect. I never put much faith in what Wikipedia says.
My information comes from my own personal experience. I am a Flight Attendant for United Airlines.
I was hired in 1991 and the mandatory weight checks and weight requirements that I and every other F/A at United Airlines were required to take continued for years after that.
Galley Gossip: Age, weight and height requirements for flight attendants (and why Christina Ricci could never be a Pan Am stewardess) {Gadling}
Jun 10th 2011 12:47AM Heather you're incorrect about all airlines dropping their weight requirements in 1990. United Airlines continued weight requirements and mandatory weight checks through the mid-90s when they lost a law suit brought by the EEOC.
Only then were we spared the indignity of proving we were good enough for our job simply because we met a certain weight requirement.
Frankie Muniz Denies Being Suicidal and Assaulting His Girlfriend {PopEater}
Feb 15th 2011 11:04PM I once asked for his autograph for my 9 year old girl.
He refused via his "people".
He has been nowhere for years.
I bet he'd sign that autograph now.
But no one would want it.
Body scanners used as porn by airport security {Gadling}
Sep 29th 2010 4:53PM Please know that your daughter---anyone---- CAN refuse! I travel extensively by air and I always try to pick a line that does not have the machine. If I wind up in one, or it's the only one, I refuse and take the pat-down. They MUST provide an alternative to the machine... at least here in the U.S.
I would never let my pre-teen and teen daughters go through one for the very reasons stated in this article.
Also, read this recent article posted on CNet: "Feds Admit Storing Checkpoint Body Scan Images, August 4,2010.
Thanksgiving Travel Will Cost More {AOL Travel News}
Sep 23rd 2010 6:45PM Our families have a blast together.
And we don't drink cheap wine.
American Says 'Drinks on the House' at Lounges {AOL Travel News}
Sep 23rd 2010 4:02PM Use their club but fly someone else this coming holiday season.
Labor strife possibly leading to a strike will keep me from booking AA for the foreseeable future.
New Fee for Front-Row Seats on American {AOL Travel News}
Aug 19th 2010 4:54PM The average air ticket prices are 25% less than they were in 1999. What else in your life is 25% ****less**** than what you paid for it 10+ years ago? I'll bet you can't find a bus fare or train ticket that is 25% less than it was in 1999.
Airline fees: Please don't lie, don't be moronic {Gadling}
Jul 9th 2010 9:13PM Tom Johnasmeyor says; "ticket prices would just increase for no apparent underlying reason...."
Of course Tom, PROFIT is never an 'apparent' reason.
Tom also says; "we'd all have to share in the cost of the blanket that the gump in seat 11D feels he needs to stay warm...."
Tom attacks the airlines first, then his fellow passengers .... who will you blame next Tom?
What is "moronic" is your article.
Spirit Cancels Flights, Leaves Passengers Stranded {AOL Travel News}
Jun 14th 2010 6:12PM When you charge your customer for overhead bin space if shows that the customer did not pay enough for the ticket in the first place.
Spirit Cancels Flights, Leaves Passengers Stranded {AOL Travel News}
Jun 14th 2010 6:08PM Why should these highly trained professionals who have hundreds of lives in their hands daily be paid substandard, sub-industry wages so you can have a $19.00 plane ticket?
