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Blind Squirrel 1st Jul 2013 03:40

Indian loco to discontinue male cabin crew...
 
...the shape of things to come?



With women generally weighing 30 to 45 pounds less than males and it costing about 3 rupees ($0.05) per hour per extra pound to fly, the airline expects to save up to 30 million rupees (around $500 million) each year in fuel through the new hiring practice.

GoAir opts for female crew to save fuel - The Times of India

rennaps 1st Jul 2013 09:58

The Rupee has got a LOT stronger over the last few days.

AtomKraft 1st Jul 2013 15:23

Best idea I've heard for a long, long time.....:ok:

Twinotterguy 2nd Jul 2013 11:22

2090.....last ever male pilot celebrate retirement

cockney steve 5th Jul 2013 21:07

[quote][3 rupees ($0.05)/QUOTE]


30 million rupees (around $500 million)
and there was me thinking that bean-counters ran things.....WRONG!
It's Paul daniels, the F'ing Magician. :}

Phileas Fogg 6th Jul 2013 15:03

Call me old-fashioned but things are definitely on the "up":

http://img.fark.net/images/cache/850...A&f=1373256000

CaptDDay 7th Jul 2013 13:18

Just saying
 
The airline could put an overweight cess on the CC, rather than firing them for being male. We all know that the real reason is because the pax prefer airlines with female CC but the labour laws prevent the airline from saying that out loud.

CC Job Only for a lass,
Kiss my :mad:

Lonewolf_50 1st Aug 2013 12:45

Indian loco to discontinue male cabin crew...

It is probably well that this is a local airline. Were they to expand operations to china, some of their savings might need to go into ensuring that their CC have substantial martial arts training.

From a recent report on "air rage tribes" in China, where frustration with flying and airline attitudes runs high ...

Flight attendants learn self-defense

A British businessman on board a Hong Kong Airlines flight recently described how an elderly passenger lost it when the plane was delayed for six hours at Sanya Airport in Hainan province.
"He went completely mental and stormed up the plane and into the business class. I heard a punch and looked up and he was attacking the stewardess," Graham Fewkes told the South China Morning Post in March.

"What surprised me was that passengers were applauding as the man was hitting her.”

Hong Kong Airlines is training its crews to be prepared for such incidents.
Since 2011, the carrier has included a class on Wing Chun – a martial art -- as part of the basic training courses for all of its flight attendants


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