Flight attendants protest AirTran swimsuit plane

[DieselDragRacer]

http://www.ajc.com/business/flight-attendants-protest-airtran-342568.html?imw=Y

 

[Whataburger]

This sux. Since when do flight attendants get to say how an airline is run or what promotions get put on the airplane. One of the best days I've had flying at SWA is when I flew "Swimsuit One" all day. Everyone loved it, except for a few goody-two-shoes pilots and some flight attendants.

Let the FA's start an airlines, and they can put what ever they want on the side.

 

[sat74]

I agree! They need to keep their mouth shut and stick to serving the passengers! Oh wait, they don't even do that anymore!

 

[N1atEcon]

Pull their trips with no pay and send them home. "Sorry this beautiful picture offends you, have a nice week off." Family values my butt, do they not go to the beach then? If this would have been SWA 20 years ago Herb would have said see ya in court you fricken whiners. I bet VA will get the SI swimsuit gal next year and Branson's hotties will love it. Why? Cause they are young and hot unlike the rest of the industries medicare "i want another career crowd."

 

[eaglesview]

Our United flight attendants would be very upset. Mostly because none of them come within 100 pounds or 30 years of the woman on the side of the airplane. Bunch of prudes. I sure miss the old days at EAL.

 

[Grandpa +65]

Our United flight attendants would be very upset. Mostly because none of them come within 100 pounds or 30 years of the woman on the side of the airplane. Bunch of prudes. I sure miss the old days at EAL.

:laugh::laugh::laugh:That`s why the girls are upset! My dino-F/A will get upset too.:laugh::laugh:

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Blame it on lawyers.

 

[Max Powers]

I think they need to point out some history.......As in world war 2.....specifically the nose art and what it stood for and perhaps why pilots of that era did it. Maybe then people would be more understanding?

I can see the other side too. I mean those high heels, a swimsuit that looks painted on and lest I forget those nice perky nipples. Perhaps they could have toned it down a bit.

 

[N1atEcon]

I can see the other side too. I mean those high heels, a swimsuit that looks painted on and lest I forget those nice perky nipples. Perhaps they could have toned it down a bit.

Ahhh come on, work with us here.

 

[twepilot]

effem..friggin twinkle toes f____.

RV

 

[Benjamin Dover]

Gee, I wonder why they didn't protest the Elton John airplane?? uke:

 

[IslandDriver]

They should protest all the Cosmo's and Elle's in the seatback pockets...they have less clothes on in there.

 

[XTW]

STFU and waddle back and fetch me a Coke trolley donkey!:nuts:

 

[jonjuan]

I guess they could even things out and "offend" the pilots by putting a picture of Ned Beatty, circa 1972, on the side.

 

[Dornier 335]

I think they need to point out some history.......As in world war 2.....specifically the nose art and what it stood for and perhaps why pilots of that era did it. Maybe then people would be more understanding?

Interesting point. I remember a B-24 in Texas called the Yellow Rose which had a topless woman as nose art. That was around 1999. When I saw it a few years later, she wore a top.

There was a Virgin Atlantic advertisement outside LHR a few years ago. It said: Fly Virgin Atlantic to America to see your grandmother! Or fly AA to see your grandmother work. (I was told the senior f/a's didn't appreciate the ad!)

I don't want to think of this country 20 years down the road the way PC is enforced ...

 

[Headfake14]

You know what you Tranny mgmt fellas should do....fvck'n paint TEN more birds like that. More complaints???....surrre...how'bout another ten.

MGMT talking ---> Then...here's the deal....YOU (the overweight, outta shape FAs) start looking like the ladies on the planes, we'll take them off.

 

[Headfake14]

We should apply this strategy to our JB gals too....HELL...everyone.


miss the old days...and I was barely a kid then.

 

[Poahi]

An image like that creates some expectations..... I think that's what they object to.

 

[waveflyer]

Seriously?
We're jokes of the world how we get bent out of shape over sex and our bodies- I don't care if you're a spike haired femi-nazi or some neo-con on a Jesus trip- if you can't appreciate how beautiful the human body can be, you're probably not living well enough. Get a life.

 

[CA1900]

I guess they could even things out and "offend" the pilots by putting a picture of Ned Beatty, circa 1972, on the side.

Hahahahahaha...

"SQUEAL!!"

 

[Pogue Mahone]

When they go do the walk around in the the rain, they will be free to whine about what's painted on the outside.

In the mean time, no cream or sugar, thanks...I bought mine at Peet's 'cause your coffee sucks.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Hahahahahaha...

"SQUEAL!!"

He meant Warren Beatty I reckon. He was way hotter than Ned.

 

[relief tube]

Little Debbie ads on the side? Now a swimsuit model? This industry keeps going downhill, further away from anything facilitating self-pride.

Hooray for tacky, tasteless, sell-out advertising. Maybee they can take that revenue and help prop up your ridiculous payscales. Oh wait...

 

[Ralph Cramden]

Sorry guys, we're always doing things different over here.

First the black shirts & no tie, now this:

http://www.tv.com/fly-girls/show/78030/summary.html

Yes, they actually work here as FAs.

 

[Lear70]

They're OK... Not as hot as some of the actual Virgin, B.A., or AirFrance gals I've seen in Europe, but certainly better than your average F/A.

AirTran has its share of hotties, one of the guys who posts regularly here on FI is married to one of them. Of course, as usual for American girls, some of the hotties are a bit... err... unbalanced (not that pilot's wife, I'm thinking of an ultra-hot blonde who is just flipping CRAZY and the two or three ex-strippers we have working here).

But there's also some very attractive, well-balanced gals who are married and just do it for the flight bennies and insurance (I know, don't get me started on company insurance) before they have kids or after the kids have started school.

That said, I think one of the posters on our private boards said it best. Put Elton John in a bikini on the side of the plane or the Little Debbie snack cake in a bikini on the side of the plane, and about 60-70% of our F/A's would probably be in heaven...

YMMV (disclaimer, I have nothing against gay or overweight people, I just don't want to be one of them nor do I have any intention of letting their irritation spoil a little fun. Neither does marketing, I imagine.) I would imagine if the AFA wants to get together and PAY the same money the marketing agreement will net the company, then AirTran would probably pull the sponsorship. Somehow I doubt the AFA will turn out to be *THAT* offended...

p.s. Did anyone ever hear who won the Swimsuit Model Vegas Trip contest? It was on the main website, but then quietly disappeared with no announced winner.

 

[tailhookah]

Riiight. Well as a hetero-sexual man... Non gay for you educationally challenged... I take offense to the picture of Elton John on their airplanes. I take offense to that!

'Tail

 

[Milkdud99]

There just mad they don't look like that.

Instead of going on a diet, they go home and eat.

 

[Anonymous2]

Hey at least those flight attendants were quick to speak up about something they're concerned about. You don't see pilots doing that about something that they're concerned about, do ya? (scope anyone?) Some of ya need to stay up in that 2x2 space, keep that door closed and those ears on the radio and those eyes on the movie (or pac-man) playing on your laptop for $11 bucks per hour. I know its fun to pick on those FA's. Who needs 'em anyways when pilots already make FA wages, right? LOL. Just get rid of 'em and have pilots try to keep the customers coming back to fly some more. And, talking about big FA's and eating and all that.......have you guys or gals in the flight deck looked at the person next to you lately? Yeaahhh, the sad truth is that all those comments pertain to both sides of the flight deck door. People are getting larger and there's only so much abuse the poor sheepskin can take lol.

Isn't picking on fa's a nice change from the norm? (pilots picking on each other).



Someone's gotta defend the fa's sometime. I hear pilots talking crap about them all the time. Most FA's I know are pretty cool. Most could probably drink each you under the table. Oh and talking about FA's, I've got a question for all pilots, just to find out what the majority thinks.

When it comes to the cabin crew, which (from what you've experienced) type of crew is easier to deal with? (More relaxed has less/no drama and complaining)

All guys?
All girls?
Mixed?

I find that females usually have more issues and are also less likely to get along with each other.

 

[waveflyer]

Riiight. Well as a hetero-sexual man... Non gay for you educationally challenged... I take offense to the picture of Elton John on their airplanes. I take offense to that!

'Tail

haha-- dude you're probably the guy w/ a craigslist ad out- or a pager number on the bathroom. It's always the guys who have to advertise their hetero status who are usually tapping the bathroom stalls in MSP--

But if you really are bothered by elton john-- you're just as much of a moron as the FA's and people offended by the swimsuit model. Seriously- youre alive b/c your mom and dad were swinging off the chandaliers one night- sex is life... get over it-- or better yet- appreciate it.

 

[Data]

This sux. Since when do flight attendants get to say how an airline is run or what promotions get put on the airplane. One of the best days I've had flying at SWA is when I flew "Swimsuit One" all day. Everyone loved it, except for a few goody-two-shoes pilots and some flight attendants.

Let the FA's start an airlines, and they can put what ever they want on the side.

Geez, the 'ladies' didn't protest when SWA put a whale on the plane (something close to their actual figures), but put something hot on there and they go apesh1t. Figures.