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... the the ... I still ... apply to the at one of India's most airlines which recently said it would only accept applicants for flight attendants from when it ... with me to discuss this is Jeffrey and transportation ... editor here in Hong Kong ... rate ... we know that the vast majority of cabin attendants are clean and but the air has taken this one step further ... by saying they are only one female applicants ... two questions first of all this is breaking the law ... and second of all why did really well when that ... will make others isn't it very clear answer for the first ... question there ... are laws ... in India ... for this constitution that ... that says you can't discriminate and you know in this gender equality but it's not very strictly enforced ... and gender inequality for the preference for females in the ... listen for fashion expecially in India ... is nothing new in a few years ago least heard Kingfisher's ul founder ... of the Jamaat is saying that you can pick ... all know has owned the place and all female flattens for the airline which no one under ... over for while back ... before the goal where aam Vieira purposes really ... cost saving measures may think ... God is male flight tents or ... heavier ... than their female car parts and to save costs and fuel ... the brother of use ... female crew flight attendants ... than males ... the question of what if you are a small scale and ... would appear one man and a half and gained some weight later by different ... cases ... what did it depends on and on airlines and their policies but it didn't initially seemed ... somehow once maintaining policies on ... onthe in ... appearance and in physical size of the flight attendants and ... they would maintain flight tends to lose weight and it we've seen that in several markets including in Indy ... this talk about it ... that that the image of the flight attendant in Asia and how iconic as anyone think of Singapore Air ... you think about poster with this is beautiful Santoro on flight attendant ... same thing comes to my with Thai Airways ... now ... as well as funds little bit outdated and a little bit bordering on sexist but what I have this immense prevailed in the flight industry and aviation ... to begin with snow in ... the US for sample ... and for every one hundred foot ten center ... just twenty four twenty five male and its ... own so the proportion of male plantains in the industry is still relatively low ... in the profession that use an all female ... now ... in recent years services become a second priority in many Western Airlines not so for the Asian carriers which continued to advertising claim the meals though services why people fly them ... and a big part in there and there it serves in her uses ... the defeat of female flattens that provide this for a warm hospitality ... tube passengers and ... and that's that continues to be a big part of the of the psyche of how ... the airline tickets operate ... in Asia and then to to beach to be Frank it is still very well received by ... many ... business travelers which are a lot of ... men ... I I see a point ... so ... I could get morphine down executives of her life this and has elected to the data might say this ... is changing for sample Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific ... aam the isthe flushed out of the campaign a few years back ... with ... asking all employees to take to take ... professional photos and ... and and these might be chosen to be ads across the other ... magazines and in bus stops and we sweet to see a fair share of male representation now ... I in in essence reach the truth of what sense which we've never seen before ... yet what's interesting about where our minds to the story with its earlier this year but there's no other when they were starting to Charge passengers by the key though ... I mean this is ... a little bit more extreme than what the winners during the same principle ... if an aircraft is lighter ... and more fuel efficient press ... it that that is the sad truth is no fuel accounts for so much of an airline's operating costs ... known for many airlines is more than forty cents the single biggest operating cost and ... there's ... the ... common view that ... appeal was will be coming down not much ... going forward and therefore the the the big goal was to find any way possible to reduce ... the field of console ... usage and among other things ... it says resemble carry less water on on planes but one airline actually stripped the plains of paint ... new client their mettle to to to preserve the fuel so people are trying to think of creative ways and ... enforce lead this one will ... have a ... big thank so much stuff will see how the story continues to unfold ... for more this story is that it WS J dot com facial today like the Sanchanta ...