American Airlines Beauty Contest

[pshepvic]

Hmm ... I've flown American Airlines recently, and I think they might be barking up the wrong tree for more than one reason...

American Airlines flight attendants demanded an end to what they said is a company "beauty contest" that harks back to the era of an all-women workforce facing weigh-ins and wearing girdles.
The airline's push to find the best-looking female and male attendants at each crew base as uniform models undermines their chief duty of ensuring safety, Laura Glading, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, said in an e-mail today to the union's 18,000 members at American.

Read more: Flight attendants slam airline's 'beauty contest'
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