[Anonymous]

[Inquisitive]

Although a gimmick – but still laudable news:

MUMBAI: It’s an annual affair at the national carrier (Air India), to operate an all-woman flight to mark International Women’s Day.

This year though the celebrations are set to scale unprecedented heights as an all-woman crew will operate the ultra-long-haul Mumbai-New York flight. It will perhaps be the first time in the global aviation history that a 14-16 hour non-stop flight that cuts across ten time zones will be “manned” only by women.

Flight AI-141 will have two sets of women pilots as is the norm with these flights. It is scheduled to take off at 0130 hours on Monday. Apart from this, the airline will be operating three domestic all women’s flight.

[jetlagged]

But who’s going to park it when they get there?

[Mistral]

Meanwhile, another airline, AirAsia marked International Women’s Day yesterday with a trying-to-be-tongue-in-cheek ad: “Now taking reservations. The seat, not the girl”, which appeared in the Bangkok Post’s Spectrum magazine yesterday.

It showed a slender stewardess posing beside a seat on which was perched the sign: “I’m hot.”

Okay, we know what’s really being sold here – tickets for the seats right? But somehow, to me and many of my friends, both women and men, that I sent an image of the ad to, they didn’t think so.

Looks like women haven’t really a long way after all.

[Mistral]

Sorry, my last line should have read – Looks like women haven’t really come a long way after all!

[MartynSinclair]

Hey Jetlagged – arnt you being a bit optomistic worrying about whether they can park the thing when it lands. Iam more worried about how they intend reversing the aircraft back from the stand – mind you, I am sure they will have enough mirrors between them………

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