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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"flight attendant"”.
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Design Criteria for Female Flight Attendant Uniforms: Wearer Preference Needs Assessment
… this research was to gather the preferences of flight attendants for garment characteristics of the ideal flight attendant uniform, then translate those garment characteristics to design criteria. Using uniform silhouette, interior design lines and fabric characteristics as dependent variables, …
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"Serving to secure ""Global Korea"": Gender, mobility, and flight attendant labor migrants"
… argue that aspiring, current, and former Korean flight attendants have driven the production and maintenance of this national project. More broadly, as a driver of this national project, this occupation has emerged out of the country’s own aspirational flights from an earlier history of …
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Passenger Traits That Predict the Bystander Intervention Model Steps During an Inflight Assault on a Flight Attendant
… major U.S. airline has experienced a violent inflight assault on one of their flight attendants. The problem is becoming more widespread, but industry leaders have few coping strategies. The first step toward addressing the issue is understanding the various aspects of the event, including the …
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Battle in the skies: Sex discrimination in the United States airline industry, 1930 to 1978
The flight attendant occupation in the United States, developed in the 1930s, created new opportunities for women workers, but defined flight attendants as docile, temporary, and easily exploitable workers. Airlines soon discovered that flight attendants provided a marketable image, based on …
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Ultra-Long-Haul Commercial Operations: An Assessment of Current Health and Safety Standards
… commercial airlines have invested extensively in-flight crew operational research and aircraft system development in preparation for ULH flights. Conversely, the progress on health and safety and its impact and standards has received limited attention in the industry. Though stringent medical …
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Highway 11: A Memoir
… I lived out of a suitcase for ten years as a flight attendant for United Airlines in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Honolulu. During that time, I married Bob, a nice Jewish boy, and converted to Judaism in 1973. We lived in Newport Beach, California for 20 years and reared our three …
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Winged Women: Stewardesses, Sexism, and American Society
<p>Airline stewardesses in the decades between 1950 and 1980 reflected a microcosm of the American feminist movement. Subjected to what feminist theorist Laura Mulvey called “the male gaze,” in which women are viewed as objects who exist for the viewer’s pleasure, they were selected for their youth …