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Donning my hard hat for this one - cabin crew appearance

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TellerTuesday · 31/05/2024 20:30

I do realise I'm probably going to get flamed for this but has anyone else noticed a real decline in the appearance of cabin crew members?

Just had a flight with Virgin and the female members honestly looked dreadful. Ill fitting uniforms, red trousers stretched over VPL bottoms, tight white gaping shirts, one had a drab cardigan over the top.

I realise it's a sexist notion but when I was younger they always looked so glamorous strutting through the airport in their heeled court shoes (mainly flat now it appears), immaculate hair and make up.

Also thought the same when I last flew with TUI. The male cabin crew always seem to look well turned out.

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Disturbia81 · 31/05/2024 22:40

I'm pretty sure this is a wind up thread. It can't be real.

KeeeeeepDancing · 31/05/2024 22:39

RampantIvy · 31/05/2024 22:34

I have just come back from a Jet2 holiday. The flight attendants all looked smart and well turned out. They don't wear heels on the flight. They might do so in the airport, but change into flats for the flight.

I love the jet2 red lipstick they wear. Not sure if it is an official red. I should hope they all get one allocated per year for free really.

booktokbear · 31/05/2024 22:37

Alittlelostinlifeisi · 31/05/2024 20:35

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Yep we can see the original btw.

Really kind.

KeeeeeepDancing · 31/05/2024 22:37

Theimpossiblegirl · 31/05/2024 22:29

As long as I get a couple of g&ts and I don't die I don't care what they look like tbh.

Love this!

Shortjanet · 31/05/2024 22:36

Given the roles cabin crew may have to perform in an emergency I'd much prefer they all worked in trainers, joggers and a t shirt tbh. Utter nonsense to expect people in skirts, heels and fitted blouses to potentially help passengers evacuate.

socks1107 · 31/05/2024 22:34

I was cabin crew for ten years. A purser for many of them. Standards on my last flight in January were as they were when I flew tbh.

XenoBitch · 31/05/2024 22:34

I never really understood why they had to be so dolled up anyway.
One flight I was on, one of the cabin crew was a transwoman albeit with a very masculine face. Had such heavy make up and lipstick on.... looked ridiculous.

As to the PP saying they are just waitresses in the sky... um no. I have have flown less than 10 times in my life, and it was short journeys, and even I know they do so much more than push a trolley up and down the aisle and demonstrate how to use a life jacket.

RampantIvy · 31/05/2024 22:34

I have just come back from a Jet2 holiday. The flight attendants all looked smart and well turned out. They don't wear heels on the flight. They might do so in the airport, but change into flats for the flight.

CatamaranViper · 31/05/2024 22:32

When worked on cruise ships we had ridiculously strict rules about appearance.
Clean, neat makeup was required, we had about 15 hair styles to choose from (variation was okay as long as it fell within the rules), heels were recommended and strongly preferred.
Uniform was a horribly thick synthetic-wool-type suit, keep in mind we were sailing through very hot places...

After the first few cruises you learn which of the rules you can bend and what you can get away with. I threw my heels straight in the incinerator and lived in flats when I realised I could get away with it.

Crew deserve to be comfortable

Ginmonkeyagain · 31/05/2024 22:31

The last long haul we did was with American Airlines and pretty much all the cabin crew were male. They wore trousers, short sleeved shorts and waistcoats.

No lippy. Not that it would have mattered if they did!

I do still like my pilot to wear a hat. Don't feel safe otherwise.

AlwaysGinPlease · 31/05/2024 22:30

LordSnot · 31/05/2024 20:31

Post a few recent photos of yourself and we'll let you know if you look better or worse than cabin crew we've encountered lately.

This

Woahtherehoney · 31/05/2024 22:29

Oh I thought we were passed judging women for how they look going to work but apparently not, OP.

Theimpossiblegirl · 31/05/2024 22:29

As long as I get a couple of g&ts and I don't die I don't care what they look like tbh.

legacyflygirl · 31/05/2024 22:27

@EmilyTjP There are still not many airlines that allow visible tattoos.

Valeriekat · 31/05/2024 22:26

legacyflygirl · 31/05/2024 22:22

@Valeriekat Do they wear them inflight too? Can't imagine they were great in the recent severe turbulence SIA experienced Confused

They aren't flip flops just comfortable open low heeled shoes.

legacyflygirl · 31/05/2024 22:26

@CheeseWisely I believe, that the uniform guidelines do, in fact, cover what uniform can be worn in certain destinations.

Pollipops1 · 31/05/2024 22:23

The full face of make up and hair sprayed hair looked so dated anyway though

legacyflygirl · 31/05/2024 22:22

@Valeriekat Do they wear them inflight too? Can't imagine they were great in the recent severe turbulence SIA experienced Confused

TroysMammy · 31/05/2024 22:22

I remember my sister saying over 20 years ago that at the end of a long haul flight Virgin staff looked worse than the passengers whereas BA staff at the end of a similar flight looked fresh like they had just started their shift.

Valeriekat · 31/05/2024 22:21

The cabin crew shouldn't have to struggle with oversize or overweight cabin luggage!

Valeriekat · 31/05/2024 22:20

Singapore Airlines!
always perfectly turned out and the women wear sensible but pretty sandals.

legacyflygirl · 31/05/2024 22:20

@MaryFuckingFerguson Thank you, but we don't need your pity.

@girlfriend44 There is so much more to the role, you are showing your ignorance. (Not dissing waiting staff either, they do a fab job too).

ManilowBarry · 31/05/2024 22:18

LordSnot · 31/05/2024 20:31

Post a few recent photos of yourself and we'll let you know if you look better or worse than cabin crew we've encountered lately.

🙄

The op is talking about the presentation of the cabin crew and the bad styling of the outfits.

She's not slating their faces.

MrsTerryPratchett · 31/05/2024 22:17

girlfriend44 · 31/05/2024 22:07

It's not a glamorous job. They are waitresses in the sky.
Some of the people on board as passengers don't look to hot.

They aren't. They have a role in safety so it may not be glamorous but it isn't waitressing.

The only physical attribute I'd hope they have is being tall and strong enough to help older and disabled passengers to get their stuff in the bins quickly. A couple of the gorgeous (you'd have loved them OP) stewards on Singapore really struggled.

RichardsGear · 31/05/2024 22:11

GailTheSnail · 31/05/2024 20:50

Maybe have a word with Richard Branson about how you'd like to see more of his staff wearing thongs?

He'd probably agree, from what I've read over the years.

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