Reply #14: Flight Attendants

[HockeyMom]

Years ago I wanted to be a flight attendant. In checking the requirements, I found that I was under the minimum height and my uncorrected eyesight was too poor. The weight requirement in proportion to height. They also had an age maximum.

Today, the height minimum has been lowered by 4 inches. At 5'2" I would now qualify. The vision requirement is still the same, but my vision has actually improved to their standard. The weight requirement was the same. There was nothing in the requirements about an age maximum now. In fact, in the picture they showed of attendants disembarking the plane, one clearly seemed to be well over the age of 40.

Has this industry become less discriminatory, or, just plain desperate?????