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https://groovyhistory.com/sexy-stewardesses-in-the-1960s-and-1970s-making-the-skies-friendly
https://clickamericana.com/topics/money-work/fly-girls-stewardess-job-requirements-of-the-50s-60s
Poprocket77
Most of those flight attendants are still working there.
djalet
MAN9000
Regardless of sexiness, those outfits are groovy, baby! Yeah!
desl14
I saw summer photos of my father in the 70s ... i guess the males flight attendent uniform had the same shorts
polarbearrodeo
That lady knows what she looks like
WillemHellfire
Damn!
ASquirrelNamedLloyd
Ooh that shit was ridiculous
Iblamemyparentstoo
https://simpleflying.com/southwest-737-700s-retirements/
ConstipatedVirgin
Flying Tin Cans
mustangcharlie
Aluminum cans, but yes.
ToastedEverythingBagel
*You* may not, but your employer thinks of you as both of those things.
MightestGlowCloud
Just bring back the legroom
TI99Kitty
But then they couldn't cram people in like sardines, to make the most $$$ they can off every flight.
DocRock61
SW was the fun airline in the old days. I once was on a hotel bus from SFRAN airport to my hotel with a crew and it was a blast!
WhatUpDog3000
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
inside, her eyes rolled like the wheels of a slot machine
lurksalotcommentssome
When did Southwest fly 747s?
Iblamemyparentstoo
It's not Southwest's quote it's a flight attendants quote.
PacMan4Life
1972
Iblamemyparentstoo
https://simpleflying.com/southwest-737-700s-retirements/
Iblamemyparentstoo
"Southwest Airlines started 2020 strong with a fleet of 747 Boeing 737 aircraft. While 34 MAX jets were parked"
HIDoctorNick
Southwest never had 747's.
userfriendly19777
This must have been quite akward for all parties. Even back then.
chichiFregiLover
selling a product using a female. good 'ol days
HateClub
Great. Now the sharks may come in.
drdavessardogs
That was back when the flight attendants were young and pert, and the pilots were old and grey.
drdavessardogs
Now the pilots have momma's milk on their lips and the flight attendants (some) are old airbags...
mistaopportunity
What's the title a reference to?
Iblamemyparentstoo
https://www.ft.com/content/72b236c9-c36e-4ce3-8ac8-b13f904a948c
sinbinrugger
They aren’t waiters. They are safety officers who will bring you snacks and drinks.
EggFooYung
Back then they were waitresses too. Flights had real, proper meals. In first class, some still do.
Hal1918
Do you mean safety officers who *sell* you snacks & drinks or are they now free post covid?
gnochi
Southwest has only ever charged for alcohol! Though the selection of soda is very limited and there’s one type of snack for the fleet.
Hal1918
Ryanair passengers will be very jealous ? https://www.ryanair.com/tr/en/plan-trip/travel-extras/inflight-menu
as9ect5772
Please, kill me with those thighs
SwayzeS
Can we even conceive that women who worked as stewardesses in the 60's-70's were so horribly objectified? Imagine pilots in bikinis! Had a
SwayzeS
friend, who worked for Pacific Southwest out of CA in 1967. She had to wear a mini-skirt so short, & tight, it looked like short shorts.
marthafarquar
1972 photo is Southwest Airlines Texas 737 by Alan Band. The quote is a stewardess in Julia Cooke’s social history of Pan American Airways
lurksalotcommentssome
This is very helpful
RayMC
I’m too young to have been there, so I have to ask: were air hostesses seen as sex symbols back then? Because I honestly can’t imagine that.
Backload
They were; check out advertising for Braniff Airlines and early Virgin Atlantic- it was all male fantasy stuff.
Odincdaj522004
I am proud to upvote you to 69
Wonkable
Thank you. Southwest has never flown anything other than 737s. It was bothering me a little
SumDuzzle
I love when people know stuff lol
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
But do you know why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
SarcasticComment
I see you are an expert in 1970s airline stewardesses
cheesedogs
I want you on my trivia team god damn
TacoPoweredHelicopter
They only know those 2 facts and nothing else.
IbetterFedeliskSKIELSKPadarscoumbBABARND
Look at all that aisle room
eskimoe
IIRC these photoshoots weren't actually done inside actual planes.. Correct me if I'm wrong.
daler1
Now, that aisle room is definitely sexy!
ThaWhiteRanger
Aisle be damned
bigger66
looks about the same as a southwest flight today
HelpOurSouls
People are just fatter now so the aisles seem smaller
HumanClone
Nah. The people are just healthier and not all over weight
ExistentialDreadlocks
And also shorter, I guess?
TheMerovingianian
Not sure about the healthier part. But agree on the weight part.
WakeUp2Yourself
When airlines cared about experience and not just the bottom line
PballQhead
They still do care about the experience, and it costs about the same as it did back then (I think). Most of us just don't fly business/1st.
mustangcharlie
You are absolutely wrong about the cost. I flew a bunch in the 90s and regular ass coach domestic tickets started around $500 and went up.
PballQhead
I mean the cost of old time first inflation adjusted relative to the cost of first now, coach is waaaaaay cheaper since deregulation
iusedtodream
Planes crash a lot less now, and everyone can fly, not just the 1%, so I think we've improved.
HenryLongfellowIII
The experience I care about is being able to get into an airplane and get off in Europe or Asia for the cost of a few billed hours.
ImpossibleAgenda
Kronzor
I wish I knew i was in the good ol’ days when I was in them.
codpeace
Someday someone will refer to these days as the good ol' days.
JeevesMk2
Remember when we only had to wear masks outside and not full radiation suits?
ragingzealot
The one in the back looks so done
spitsfire
No, you’re seeing things
SoberToast
Of course she's done. She's heaving to wear heeled boots on an airplane
ElectricStormCat
She also looks sexier to me.
lilimwings
I can only imagine the random casual sexual harassment of that era.
Imalwaysready
Some things never change.
FuckThatUsernameIsTaken
sexual harasment tend be bad for the moral
souleater2847
Fuck your Cindy…fuck you…- Attendant in back
whatpassesforclever
Resting Stewardess Face
JGoat
His shorts are riding up
2ti6x
thats steve, he never got comfortable in the uniform.
AThreeFootTallChocolateMooseWithFudgeEyes
maybe if he had his shield there...
St0rmKing
?
pickupallyourfloorbags
Ok, I am hungover to hell and now I can't stop laughing at this comment. Send help ?
Bmxtucker
Is it just me or is Steve being kinda hot right now?
metalrulercid
No kidding, that lady looks like she's about to punch somebody.
jmartkdr
Well, she has to deal with The Public.
metalrulercid
No judgement, the public sucks
jrv302
Why the F are women always being sexualized?
irvingb01
Because many men have operational testicles and eyes.
otiumCatulli
Then gouge them out as Jesus commanded
BarfMonger
Why is it so hard to hire women for the 100 most dangerous jobs in the country? Many even offer bonuses to women. Stripping pays less.
JackieTreehornProductions
It's hard wired, it's the software logic that enables us to override that wiring and move past it. Some folks just lack proper coding still.
TickleMeFlymo
Well put.
otiumCatulli
Massive difference between sexual attraction, and sexualisation which leads to objectification and oppression
JackieTreehornProductions
next ask "why can't men be monogamous"
Mewmus
because sex drive exists. men are sexualized too.
otiumCatulli
Massive difference between sex drive and reducing women to only their worth as sex objects, not as complex human beings with agency
Mewmus
wanting to have sex with someone and also respecting someone aren't mutually exclusive ya know
otiumCatulli
Kind of proves my point, too many guys don't respect women and treat them as objects and guess what, it's not nice being treated as an objec
otiumCatulli
Funny how a lot of men can't manage it then
ImgurCouncilOfLlamas
Because men are in charge.
Creature224
How many romantic movies have a ugly guy as it lead?... Give me ten examples.
ImgurCouncilOfLlamas
Doesn't matter if the men are ugly, because the men don't value themselves based on appearance.
Creature224
Not completely truth
SomeDetroitGuy
As Good As it Gets, Something's Gotta Give, A Business Affair, Along Came Polly, The Invention of Lying, Punch-Drunk Love, Dangerous
SomeDetroitGuy
Liaisons, Cyrus, Pavilion of Women, Groundhog Day, White Men Can't Jump.
Welley
Adam Sandler's movies. (Insert New Girl + Brooklyn 99 crossover episode)
Creature224
7 more Movies (I'm allowing new girl Brooklyn 99)
Welley
Here
Creature224
duoplicity
"Stewardess" then; 1 of the 1st jobs I applied; weight limits for my height were 110; I was 108 & that was dangerously too close for them
mustangcharlie
Back then flying was obscenely expensive, so they had to sell the whole experience not just the destination. Part of that was the stewardess
RowanUnderwood
I can just see the modern day conservative unironically bringing back the Stewardess weight requirement as their take on "fuel efficiency."
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Sparrrow5102
And anyone of average height could easily do that at up to...idk...150? 110 is insane and not about job efficiency
Ahrnoc
Um. The weight was about how skinny and good looking they were. Not about their ability to maneuver in the aisles. Are you kidding me?
Ahrnoc
I'm sorry, it's just crazy how I just feel kinda outraged at how women have been treated like sex objects and people here are acting like it
Ahrnoc
didn't happen, or it wasn't as bad as it was. Maybe you should imagine being told you aren't adequate because you aren't pretty enough.
RayMC
I’m always surprised at how light women are. I’m 106 and I’m considered morbidly underweight as a guy, all while looking like a skeleton.
VulpesHilarianus
Muscle is denser than fat is the reason why. People with higher testosterone build muscle more easily. So men start with more base muscle.
RayMC
If libido is anything to judge by, I assure you, my testosterone is really damn low.
Mrstealyomemes2
How tall are you? Lol let's redo this thread...
Mrstealyomemes2
I'm 5'7" in socks.
RayMC
Tiny. I’m 5’8” only.
k4FoodSmasher
That’s not short. Pretty average height.
RayMC
Well, when I was a teenager (a few years ago), my pediatrician said I should’ve been taller by then. So idk man ¯\_(ツ)_/¯