Asiana Airlines Flight Attendants Fight for the Right to Wear Pants

Where: Korea

March 13, 2012 at 10:42 AM | by jetflyboy | Comments (0)

Let them wear pants! Asiana Airlines female cabin crew have spoken out against employer regulations mandating them to wear skirts while working. The flight attendants, with help from their union, have proposed to executives to offer more uniform options beyond just knee length skirts.

Asiana has fought back by saying the uniform was based on traditional Korean dress called a hanbok and women didn't wear pants with this dress. For those that don't know what a hanbok looks like, it is a high-waisted dress, so it makes sense that women wouldn't wear pants. Asiana has no plans to change the uniforms rules in the future. Alas, the desire for a change doesn't stop at just the skirts.

In addition to their inability to don pants, cabin crew cannot wear glasses, have more than 2 bobby pins in their hair and must be fully manicured before take off. Most complaints are coming from a safety issue with the skirts, but here an employee says how she "hates to be manicured."

Asiana flight attendants are not the only ones to have compulsory skirts for in-flight uniforms. We have brought you the story of Singapore Airlines' Singapore Girls and their signature Sarong Kebaya, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Malaysia Airlines have a similar sarong-type skirt, but with a solid color on the top. Both Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia ladies also only have a dress or skirt option in the signature Virgin red.

Korean Air had a similar labor dispute and eventually offered a pants option for female cabin crew. Hey, at least the uniforms of Hooters Air no longer exist.

[Photo: Flickr]

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