NEWLY formed Thai airline PC Air wants to be different from their competitors by hiring transsexual flight attendants. Being pretty and being feminine are the qualifications the ladyboys should have to join a new charter airline that will begin operations in early April. [Photo: An instructor applies make-up foundation to transsexual flight attendant Dissanai Chitpraphachin during a make-up training session at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9.]
Manajemen PC Air menyebut terobosan ini untuk menegaskan keunikan identitas mereka yang membedakan dari pesaing. Semula mereka hanya merekrut awak kabin perempuan dan laki-laki, tetapi berubah pikiran setelah menerima lebih dari 100 surat lamaran dari waria. ”Saat mendapat pekerjaan ini, saya menangis gembira. Saya sudah mengirim lamaran ke banyak perusahaan penerbangan,” ujar Chayathisa Nakmai (24). (REUTERS/AFP/WAS)
Manajemen PC Air menyebut terobosan ini untuk menegaskan keunikan identitas mereka yang membedakan dari pesaing. Semula mereka hanya merekrut awak kabin perempuan dan laki-laki, tetapi berubah pikiran setelah menerima lebih dari 100 surat lamaran dari waria. ”Saat mendapat pekerjaan ini, saya menangis gembira. Saya sudah mengirim lamaran ke banyak perusahaan penerbangan,” ujar Chayathisa Nakmai (24). (REUTERS/AFP/WAS)
The airline has recruited four ladyboys, 19 women and seven men but said they will need to employ more transsexuals on their flights in the future. [Photo (from L to R): Nathatai Sukkaset, 26, Phuntakarn Sringern, 24, Dissanai Chitpraphachin, 24, and Chayathisa Nakmai, 24, pose for photographers at PC Air office in Bangkok.]. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand
The charter airline is set to start operations on Asian routes in April, initially flying to South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and China. [Photo: Transsexual flight attendant Dissanai Chitpraphachin looks at herself in a mirror during a make-up training session at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9.]. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand
Transsexual flight attendant Dissanai Chitpraphachin, 24, has her hair done during a hair-dressing training session at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand
Transsexual flight attendants (from L to R): Nathatai Sukkaset, 26, Dissanai Chitpraphachin, 24, Chayathisa Nakmai, 24, and Phuntakarn Sringern, 24, pose for photographers at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9, 2011. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand
Transsexual flight attendants (from L to R, sitting): Phuntakarn Sringern, 24, Chayathisa Nakmai, 24, and Nathatai Sukkaset, 26, look at an instructor during a make-up training session at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9, 2011. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand
Transsexual flight attendant Dissanai Chitpraphachin, 24, has her hair done during a hair-dressing training session at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9, 2011. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand
Transsexual flight attendants attend a make-up training session at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9, 2011. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand
Transsexual flight attendants attend a make-up training session at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9, 2011. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand
An instructor cleans transsexual flight attendant Dissanai Chitpraphachin’s face during a make-up training session at PC Air office in Bangkok February 9, 2011. Photos: Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom . PC Air Thailand