October 28, 2004

Somehow I don't think this would have happened to a pilot wearing the uniform required by his own airline

uniformly_puzzling.PNG(Via Bleah) The other week Cathy Seipp wrote about Queen of Sky, a Delta stewardess flight attendant who was suspended over her blog. The main point of contention seems to be a photo QoS posted of herself wearing her uniform, posing on a row of airline seats, and showing some leg. Both legs, actually. Which I think are taller than my whole body. When I'm standing up, even, as I'm not doing now, for the same reason you didn't want to go up to the blackboard in 7th grade. Anyway, the BBC News site has more, although they call her "Queen of the Sky," which I think is like referring to "the Nirvana" or, more to the point, "the Wonder Woman."

She's a fun-lovin' gal with a great set of stems, said the guy from the '40s, and I hope she gets it sorted out. Hell, who are we kidding, she'll probably get a book and movie deal out of it. Where's my camera? Does Nair hurt?

(Comments are open for anybody who wants to post a doctoral dissertation about why Delta is right to do what they're doing, why I'm a pig for noticing well-proportioned limbs and admitting it, etc. We're all interested.)

Update: She just got fired. She went ahead and reposted all the pictures that got her in trouble, and I guess I just don't see the problem. It's not like she had 8 pitchers of margaritas and tried to fly the plane or anything. Damn.

Posted by Jim Treacher at October 28, 2004 09:12 AM
Comments

Man, I don't ever get flight attendants who look like that. All my flight attendants look like Maude, or Irene Ryan as Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies.

Or Bob Hoskins dressed as Maude.

Posted by: Kevin Parrott at October 28, 2004 09:57 AM

The mind boggles, Kevin.

Posted by: Keith at October 28, 2004 10:01 AM

The stewie working my part of the aircraft (I almost wrote 'working my aisle', but spotted how one of you reprobates would fashion a double entendre) always seems to be as gay as a taffeta chandelier. Funnily enough, they also seem to be much more alacritous than the gals at bringing me my complimentary gin and tonic at regular intervals.

Posted by: David Gillies at October 28, 2004 10:21 AM

Ah, kids. back in the old days they ALL looked like the Queen. The airlines had rules. This is just another example of the dead hand of political correctnesss doing to Amurrican fun what fundamentalism would never have the power to.

I think I've got a copy of "Coffee, Tea, or Me?" out in the garage. Set the Way-back machine for 1965!

Posted by: Beryl Gray at October 28, 2004 10:38 AM

Does this mean I should remove the photo of me abusing myself in business casual clothes from my site?

Posted by: Hubris at October 28, 2004 11:02 AM

David;

The G&T is a dead give-away.

Captain Americrunch can smell you a mile away, I'll bet.

Posted by: Beryl Gray at October 28, 2004 01:14 PM

Damn, I wish I knew which airline suspended her so I could boycott it. She can induct me into the mile high club anytime.

Posted by: Patrick Banks at October 28, 2004 03:25 PM

I wonder if she likes chocolate because i have half a bar in my pants.

Posted by: Drago Milovechek at October 28, 2004 06:40 PM

Kevin, you must fly on Northwest Airlines. I think they have a rule where female flight attendants (nee stewardesses) have to be disgruntled, makeup-splattered grandmas, and the men have to be downright flaming. Fly on British Airways or Lufthansa sometime. My wife and I think they must have a hottie rule. I'm no fan of European politics, but "cheers" to them if they haven't given in to political correctness.

Posted by: insomni at October 29, 2004 06:55 AM

Insomni, you're making it sound like Minnesota is full of disgruntled grannies and flaming gays.

Which is, of course, correct.

Keith
Flaming Minnesotan

Posted by: Keith at October 29, 2004 08:00 AM

She's pretty, has nice legs... But she also has a Kerry banner on her site. Too bad, she seemed nice...

Posted by: BarCodeKing at October 30, 2004 11:03 AM

Jim:

The 8 pitcher of margaritas and flying the plane thing... Northwest pretty much has a lock on that.

;-)

Posted by: leelu at November 3, 2004 12:04 PM