Central Scrutinizer Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thai transsexuals were overjoyed as new airline P.C. Air yesterday took air hostess job applications from "third sex" candidates at Bangkok's Esplanade shopping mall. Among the successful applicants was Miss Tiffany 2007 winner Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn. P.C. Air executive Peter Shan said the company had seen the potential of transsexuals to work as hostesses. After passing the preliminary round, the transsexuals will undergo training along with female air-hostesses and will have a "third sex" name tag pinned to their uniform to avoid immigration issues, Shan explained. The first batch of successful candidates consisted of 17 women, 10 men and three transsexuals. Miss Tiffany 2007 winner Thanyarat, 23, said she was overjoyed to get the chance she had longed for. "At first I thought they would just take applications but not actually recruit us, as happened at other places before," she said. Another transsexual applicant, Panthakan Sri-ngern, 24, said she once applied for a hostess position at another airline but wasn't chosen. She said a friend who worked there later told her she was rejected because she was transsexual. She felt devastated by the discrimination. Panthakan, who has a hospitality and tourism degree from Kasetsart University, said this time she hoped to succeed and was glad Thai society was now giving more opportunities to transsexuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 was glad Thai society was now giving more opportunities to transsexuals. We enlightened Farang have been giving them opportunities for decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 And the winner is Miss Tiffany 2007 winner Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn FCnXZaVTCGw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexi Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Flight attendant should be the ideal job for these " ladies ".....in any case they look better than 95% of farang trolly dollies ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 When will the USA airlines follow suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acockasian Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sometimes I wonder about the gender of flight attendants on US domestic flights. At least the katoeys should be feminine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sometimes I wonder about the gender of flight attendants on US domestic flights. At least the katoeys should be feminine. Check out the Aussie flight attendants if you ever fly an Australian carrier, whilst some are good looking their attitudes leave a lot to be desired - sort of like these new British TV shows like Lady to Ladette, it's all about them instead of being gracious, well mannered and serving the bloody customer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooNoi Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Another cheap low-cost airline starting up in Asia. They'll all be back in the job queue within 6 months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Australia already has two, Virgin Blue and Jetstar, both are Airasia type without the sexy asian stewardesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooNoi Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Virgin Blue distincly going away from the low-cost model now and aiming for more of the business market. They're leaving the low-cost stuff to Jetstar and Tiger. Actually.. quite often Jetstar, who has large crew bases in Singapore and Bangkok, send their "trainees" down to Oz to do what's known as "line training" on domestic sectors down here, so quite often there are some lovely trolley dollies on the Jetstar routes in Oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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