Live by the sea
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- Oct 21, 2016
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Virgin have said to reflect their commitment to individuality and inclusiveness they will be dropping the flight requirements to not show tattoos as long as they are not offensive . Still banned on the neck and face .
I suspect the main reason is the difficulty faced across the sector in currently recruiting flight attendants.
The type of person attracted to be a flight attendant has also changed from not very academic but middle class in the first 30 years of commercial flying to much more working class as it is today , hence the issue with so many having tattoos.
Even pilots are no longer exclusively middle class which is a shame because I do think a cultured accent is somewhat reassuring when the pilot makes his/her announcements.
I suspect the main reason is the difficulty faced across the sector in currently recruiting flight attendants.
The type of person attracted to be a flight attendant has also changed from not very academic but middle class in the first 30 years of commercial flying to much more working class as it is today , hence the issue with so many having tattoos.
Even pilots are no longer exclusively middle class which is a shame because I do think a cultured accent is somewhat reassuring when the pilot makes his/her announcements.