‘It Was Really Disgusting’: What Sexual Harassment Looks Like at 30,000 Feet (broadly.vice.com)

June 6, 2016

by Natasha Wynarczyk

Female cabin crew have been sexually objectified since Pan Am’s 60s heyday. Women in the industry say it’s making their jobs a transatlantic nightmare.

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On some airlines, control over what female cabin crew wear, how they behave, and what they can do in their personal life is extended to when they are off duty. Qatar Airways in particular is a prime offender, having been found guilty in 2015 of violating discrimination laws by the International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations body. Female flight attendants were sacked if they married or got pregnant within the first five years of employment. Though Qatar Airways claims they have since removed these rules, the ITF has had complaints from a number of women who have been dismissed without any warning over the past year for these reasons.

Saskia, a cabin crew member who coordinates the ITF’s Qatar Airways campaign, says the company has built a “culture of fear.”

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Tags: cabin crew, discrimination, gender, Qatar Airways, sexual harassment, women