British Airways was founded in 1974 and is today the largest airline in the UK. The company has seen vast changes over the years, including those made to the cabin crew’s rules and regulations. While it may be hard to imagine, British Airways stewardesses were once forbidden from getting married, a former cabin member has claimed.
Roz Hanby, who was the face of British Airways in the 1970s, revealed in documentary “A Very British Airline: British Airways Behind the Scenes” how they were “not allowed” to get married.
Ms Hanby said: “It was definitely important to look good, you were the in-flight entertainment. You weren’t allowed to get married.”
As shocking as this claim is, it is not the only alleged cabin crew rule which is worlds away from today’s expectations from stewardesses.
Ms Hanby went on to claim that airline Pan American World Airways would even “weigh their stewardesses before they went on each flight”.
Of course in this day and age these practices would never happen, however, cabin crew are still expected to complete complex training before they take to the air.
One BA worker explained: “British Airways has always been renowned for its cabin crew, certainly to get a job at British Airways is very hard.
“I think it’s because we don’t want to dilute what we have.”
