A new Thai airline, PC Air, has started a progressive policy of hiring transsexuals as flight attendants, reports The Consumerist.
Already, the airline has added six transsexual flight attendants to their roster from the more than one hundred who applied for the first round of available jobs. Thailand boasts one of the world’s largest transsexual populations and has an international reputation as a source of cheap and quick sex-change operations.
"I think these people can have many careers, not just in the entertainment business, and many of them have a dream to be an air hostess. I just made their dream come true," said PC Air president, Peter Chan.
"Our society has changed – it’s evolution. I’m a pioneer, and I’m sure there will be [other] organizations following my idea," predicted Chan.
Among PC Air’s six newest flight attendants is Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn, winner of the 2007 Miss Tiffany beauty pageant for transsexuals.
"At first I thought they would just take applications but not actually recruit us, as happened at other places before," said Jiraphatpakorn.