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Why do air hostess do makeup?

The passengers have to feel like they're enjoying the trip, and your face has to be pleasant so that just looking at it will make them feel this way, and next time they'll book a flight with the airline.



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Airlines are particular about how their flight attendants look, and while most don't require female flight attendants to wear makeup, some do. Emirates, for instance, is all about high-maintenance beauty and requires that female flight attendants wear red lipstick and lip liner during every shift.

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She explains that the airlines consider their flight attendants and cabin crew as a PR 'product', which they polish to make sure people think that their airline is good. “Some airlines have grooming/image 'checkers' at the airport,” Ms Brown explains.

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Liu Miaomiao (pictured), from Shenzhen Airlines, is named the world's prettiest air stewardess. Dubbed the world's most beautiful flight attendant, Ms Liu joined Shenzhen Airlines in 2010.

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Ignoring safety demonstrations, flirting with flight attendants or even touching them is not okay. There are rules to follow on a plane and one of them is to treat the cabin crew with respect.

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Flight attendants have no set weight requirements, as body types can vary even if two people are the same height and weight. It's impossible to give a size or weight for the jumpseat because some harnesses are smaller than others, and people carry weight differently.

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Heather Poole is a former flight attendant and the New York Times bestselling author of Cruising Attitude. She revealed that the reason cabin crew members wear bright lipstick on flights is, “so passengers can read your lips during an emergency.”

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Flight attendants on long-haul flights are provided with spaces to rest. Here's a photo of the crew rest area on a Boeing 787. Crew rest areas exist on all airplanes, but what these rest areas look like depends on the airline, aircraft and the length of the flight.

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Most airlines do not have minimum or maximum weight requirements either. Instead, they require that flight attendants' weights be proportional to their body type. Flight attendants must be able to sit comfortably in the jump seat and easily maneuver through the aisles of an airplane.

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No. Therefore, tipping is discouraged. So while you may see a cash tip as a nice gesture, it might be prohibited by the airline entirely and flight attendants may not appreciate it either as they — rightly — see themselves as safety professionals and not customer service workers.

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“The fact that you're away from home, you're away from your social support, you miss your holidays, you miss your weekends. You're isolated a lot. It's going to be very, very lonely.

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Meet Bette Nash, the 86-year-old American Airlines flight attendant recognized as the longest-serving and oldest flight attendant in the world.

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In short, the 3-1-1 rule is: Each liquid you bring through the TSA checkpoint must be in a 3.4-ounce or smaller container (3), all containers must be placed inside one clear quart-size plastic bag (1) and each passenger is only allowed one plastic bag (1).

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You've just gotta have it. Makeup in a solid or powder form is allowed in carry-on and checked bags with no quantity or size limitations. However, when packed in carry-on bags, makeup in a liquid, lotion, gel, paste or creamy form, must be in containers that are 3.4 ounces or less.

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