Alexandrina Denysenko, a senior flight attendant with seven years of expertise, says she generally doesn’t get a spare minute to take a seat down throughout a flight and goals of resting her swollen legs after spending hours carrying heels.
SkyUp Airlines, the privately-owned Ukrainian provider that employs Denysenko, determined to place an finish to heels and pencil skirts after gathering suggestions from flight attendants about their uniform.
The new SkyUp uniform for girls now consists of white Nike sneakers and a unfastened orange swimsuit with trousers and a silk scarf, each made by Ukrainian manufacturers. White T-shirts will exchange blouses.
“Shoes (with) heels look beautiful, I do not argue with that, but feet suffer and swell by the end of the flight. Sneakers are absolutely cool,” Denysenko instructed Reuters.
“God forbid, but if a crew has to do a landing in water and an evacuation. Heels can damage the ladder and it won’t be very comfortable to swim in a skirt,” she mentioned.
“We found out that despite the fact that the image of a female flight attendant is very romanticized, their job demands a lot of physical training,” the pinnacle of the SkyUp Airlines advertising and marketing division, Marianna Grygorash, mentioned.
The new uniform shall be formally launched on October 22.
Grygorash mentioned the corporate additionally plans to launch a brand new uniform for male crew. It may have a light-weight swimsuit as an alternative of a vest, and a T-shirt as an alternative of a collared shirt, mixed with black Nike sneakers.
“If the whole world and all fashionistas wear sneakers, why not to bring it to aviation?” flight attendant Zoryana mentioned.
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