Ready for boarding

this is a Japanese airline they are representing so no surprise there.

There are 25 female pilots at ANA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOMqSRGDHq0

There are 8 male CAs at ANA.

http://news18.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/femnewsplus/1157079850/

hee hee. Call me evil, but I would love to have the entire team march through the departure lounge, right up to the gate, greet the staff at the gate, nod to a few passengers and march right onto the plane - just to see what reaction they get from the passengers! Wonder how many would freak out?!

A few of these kids aren't 100% Japanese, something I wouldn't have expected. German employees?

Well it is Frankfurt.

How will their feet reach the aircraft's pedals?

This is probably the only time I'll ever say something like this on JT... Aaaaaah! They're so darn cute! :D

A few of these kids aren't 100% Japanese, something I wouldn't have expected. German employees?

And why is that? ANA is a multinational carrier with employees from all over the globe.

I suppose you think then that american airlines only employ American's?

Isn't it a sign of growing old when the pilots seem so young?....

This has to be the best picture I have ever seen here on JT!! I wanna be a kid again!!

Yikes! These kids have more stripes on their sleeves than me! : O

There are 25 female pilots at ANA.

Really? I stand corrected. Except that this represents about 1.3% of ANAs total pilots (roughly 2000). At British airways there are approx. 3200 pilots of which roughly 110 are women (3.4% and with an ongoing active female pilot recruitment drive) and in America in total female commercial pilots are roughly 8200 in number, comprising 6.6% of the total number of commerical pilots.

I wont bother researching the flight attendants. I am sure you get the picture.

Cute

Ahhh!! so cute! ^_^

few of these kids aren't 100% Japanese, something I wouldn't have expected. German employees?

What difference does it make? ANA like any other international airline hires people from all over the globe. I'd say your comment here is close to being racist at worst and discriminatory at best.

Isn't this JAL staff? With all the cutbacks it looks like the kind of crew they'd settle for! haha. Kidding. Cute shot, save that I agree with gakuseidesu, though -- the gender discrimination turns any and all cuteness of this shot into manufactured stereotypes that should be fought against. I hope they were at least given the option of being either or. Given that in Japan flight (cabin) attendant is still among the top five job goals for young women because they "want to look cute in the uniform", I doubt the matter is being given any serious thought.

Hope they can handle the turbulence ok

Hope they can handle the turbulence ok

I was actually thinking the same thing about their passengers!

Back on topic please.

Is it me or are there no female pilots? And no male pursers

Agreed. But this is a Japanese airline they are representing so no surprise there.

Do look incredibly cute though!

Too cute!

pamelot - Har!

so cute! i be happy if they had a day working on my flight but not flying it. lol

Is it me or are there no female pilots? And no male pursers... Not to start a gender equality debate, they are very cute, I just find it frustrating that there still is discrimination between genders.

A few of these kids aren't 100% Japanese, something I wouldn't have expected. German employees?

these kids could probably fly a plane as well as a ANA pilot. LOL