Some NWA flight attendants want to wear red dress (Fat Stewardesses don't get new uniform)

AP ^ | July 10, 2009 | Harry R. Weber

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Northwest flight attendants want Delta to offer bigger sizes of signature red dress uniform

ATLANTA (AP) -- The union that represents flight attendants who worked for Northwest Airlines before it was bought by Delta Air Lines is crying foul over Delta's failure to offer bigger sizes for its signature red dress uniform designed by Richard Tyler.

The Northwest chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA has filed a grievance with the world's largest airline operator, asking it to offer the red dress up to size 28. The union hopes the grievance will go to mediation in August.

The red dress currently is only offered up to size 18, though a Delta spokeswoman said the airline offers a range of outfits in other colors and styles up to size 28 that flight attendants can wear.

"I think red is an eye-popping color and it's not subtle, and to me by not offering it in a size over 18, Delta is saying, 'We don't want you wearing that if you are over size 18,'" Reller said. "But the job isn't about being sexy. It's about safety."

Reller said she did not know how many pre-merger Northwest flight attendants want to wear the red dress but need a size bigger than 18.

"If the dress wasn't a tiny size 18, there would be less," Reller said. "It's a very small size 18, so that makes the numbers a lot larger."

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Apparently the fewer red dress uniformed flight attendants, the greater the chances your plane after takeoff must rendezvous with a KC-10 for mid-air refueling.

[bigbob]

So, they’re looking for redress regarding the red dress...

[pissant]

ah, for the good old days...

[buccaneer81]

On Fox this afternoon,Stuart Varney tore these people apart.

[ottbmare]

They offer stewardess clothing in size 28?! I’m pretty sure a size 28 couldn’t fit down the aisle of most commercial airliners. A C-5, maybe.

[Shadowstrike]

There's no such thing as a "small 18". Not to belittle anyone who is a plus size, but Jesus Christ, they want up to a size 28? People who pay to fly if they are 'that' large have to buy two seats!

[dfwddr]

They limit your baggage, but the stewardesses can wear a size 28 ????????

[TXBlair]

Are there a lot of size 28 stewardesses?

Do they fit in the aisles? Jumpseats? (No offense to full-figured FReepers and lurkers!)

[Awestruck]

“If the dress wasn’t a tiny size 18, there would be less,” Reller said. “It’s a very small size 18, so that makes the numbers a lot larger.”

what does that even mean???? and what’s the big deal if you don’t get to wear red??? I’ve worked at places where you don’t get a choice of what to wear, let alone what color. It’s a choice to work there, and the color of your clothes has nothing to do with your ability to do your job or get paid like everyone else...get over it.

[CheneyChick]

asking it to offer the red dress up to size 28.

OMG

[downtownconservative]

Don't you wonder what the maximum waist size is on male attendant’s trousers?

[paul51]

asking it to offer the red dress up to size 28

Are they supposed to remove a seat from each row so the load can move down the isle? I hate isle seats because the fatties will keep knocking you in the shoulder every time they pass by.

[Lancey Howard]

Why would the porkers want to wear bright red anyway?

[Domandred]

asking it to offer the red dress up to size 28

I'm not sure I remember the last time I saw a stewardess crack double digit size....and I'm counting the "guys" too

[Snickering Hound]

[dfwddr]

Richard Tyler couldn't help them out, so they called Goodyear.

Unfortunatly, blimps only come in silver.

[Army Air Corps]

I wanna fly on that airline!

[Think free or die]

"If the dress wasn't a tiny size 18, there would be less," Reller said. "It's a very small size 18, so that makes the numbers a lot larger."

A tiny size 18????

[pissant]

I reserved the whole plane for me.

[G Larry]

“Safety!”
Yes,....Size 28....the unarmed terror deterrent.....