Posted on 08/09/2012 1:02:56 PM PDT by tsowellfan
This is one way for an airline to build customer support: host a mid-flight, bikini-clad beauty pageant.
AFP reports that the Vietnamese carrier VietJet hosted a Hawaiian-themed dance contest to celebrate the airline's maiden flight between Ho Chi Minh City and the tourist hub of Nha Trang, but got in trouble -- not for the parade of scantily-clad women -- but for making the mistake of not first gaining permission by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam.
The airline "violated local aviation regulations" by organizing "an unapproved show on a flight," Nguyen Trong Thang, chief inspector of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said.
The low-cost carrier has been fined $1000 for hosting the mid-flight contest.
The five women who participated in the beauty contest performed a three-minute dance on a Aug. 3 flight while passengers recorded the show on camera phones and later posted clips online, AFP reports.
The incident has caused a stirred in Vietnam, a conservative country, after photographs and video clips spread on the Internet...
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For some reason I can’t see the picture of link to it.....I questionable internet here in Afghanistan.
“Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA). “ stews on wing.
I’ll have to imagine.
I fail to see what the problem is...
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Agreed...
Even knew this was a noble cause, even without the pix, they are just an added bonus....
One could imagine that other than the true religious people the only ones offended by these SYT’s won’t be anywhere near a ChikFil A anytime soon... <:
All we get is old ladies and fags with attitudes
Nha Trang (same bay as Cam Ranh) is probably the best site in Viet Nam. The dance show could only be a nice enhancement. It’s only about a one hour flight.
I heard Nha Trang is very nice. I was about 147 miles down the coast from there in a resort village called Mui Ne which is near the city of Phan Thiet.
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