The hard-working air hostesses of Spanish airline Air Comet are used to taking off. After all, the average flight crew probably experiences thousands of take-offs and landings throughout her career. Now they’re experiencing a different sort of taking off, as a dozen or so of Air Comet’s sexiest stewardesses are taking off their clothes for a calendar to protest their 9 months or so of unpaid salaries. It’s an interesting ploy that’s garnered them a lot of attention in the press, for obvious reasons, and it’ll probably help offset the cost of their strike.
Adriana Ricardo, one of the calendar’s star attractions, said, “We are just demanding our rights to receive what is ours, we each have eight or nine months of unpaid salaries.” They might not ever receive that money. The company filed for administration in December when British officials impounded nine of its aircraft for nonpayment of loans. You need teeth to chew, and you need planes to have an airline. Maybe they can rent Anthony Toth’s Pan-Am Garage until they can get back on their feet/get back into their blazers.
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