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T :
Wait so which pills? I’m just asking for myself
2026-10-21 21:50:48
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Coolbreeze_Hoff :
I see no problems with this 🤷🏽♂️
2026-11-15 17:31:07
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hellokitty13131313 :
To be clear Flight Attendants were still being weighed-in until 1993
2026-10-22 00:00:47
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greatday4433 :
why didn't they weigh the pilots by this logic then?
2026-10-21 17:52:33
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a l o n d r a :
they woulda hated my fat ass
2026-10-22 04:16:54
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Katy Humphrey :
5’9” and max 140?! I was 142 and you could see my spine and ribs and hip bones. 😳
2026-10-21 17:58:00
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🇵🇷 Elisabeth 🇺🇸 🇨🇿 :
I’m 5’4” …145lbs I can’t imagine being 115 . I’d be a bone .
2026-10-21 16:53:24
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🌸 Kat with a K :
Poor things were serving that food and you know they were starving. 🤤
2026-10-21 17:55:25
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Simplicity :
oh but not the pilots...imagine that
2026-10-22 02:30:13
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Lisa Ann :
My little 5'0" self would not have qualified 😂
2026-10-21 19:01:21
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cher1333 :
Pilots too? 😳
2026-10-21 16:59:01
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Frank Hurdle :
In the 1960s United ran an ad calling a stewardess an "old maid" because she had been flying for three years. The average stewardess only flew for 21 months, after which they presumably got married, perhaps to a customer.
2026-10-22 02:17:31
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nicnack06 :
I’m 5’9 and currently weight 180 and I’m not a big girl, so at 145 I would look ill for sure!
2026-10-22 03:20:32
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M :
I’m 5’6, I can’t even imagine me at 130lbs
2026-10-21 18:51:19
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JennP :
1991 I made it though the first round of united interviews. But at 5’11, I’ve never weighed less than 150. Didn’t make it
2026-10-22 02:35:41
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Teatime81 :
Hey I started flying in 1991 and we still weighed in before trips. The laxative and diet pill is a thing and yes you would be removed from the flight schedule.
2026-10-21 17:23:52
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✨️Aggravated Oracle✨️ :
I'm not even tall enough to have to worry about it 😂
2026-10-21 18:18:59
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LL COOL K :
I feel like we really need to change the way that we approach air safety and I think that every plane needs one of the air Police and I think that the so-called stewardess should be replaced with military personnel. There should be like a couple people that are servers that come with the cart and give you food and drinks and refreshments, but I think the role for safety needs to be like military people And if the plane goes down, I think they’re better equipped to evacuate people than a 115 pound female we need a firefighter to lift a 300 pound body to come out of a building. I just am not feeling like a stewardess could be a person to evacuate people in heels air flight is federal air force should be flying and securing every flight
2026-10-21 17:28:18
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kimberlydavis982 :
The Airlines did it through at least 1986..check rides by in-flight supervisors included a weigh in.
2026-10-21 14:38:43
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M Z725 :
Did they do this for the pilots?
2026-10-21 15:23:30
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Stacey Gambill :
which is super annoying because I always influt around my period 3+ pounds
2026-10-21 17:28:24
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Redisthe_wolf :
Not only they had a weight limit, they had an age limit.
2026-10-21 23:56:01
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Lost in the Feed :
I suspect this still goes on with international airlines
2026-10-21 15:13:46
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theanonymousheather :
Back when a seat was big enough to sit in without touching both sides.
2026-10-21 16:33:04
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Mariah S :
I haven’t been 115 since I was in middle school. I have always been thinner until the last few years but when I was 120 I looked sick and malnourished. If I was 115 I’d look like skin and bones. My chest carries a lot of weight and so do my hips
2026-10-21 17:44:40
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