Protesting flight attendants pasted this ad to their picket signs, asking, ‘Would you fire your mother at 32?’ American Airlines, 1968. In October 1958, a Boeing 707 airplane—the first ...

Braniff International Airways was an iconic, daring airline that dominated the skies in the 1960s and ’70s. ... Likewise, Pucci designed flamboyant uniforms for flight attendants, ...

Competing airlines are still trying to lure passengers with promises of glorious meals and gorgeous stewardesses, but Braniff International is about to try a new gimmick. Its ads will soon be ...

Braniff began the high-fashion fad two years ago, ... Following suit, American Airlines stewardesses have been outfitted in white miniskirts, fishnet stockings and boots.

Braniff Airways, Incorporated, d/b/a Braniff International, the former international airline, is now a leading global historic airline branding and marketing, online retail and historic airliner ...

According to the documentary, some airlines would weigh the flight attendants monthly. One clip shows women deplaning and stepping onto a scale. ... In a 1965 ad for Braniff International, ...

Former Braniff Airlines hostess college eyed for transformation ... The former training center and dormitory for flight attendants could see new life. Kinga Krzeminska via Getty Images.

In the 1960s, flying the "friendly skies" was a whole lot friendlier. Flying was the glamorous way to travel; passengers ...

In 1971 the airlines’ marriage ban was ruled illegal, as was the prohibition on male flight attendants. In 1974, courts ruled that men and women doing the same work should get equal pay.

She met her husband while a Braniff airline stewardess and he an airborne West Point army captain. They became a team, each pursuing their own successful careers.