The Airline industry has been under increasing pressure recently, from the increased competition of low-cost airlines and the terrorist events of 2001 to name but a few. Various US airlines, including Delta and Northwest, have been declared bankrupt, oil prices have soared, and seat prices are...

Get ready for takeoff. The life of the flight attendant, a.k.a., stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as recently depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top . The nostalgia for the beautiful, carefree and ever helpful...

This paper includes information on some of the current issues faced by women in civil aviation. Through a sectoral gender lens, it examines employment, women's career cycles and the main decent work opportunities and challenges in the sector. It also identifies ways of accelerating the...