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The first stewardesses transsexual crew lifted off today in Thailand

Thailand is renowned for its tolerance of homosexuals and transsexuals, allows sex change operations and even some colleges have a third bathroom for transgender students

So then, PC Air, Thai airline low cost airline has been the country’s first transgendered hired to do the job as a hostess for the purpose of promoting gender equality.

In today released his new crew in an inaugural test flight were invited about one hundred officers of the department of civil aviation and a dozen journalists.

“This is our test flight is very well trained crew that has passed all requirements of the department,” said the airline’s president, Peter Chan, was quoted on television.

The airline, founded in 2010, had already announced last January his plan to hire transsexuals as cabin crew which caused a rush for beautiful candidates, some of which are well-known faces of the show, in fact, at that time and was hired the winner of Miss Tiffany 2007, Thanyarat Jiraphatpakorn, 23, who told the local newspaper The Nation said delighted with the news.

Chan said the company’s shareholders are convinced that the initiative will contribute to the promotion of equal employment opportunities for transsexuals. Besides transsexuals, PC Air has also hired heterosexual men and women to join the crew of his aircraft, but to avoid confusion for passengers, staff transsexual golden pin will identify it.