PC Air, a�newly formed carrier in Thailand, is set to take to the skies in April.
And the bigger news seemed to be that it has hired six transgender people as flight attendants to promote equal opportunities for the '3rd sex' in Southeast Asia. Over 100 transsexual people applied for the positions, and the airline's boss says that more are expected to be hired. The carrier is also hiring non-transsexuals.
Thailand has one of the biggest populations of 'kathoey' in the world. This term refers to a male-to-female transgender person, or an effeminate gay male. The figure comes as doctors in the country have come up with cheap and fast sex change techniques for people who are willing to go under the knife.
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However, transsexuals weren't the only people hired in flight attendant positions for the company. President Peter Chan says that he believes these people can have several careers and not just in the entertainment industry. Many of them have dreams to be flight attendants, he continued, and he's made those dreams come true. Society has changed, evolved, he explained, and he is a pioneer that is sure other organizations will follow his idea. It isn't mandatory that applicants go through a sex change to be considered for the job, he noted. The important thing, he added, is that they have the necessary language skills and can give good service.
One of the few transgender applicants they chose is 23-year-old�Thanyarat 'Film' Jiraphatpakorn, who won the Miss Tiffany beauty pageant in 2007. She is ecstatic to have the job, saying that she thought that they would just take applications without actually recruiting anyone, because this has happened before.�
The transgender staff will wear a special gold '3rd sex' name tag to help other PC Air staff and travelers identify their gender.�
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