This article will discuss various aspects of sex discrimination in the airline industry.
- Denis Binder, Sex Discrimination in the Airline Industry: Title VII Flying High, 59 Cal. L. Rev. 1091 (1971)
- https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1974&context=jalc
- Flight attendant weight standards: http://www.hr.com/SITEFORUM?&t=/Default/gateway&i=1116423256281&application=story&active=no&ParentID=1119278127660&StoryID=1119644131781&xref=https%3A//www.google.com/ and https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2263&context=jalc
- Flight attendant age: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/369128/, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-05-09-virgin-suit_x.htm
- Flight attendant pregnancy: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=455&invol=385
- Flight attendant marriage: https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/qatar-will-no-longer-fire-flight-attendants-who-marry-or-get-pregnant.html, http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_376576.pdf
- Flight attendant uniforms: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101645487 (Cathay Pacific), http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/play/gallery-sexy-flight-attendant-uniforms-past-583394, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-03-07/features/0703050190_1_flight-attendants-cwa-cabin-attendants-air-hostesses, http://scenestr.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-all/are-these-skimpy-flight-attendant-uniforms-dangerous, https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/southwest-airlines-50-anniversary/
- Sexist advertising: http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/vintage-airline-ads-take-sexism-skies-15257, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17036830, http://mbtimetraveler.com/2013/08/21/sexist-airline-ad-from-1970/, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944906,00.html ("I'm Cheryl, fly me"), http://www.departedflights.com/AAyourenotalice65.html, http://www.departedflights.com/UAoldmaid67.html
- Male-only flights (1953-1970): https://www.salon.com/2021/05/15/sexism-at-40000-feet-when-united-banned-women-from-boarding-their-men-only-executive-flights_partner/
- Airline seating sex discrimination controversy; see also https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-flight-sit-woman/story?id=47617313
- Refusal to hire male flight attendants: http://books.google.com/books?id=jlwUGLracjsC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=airline+sex+discrimination&source=bl&ots=zCuIAnoHlc&sig=Wtr4I2lN6AZs-BbzTB7QkD1uDpA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kNVqU62-A8WSyASl3oGABA&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=airline%20sex%20discrimination&f=false, http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2013/10/review-how-early-flight-attendants-fought-sexism-and-homophobia
- Pilot standards excluding women: https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2170&context=jalc
- Pilot uniforms: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/bareheaded-female-airline-pilots-not-sex-discrimination-20121030-28gmu.html
- Sexual harassment of female pilot: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/08/24/af-vet-files-airline-sex-discrimination-suit.html
- Firing of transsexual pilot: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/29/us/judge-tells-eastern-airlines-to-rehire-transsexual-pilot.html
- Other employment discrimination: http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/25/nyregion/woman-gets-7-million-in-airline-discrimination-suit.html