Sexy flight attendants across the world have started an underground network of mile-high selfies that they post on Instagram.
In one photo, five beautiful Emirates Airlines attendants are seen in uniform draped over each other inside an aircraft in the style of a Vanity Fair spread.
“Best crew ever #galley #cabincrew #airhostess #flightattendant #emiratescrew #emiratescabincrew #crewlife #flight” reads the picture’s tag line.
Another selfie features an exotic-looking airline hostess posing in a crew locker room, wearing a pilot’s hat and with her lips puckered, with the tagline “#flywithme.”
Some flight attendants say the photos create camaraderie and allow them to keep up with one another.
“Aviation is a very close-knit community,” said flight attendant and “Rants of a Sassy Stew” blogger Shawn Kathleen, who doesn’t use her last name.
“We get each other, because we’re living the same lifestyle.”
Kathleen said she’s in the process of trademarking the phrase #crewlife. She’s already encouraged other flight attendants to vent their frustrations at passengers who behave badly by posting embarrassing photos of the fliers with the hashtag #passengershaming.
But Heather Poole, an 18-year veteran flight attendant and author of New York Times bestseller “Cruising Attitude,” said she wouldn’t dare post a photo of herself in uniform because of the tight control airlines have over their images.
“When I go to my Instagram feed and see [flight attendants] posting pictures in uniforms, I can’t believe they do that,” she said.
“It’s a big deal. The airlines protect their image, everything is very strict. You could lose your job.”
Poole is responsible for coining the phrase “laviators” — mile-high head-shots of people who snap photos of themselves in the bathroom of a plane.
Both Poole and Kathleen refused to reveal their airlines out of fear of getting the ax for revealing too much information about their crew lives. They both said there are no photographs of them in uniform on the Internet.
Delta Airlines, for one, does not allow flight attendants to post photographs with celebrities, but said the selfies are OK — to a point.
Attendants may post “selfies” as long as they’re in “uniform compliance” and not doing anything illegal, according to a Delta employee.
According to Delta’s handbook, “Corporate Security can give you the specific guidelines as to what you can and can’t do in uniform,” the source said.
“Our standards are, [you can do it] as long as you [act] in a professional image and [portray] the company in a professional manner.”