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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 2:32 pm
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eyecue
 
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Originally Posted by zenexplorer
And if you were female - there are lots of males.

Could you explain what you mean by it being prohibited "specifically based on the category of airport"?
Airports are designated by class based on their size and that is directly related to the number of flights that it handles. Cat x is the largest and then it drops to 4 and 3 and 2 if I recall. If I am wrong someone will throw it back at me shortly. Anyway when you get to small airports availability is an issue with opposite gender screening.
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