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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 7:55 pm
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Now for the serious post.

I do hope there is a fitness requirement... but perhaps not the type that the OP had in mind.

Once, after watching multiple (4 or more) wheelchair-bound PAX boarded onto a plane, I asked the FA about what happens to these folks in an emergency deplaning.

She explained something about using blankets as stretchers to get the PAX to the doors.

So, I hope there is something along the lines of some minimum strength requirement for FAs. I've seen some very petite FAs.

Can anyone "on the inside" provide some perspective here?
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