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Old Sep 6, 2011, 8:32 am
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NYC96
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
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4 years? Thankfully, that cant happen in this country. There's laws against that NON SENSE.

1964 Civil Rights Act passes. Flight attendants use Title VII of the act to challenge discrimination policies based on genger, race, age, weight, pregnance and marital status.
1968 Average career for Flight attendants lasts 18 months, Mandatory resignation at ages 30-35 struck down.
1971 Pressed by the Association of Flight attendants, courts prohibit airlines from refusing to hire males and find the no-marriage rule illegal.
1974 Court rules Northwest Airlines must pay females the same scale as males.
1975 Association of Flight Attendants challenges requirement that flight attendants stop working upon pregnancy.
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