Long and Tight Skirts

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) was given the award for the best cabin crew a while back. I was on the way to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) today and along the way, i was thinking about our the uniform of our MAS stewardess'. They all look so gorgeous in their fitting "baju kebaya's", complete with a long, batik-print, shape-outlining skirts.

Now, what i was thinking about was the fact that their 'uniforms' don't seem to really be suitable in the case of an emergency. It's not easy to walk with those long, rather tight skirts; so how can this be efficient. Imagine a sudden water landing...chaos? I mean the people who are supposed to be helping the passengers will end up worrying about moving around.

Well, i know that they are dressed for 98% of the time when emergencies don't happen, but what about the 2%? Is this anything that we should be worried about? Well, i suppose we shouldn't be overly concerned, because then our cabin crew would be wearing safety suits...kind of like firemen. I suppose we would feel rather intimidated and frightened every time we fly, instead of feeling secure and well taken care of by people in pleasant uniforms.

Anyway, this is just another one of those random things that i was thinking about today. Wouldn't long pants make more sense? Not as feminine, i suppose... So, looks like we're stuck with long kebaya's.