Can you read the weather? Tick.
Can you land a plane safely? Tick.
Do you smell good in the cockpit?
One airline has raised eyebrows with its bizarre sniff test that screens potential pilots for body odour.
Chinese international carrier Hainan Airlines operates a zero-body-odour policy and has come under fire for making flight crew applicants have their bare armpits sniffed during the interview process, website AsiaOne reports.
“I passed everything, but I was doomed by my armpits, which are always a bit whiffy,” one rejected applicant said.
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The company is defending the rule, with one spokesman telling a Chinese news website its flight crew often interacts with passengers “and no passenger wants to smell a pilot’s armpits”.
The airline also says the smell check reflects a pilot’s stress management skills – if they’ve worked up a sweat, clearly they can’t keep their cool.
What do you think of the test?
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What about a breath test, most of them would fail that !
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ReplyWhat a great idea! I also find fragrance from perfume can be quite quite overbearing so we should refuse entry to anyone wearing perfume or aftershave, there are also smokers who always have a whiff of nicotine about them, so unpleasant. Chefs tend to smell stale food, bakers smell flour, butcher red meat , i won't even mention fishermen and accountants carry that suspicious smell of tax fraud. There are also a lot of people of have all sort of fears, there is nothing worse than the smell of fear. We should probably all stay indoor safe in our aircondionned, anti septicided, well sterilised and thoroughly pasteurised homes. Stay safe.
2 RepliesWhat happens when he lets go a fart?
1 ReplyWhat happens when he lets go a fart?
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