Editing Flight attendant (section)

===Uniform and makeup===
During the mid-1990s, several U.S.-based airlines required female flight attendants to wear shoes with heels. Minimum heel heights ranged from {{cvt|1/2|to|2|in}} mandated by [[US Airways]].<ref name=marc>{{cite web |url=http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=law_pubs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503063953/http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=law_pubs |archive-date=3 May 2015 |last=Linder |first=Marc |title=Smart Women, Stupid Shoes, and Cynical Employers |publisher=[[University of Iowa]] |date=1 January 1997 |access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref> Flight attendants at times avoided censure by changing into more comfortable shoes during flights, since their supervisors were less likely to be present there.<ref name="Banaszak-HollLevitsky2010">{{cite book |author1=Jane C. Banaszak-Holl |author2=Sandra R. Levitsky |author3=Mayer N. Zald |title=Social Movements and the Transformation of American Health Care |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OePEMr_9l0wC&pg=PA294 |date=24 June 2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-974214-1 |page=294}}</ref>

In 2015, the Israeli airline [[El Al]] introduced a requirement that female flight attendants wear high heels until passengers had been seated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2063591/i-dont-think-the-girls-thought-they-could-question-it-high-heels-policy-study-author/ |title='I don't think the girls thought they could question it': high heels policy study author |last=Tucker |first=Erika |website=Global News |access-date=16 May 2016 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606174414/https://globalnews.ca/news/2063591/i-dont-think-the-girls-thought-they-could-question-it-high-heels-policy-study-author/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The airline's workers' union stated that the requirement would endanger the health and safety of the flight attendants and instructed its members to ignore the rule. Later that year the requirement was removed.<ref>{{cite web |author=Yedidyah Ben Or|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200542 |title=El Al Flight Attendants Say Goodbye to High Heels |date=10 September 2015 |publisher=Israel National News |access-date=6 June 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606173741/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200542 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Until 2016, some female crew members on [[British Airways]] were required to wear British Airways' standard "ambassador" uniform, which has not traditionally included trousers.<ref name="thinkprogress.org">{{cite web|url=http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2016/02/06/3746877/british-airways-pants/|title=Because It Is 2016, British Airways Finally Agrees Female Employees May Wear Pants To Work|work=ThinkProgress|access-date=7 March 2019|archive-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804053934/http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2016/02/06/3746877/british-airways-pants/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Virgin Atlantic]] began to allow its female flight attendants to wear trousers and not wear makeup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/business/virgin-atlantic-flight-attendants-makeup.html |title=Virgin Atlantic Won't Make Female Flight Attendants Wear Makeup or Skirts Anymore |date=5 March 2019 |access-date=7 March 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |last1=Yeginsu |first1=Ceylan |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306214254/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/business/virgin-atlantic-flight-attendants-makeup.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023, [[Qantas]] declared that it had ended uniform rules based on gender. Female flight attendants are no longer required to wear high heels, male flight attendants can wear makeup, and flight attendants of any gender can wear the same type of jewellery and have long hair in a ponytail or bun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qantas-male-cabin-crew-members-makeup-women-high-heels/|title=Qantas allowing male cabin crew members to wear makeup and women to scrap high-heels - CBS News|date=9 June 2023|website=www.cbsnews.com|access-date=18 May 2024|archive-date=18 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518030841/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qantas-male-cabin-crew-members-makeup-women-high-heels/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/09/qantas-allows-cabin-crew-of-any-gender-to-wear-flat-shoes-make-up-and-have-long-hair|title=Qantas to allow flat shoes, makeup and long hair for cabin crew of any gender|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=9 June 2023|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=18 May 2024|archive-date=22 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722150649/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/09/qantas-allows-cabin-crew-of-any-gender-to-wear-flat-shoes-make-up-and-have-long-hair|url-status=live}}</ref>