Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor recently starred in a biopic based on the life of Ashok Chakra awardee Neerja Bhanot, an air hostess, who was shot while saving the passengers from terrorists in the ill-fated Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986. After completing the movie, Sonam had claimed that her respect for air hostesses increased post 'Neerja'. However, sadly, the profession still fails to garner the respect it deserves in the eyes of people. Behind the exotic travel destinations, prim and proper clothing, plastered smiles, flawless skin, perfectly manicured hands and the supposedly glitz and glamorous world of the air hostesses, there's a world of enormous struggle, vigorous training sessions, difficult passengers, strenuous working hours, and endless fitness tests that often gets ignored.
The extensive training programme involves full-day fire drills, mock evacuations, mimicking emergency landings, first-aid training and arduous theoretical exams as well. Swati Sharma, working as an air hostess with one of the renowned Asian airlines says, "We're given a big-fat manual of safety and first-aid instructions that needs to be learned by heart. Though, we're not trained to become doctors but the prying eyes are on us when it's a matter of life and death on board."
Sonam Kapoor admitted the importance of safety training at a promotional event for her movie 'Neerja'. She was heard saying, "I realized that 60 per cent of the training is for safety and emergency. There is a hijack training, safety training and being in the service industry, you really feel that you have a duty towards your clients and guests."
25/02/16 Pallavi Bansal/Times of India
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
The extensive training programme involves full-day fire drills, mock evacuations, mimicking emergency landings, first-aid training and arduous theoretical exams as well. Swati Sharma, working as an air hostess with one of the renowned Asian airlines says, "We're given a big-fat manual of safety and first-aid instructions that needs to be learned by heart. Though, we're not trained to become doctors but the prying eyes are on us when it's a matter of life and death on board."
Sonam Kapoor admitted the importance of safety training at a promotional event for her movie 'Neerja'. She was heard saying, "I realized that 60 per cent of the training is for safety and emergency. There is a hijack training, safety training and being in the service industry, you really feel that you have a duty towards your clients and guests."
25/02/16 Pallavi Bansal/Times of India
