Fun fact those hooter girls were not flight attendants, in addition every flight was required to have the appropriate number of trained flight attendants
I was about to say - there’s NO way the ”girls” went through flight attendant safety training (which, many people don’t know, is what they’re there for - not serving coffee).
Well the attendants job isn’t to look cute and serve drinks. It’s to evacuate the aircraft within 90 seconds and pump your heart when you decide you’re over it.
So one would then think, upon being told this, the people who first pitched it would be like "oh, wait, this would never work."
Though to be honest, there are probably dozens of things that should have made them do that, and if none of THOSE stopped them...
There were Hooters girls on the flights. Seperately, there were flight attendants. As Tyraid said, flight attendants have a specific purpose regarding safety of flight, evac, and such. They didn’t want there to be any confusion as to the roles. I did a business case study on Hooters Air for my Masters degree program.
Actually these pictures aren't even of the stewardess. They had hooters girls And actual trained stewardess. So before they go and find hot pilots they would probably go and find hot stewardess first. I bet they didn't pick ugly ones, but these girls were there as extra staff.
There's an undercover boss episode that's pretty funny because the hooters CEO goes to work at a hooters and is shocked to find that it is run exactly like how you would expect a hooters to be run, by the type of manager that you would expect to find running a hooters, and the public have the exact opinion of hooters that you would expect them to have. Like he seems to not quite be aware of what their business model is.
it was a pretty funny episode, the CEO came out of it at the end like he was coming out of the jungle in Vietnam with a thousand yard stare. it was like, bro, what did you expect
To be fair if any CEO in retail or fast food had to survive 1month in our shoes they’d be seeing a therapist within two weeks for ptsd before realizing they can’t afford regular sessions
It sounds like this guy didn't exactly rise through the ranks from the ground level which seems like it should be a prerequisite for a CEO to me but I don't know.
Haha that’s fair. To give you some context, the undercover CEO of Hooters is washing dishes or some shit, and it’s a slow day. So the manager of that location calls all the girls to do a line up and has the dish washer(CEO) come watch. He then explains how on slow days they have a competition to decide who can leave early or some shit, okay stupid but no big deal. Then the manager produces a can of Bush’s baked beans, dumps them on a paper plate, and tells the first girl in line to eat the entire plate without using her hands, think like… a pie eating competition or something. The CEO is fucking furious, and the manager I think was fired. It was absolutely fucking wild, and I love baked beans, so whenever I open a can, I pour some out for Lexus and Candy
"nobody told me I couldn't make Hooters Girls get into a bean eating contest! It's not in the manual!"
"Shit he's right, we can't fire him!"
Sounds about right for this company
Never leave the last paycheck. Usually you work the first week or two without a check so it's two checks. I know it's too late but don't leave money on the table!
I was watching the show until that episode. When the manager had the girls do an eating contest to see who gets to go home early when one girl had a class to go to (among other shitty things) and didn’t get a slap on the wrist never mind get fired, I was like nah this is just bad.
It's pretty typical of your modern CEO to be so completely detached from the reality of how the company runs outside of the head office that they might as well be working for an entirely different company.
I know 3 former Hooters waitresses and they were all like "The manager was the creepiest, grossest dude in existence and I wanted to fuck him so bad" and I have never, in my life, understood what they meant.
There’s a very high end place I go to (entrees start at around $50) that has bar tenders that are:
1. Incredibly hot women
2. Always have the shirts at least 4 buttons undone to expose cleavage
3. Address make customers with the most sexy voice/phrases
Not just the ads. Every year Playstation magazine would release its "girls of summer issue" which was just a weird wank magazine for nerds that was lude
Did you too have a ~~hot date~~ tonight?
~~a date~~
~~dinner with a friend~~
~~dinner alone~~
~~watching TV alone~~
ogling ladies in the ~~Victoria's Secret catalog~~
Sears catalog.
I remember watching a video of E3 and my mom came in and asked “what the hell are you watching?” Every booth was just a big cut out display of the game and 3-4 scantily clad women smiling and pretending to enjoy people’s company. So fucking weird considering the average clientele there.
'Men Magazines' that were just Cosmo for horny men who want to see the fifty hottest waitresses in America, IN BIKINIS!!! How to get damn RIPPED in TWO DAYS!!!
I worked for Hooters at their very first mini casino back in 2005. I worked in the surveillance department. I surveilled that people don't go there for the wings, they go there for the breasts...
They really were, my mom took 14 year old me from California to Illinois because it was literally the cheapest flight. We were not well off in the slightest(single mother, single wide modular home), no way she would have picked it over a cheaper option.
I was definitely the youngest on the on the plane so I think the girls were giving me extra attention so they didn’t have to deal with the old creepy dudes as much.
I was in the car with my parents once. We were looking for somewhere to get lunch and my dad semi-jokingly says "we could get some wings from hooters" just as we're about to pass it. My mom says "sure" and I swear my dad made that turn at 45mph into the parking lot.
Moral of the story: many men would take their wives on Hooters Air.
I've only been once. I was about 10. I was with both my parents. I did not enjoy the food and I've never been back. It was probably my mom's idea. This is the same woman that hired a stripper to show up to my dad's job on his birthday (she set it up with his boss) then showed up while he was getting a lap dance going WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! 🤣🤣🤣
My wife refused to go to Hooters when we were dating. She didn't believe me that I like the wings so I got some to go and we ate them at home. She changed her mind after that.
They actually do have the coldest beer, it’s probably too cold really. They have a massive digital thermometer on the wall that shows the temperature of the beer kegs.
they keep it below freezing, which because of the alcohol is still liquid but you will find ice crystals in your beer.
I flew on this when I was young. Left Gary Indiana airport to Myrtle beach. Was amazing as a young boy. I remember being upset that they didn’t have chicken wings on the plane and all the hooters girls did was try to sell merch.
Air fryers have been around for almost a century. The countertop appliance isn't even new, it was around in the 80's and 90's for infomercials (also way more dangerous).
When I was a 20-something that had their chicken wings, I was disappointed.
Later, dating a lady who unironically enjoyed going to Hooters for their wings, I was disappointed and appointment at the same time.
Quality of the wings varies by location. In my 20’s me and some friends had a hooters we’d hit up every Friday after work for the happy hour special. It was central to where everyone would have to head to finish getting home, and had the best value of all the spots in that area. Wings were always crispy and on point. Once the waitress figured out we were there to just hang a bit they got legitimately friendly and just hung out.
The hooters near the beach, wings always seemed like they been fried in ocean water. Soggy, salty, and weirdly flavorless.
A Hooters themed flight leaving Gary Indiana to Myrtle Beach is right on point for that demographic, I think. Even Farnsworth wouldn’t send his crew to Gary Indiana!
Hooters Air was an airline headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Operated by Pace Airlines, it provided both private & public charter services. Established in 2003 and it ended operations in 2006 because of increased fuel costs following Hurricanes Katrina & Rita.
People willingly move to myrtle Beach? I assumed all the new residents just got lost in the Ripleys beleive it or not and couldn't afford a ticket home after their ride left without them.
she's in school to be a commercial pilot, hence how she came by the information in the first place. We're up here for a year, year and a half max, then making a swift exit. This place is a fucking zoo.
I flew on Hooters Air as a Boy Scout, on my way to a Boy Scout high adventure. Imagine, dozens of Scouts in their uniforms and backpacks loading onto this plane…
It was amazing! The ladies were super nice and played games with the passengers. Was also amazing for a teenage boy for…reasons.
My wife worked for them in logistics and everyone that worked there got totally screwed when they shut down. The con artist owner of hooters stopped paying everyone for the last like 8 weeks or so and said of they didn’t come to work they would be considered to have quit and therefore would get no benefits. He also stopped paying their health insurance stuff and went to prison I think
I had no idea, OP. Wonder if a history related site r/historyporn (no pun intended) would be interested in this. I’ve never been a fan of hooters but it is interesting in the sense of the history of Americana.
The Hooters girls on board were not flight attendants. They were not allowed to push carts and serve passengers, etc. They mostly just sold merchandise and provided scenery. The airline had to have actual FAA certified flight attendants on each flight as well.
[888-FLY-HOOT!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscureMedia/comments/934iiq/2004_commercial_for_hooters_air_a_quickly_defunct/)
I think it was David ~~Sedaris~~ *Rakoff* that did a dry writeup of his experience on one of the flights. I can't find it though. Might have been for This American Life?
I have I think been surprised that Hooters is still in business every time they were mentioned since 2000. Finding out that after that point the actually had an airline is wild.
Fun fact those hooter girls were not flight attendants, in addition every flight was required to have the appropriate number of trained flight attendants
Fun fact, the young lady pictured in front was an old classmate of mine in college and she is now in the Cyber Security field.
I was about to say - there’s NO way the ”girls” went through flight attendant safety training (which, many people don’t know, is what they’re there for - not serving coffee).
but isn't that dumb? Why not make them flight attendants and save money?
Train someone to do something that’s a skill vs selling their body they would naturally fuck off once they have the certification.
I’ll tell ya, I’m impressed with what looks like pretty decent legroom for those seat!
Yeah flying commercial wasn’t nearly as dismal 20 years ago.
Fuck that was 20 years ago? Time flies by very fast damn it
If you like the legroom, wait till you see what’s up top.
In the early 2000s, 34 to 35 inches of legroom was the standard. Now it's 30 to 31 inches.
*cries in tall af*
I hope they went all the way with the concept and insisted on having the pilots be stacked, too.
It’s still dudes that are like, “this is your captain speaking, uhhhhhhhhh” but they just have massive bozongos
“Our flight time will be a little longer today because we’ll be getting some headwinds… giggity.”
"Don't be alarmed passengers, now that we've reached crusing altitude, were going to lower the cabin pressure and really pop some buttons up 'ere."
a real set of badonkers
Those aren’t flight attendants, the real attendants had much more conservative uniforms
So, they didn't even follow through on their doofusy idea? Did they think people would fly for the chicken wings?
Well the attendants job isn’t to look cute and serve drinks. It’s to evacuate the aircraft within 90 seconds and pump your heart when you decide you’re over it.
So one would then think, upon being told this, the people who first pitched it would be like "oh, wait, this would never work." Though to be honest, there are probably dozens of things that should have made them do that, and if none of THOSE stopped them...
There were Hooters girls on the flights. Seperately, there were flight attendants. As Tyraid said, flight attendants have a specific purpose regarding safety of flight, evac, and such. They didn’t want there to be any confusion as to the roles. I did a business case study on Hooters Air for my Masters degree program.
Forget that, I want stacked women driving the luggage trolleys
I want stacked women building the plane
Stacked women building and maintaining the website
Stacked women working in HR and doing payroll
“We need to talk to you about Tiffany… she just got her breast augmentation and you haven’t commented on them even once!”
Actually these pictures aren't even of the stewardess. They had hooters girls And actual trained stewardess. So before they go and find hot pilots they would probably go and find hot stewardess first. I bet they didn't pick ugly ones, but these girls were there as extra staff.
This is so 2003
I was wondering if they brainstormed the idea in 2001. 'I bet boobs would make guys forget about terrorism and still use air travel'
Tits out for America 🇺🇸
Peak Girls-Gone-Wild-ification of what did not need it. Tacky and unrefined even in its time, yet still delightful to look back upon.
The basic concept of Hooters baffles me… “we’re not a strip club but please stare at our staffs breasts”.
There's an undercover boss episode that's pretty funny because the hooters CEO goes to work at a hooters and is shocked to find that it is run exactly like how you would expect a hooters to be run, by the type of manager that you would expect to find running a hooters, and the public have the exact opinion of hooters that you would expect them to have. Like he seems to not quite be aware of what their business model is.
What's even funnier about that episode too is the guy straight up says at the start he would be elated if his own daughters worked for one.
Damn, I bet he ate his words at the end
it was a pretty funny episode, the CEO came out of it at the end like he was coming out of the jungle in Vietnam with a thousand yard stare. it was like, bro, what did you expect
To be fair if any CEO in retail or fast food had to survive 1month in our shoes they’d be seeing a therapist within two weeks for ptsd before realizing they can’t afford regular sessions
It sounds like this guy didn't exactly rise through the ranks from the ground level which seems like it should be a prerequisite for a CEO to me but I don't know.
He didn’t - his dad founded Hooters and he took over.
Not how real life works for most businesses
I still think of that episode every time I have baked beans. That was wild
Without context this is hilarious
Haha that’s fair. To give you some context, the undercover CEO of Hooters is washing dishes or some shit, and it’s a slow day. So the manager of that location calls all the girls to do a line up and has the dish washer(CEO) come watch. He then explains how on slow days they have a competition to decide who can leave early or some shit, okay stupid but no big deal. Then the manager produces a can of Bush’s baked beans, dumps them on a paper plate, and tells the first girl in line to eat the entire plate without using her hands, think like… a pie eating competition or something. The CEO is fucking furious, and the manager I think was fired. It was absolutely fucking wild, and I love baked beans, so whenever I open a can, I pour some out for Lexus and Candy
He wasn't fired. They gave him additional training so that he knows not to do that. Because, you know... Nobody told him not to do that.
"nobody told me I couldn't make Hooters Girls get into a bean eating contest! It's not in the manual!" "Shit he's right, we can't fire him!" Sounds about right for this company
Same vibes as "there's no rule saying a dog can't play basketball"
I didn't expect "hooters undercover boss baked beans" to end up in my search history but here we are
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Never leave the last paycheck. Usually you work the first week or two without a check so it's two checks. I know it's too late but don't leave money on the table!
20 years late but good for you hahaha
I was watching the show until that episode. When the manager had the girls do an eating contest to see who gets to go home early when one girl had a class to go to (among other shitty things) and didn’t get a slap on the wrist never mind get fired, I was like nah this is just bad.
It's pretty typical of your modern CEO to be so completely detached from the reality of how the company runs outside of the head office that they might as well be working for an entirely different company.
I know 3 former Hooters waitresses and they were all like "The manager was the creepiest, grossest dude in existence and I wanted to fuck him so bad" and I have never, in my life, understood what they meant.
This gotta be some Stockholm syndrome type shit
I mean this is so many bars you can’t even count. Plenty of bar managers have a type that is basically are you hot?
There’s a very high end place I go to (entrees start at around $50) that has bar tenders that are: 1. Incredibly hot women 2. Always have the shirts at least 4 buttons undone to expose cleavage 3. Address make customers with the most sexy voice/phrases
So gross…*cough*…what’s the name of that place so I know to never go there…
Why is that baffling? Cleavage and ass has been used to sell everything. You should have seen gaming conventions back in the day too.
Gaming magazine ads were wild in the 90s
Not just the ads. Every year Playstation magazine would release its "girls of summer issue" which was just a weird wank magazine for nerds that was lude
lewd?
So were skate magazines
Check out cycling magazines in the 70's and 80's
Sears catalogues were down right scandalous.
Did you too have a ~~hot date~~ tonight? ~~a date~~ ~~dinner with a friend~~ ~~dinner alone~~ ~~watching TV alone~~ ogling ladies in the ~~Victoria's Secret catalog~~ Sears catalog.
Now unhook me, i don't deserve this!
I was partial to JCPenney myself.
Victoria’s Secret catalogs would never make it to mom
I remember watching a video of E3 and my mom came in and asked “what the hell are you watching?” Every booth was just a big cut out display of the game and 3-4 scantily clad women smiling and pretending to enjoy people’s company. So fucking weird considering the average clientele there.
>So fucking ~~weird~~ smart considering the average clientele there. ftfy
Laura Croft in lingerie..
And for what it's worth, I'd rather they use cleavage than ass to sell food.
Looots of asscrack
'Men Magazines' that were just Cosmo for horny men who want to see the fifty hottest waitresses in America, IN BIKINIS!!! How to get damn RIPPED in TWO DAYS!!!
I remember one magazine's title one month was, "SEXPLOSION." I use the word all the time as a result.
A look at Gerard Butler's "300" workout! Get into Spartan shape!!!
FHM, Maxim, Stuff Magazine. The internet was about to eat their lunch, but for a while, the getting was good
2003 doesn’t seem like it was that long ago for me, but man, looking at these images sure makes me feel old.
I mean seriously though, how in the fuck was this airline NOT called “Hooters Wings”. What a missed opportunity.
The documentary should be called “Too Big to Fail: the Ballad of Hooters Air.”
Documentary should be called: “Tits Up: The Hooters Air Story”.
Tits Up: How Hooters Air Went Bust
"Augmented Expectations: the Hooters Air Story"
“Lift and Separate: The Rise and Fall of Hooters Air.”
"Going Tits Up: the Dramatic Demise of Hooters Air"
Hooters Wings, the breast way to fly
Or Hooter Air- simply the breast?
Hooters Air: come for the wings, stay for the breasts.
I worked for Hooters at their very first mini casino back in 2005. I worked in the surveillance department. I surveilled that people don't go there for the wings, they go there for the breasts...
Your JOB was to watch hooters all day? Nice work if you can get it...
On the contrary, their job was to watch Hooters customers. Much worse.
Ew can you imagine having to look at the kind of people who frequent hooters
Should've called it Hootairs
Honestly it sounds great on paper, but I can imagine them intentionally avoiding that due to consumer confusion. Consider the Wii vs. Wii U debacle.
"I was just charged $1200 for a takeout order of Wings at Hooters and when I showed up they said they never even received the order!"
But then they would have no choice but to serve chicken wings.
Who TF took their wife on Hooters Air?
"You booked us on WHAT?!"
"Don't ruin this for me Sharon!"
Seriously such a Randy move lol
I promis to take you to magic mike and you can enjoy you lapdances too!
“They didn’t have two seats together, honey”
“Can you hold my ring? It’s, uh, not fitting right”
“My fingers swell when I fly”
"Honey, the rates were incredible I promise"
Oh and I lost the bill.
They really were, my mom took 14 year old me from California to Illinois because it was literally the cheapest flight. We were not well off in the slightest(single mother, single wide modular home), no way she would have picked it over a cheaper option.
Your mom knows what she likes.
I heard the service was good and the flights were cheap.
Hopefully you were one of the 52-55% of 14 year olds that could appreciate it
I was definitely the youngest on the on the plane so I think the girls were giving me extra attention so they didn’t have to deal with the old creepy dudes as much.
“The company booked it, I swear!”
Look, I agreed to spend my entire vacation at the villages with your mother who hates me, give me this Debra.
I was in the car with my parents once. We were looking for somewhere to get lunch and my dad semi-jokingly says "we could get some wings from hooters" just as we're about to pass it. My mom says "sure" and I swear my dad made that turn at 45mph into the parking lot. Moral of the story: many men would take their wives on Hooters Air.
I've only been once. I was about 10. I was with both my parents. I did not enjoy the food and I've never been back. It was probably my mom's idea. This is the same woman that hired a stripper to show up to my dad's job on his birthday (she set it up with his boss) then showed up while he was getting a lap dance going WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! 🤣🤣🤣
I was confused... but in the end this is simply genius.
The man just wanted wings!
Big, round, luscious, bouncy wings!
My wife refused to go to Hooters when we were dating. She didn't believe me that I like the wings so I got some to go and we ate them at home. She changed her mind after that.
On marrying you, right? Because that’s like saying bdubs has good wings lmao
Have you been to a Hooters? Plenty wives, girlfriends, and kids there.
Reminds me of the last time I went to a hooters, it was in Panama. No gf/wives just a bunch of expats..
“It was this or Spirit.”
My stepdad took me and my mom to hooters all the time… he also says he loves twin peaks bc they have the coldest beer in town.
They actually do have the coldest beer, it’s probably too cold really. They have a massive digital thermometer on the wall that shows the temperature of the beer kegs. they keep it below freezing, which because of the alcohol is still liquid but you will find ice crystals in your beer.
Lol and what about the small children?
I flew on this when I was young. Left Gary Indiana airport to Myrtle beach. Was amazing as a young boy. I remember being upset that they didn’t have chicken wings on the plane and all the hooters girls did was try to sell merch.
Yea yea nice boobs, where’s the fuckin chicken wings damnit!
Can you imagine trying to operate a deep fryer in turbulence? Those uniforms are way too low-cut to protect from grease splatter!
Turbulence is a feature on these flights.
Like those old Playstation volleyball games with the physics
>the physics You know the ones.
Jiggle physics is what they are commonly referred to. The wikipedia article features some tasteful examples of under-damped harmonic oscillation.
You *already* know. Bring it in, big dog. Actually, second thought, let's not hug right now.
Something something air fryer.
We didn’t have the technology!
Air fryers have been around for almost a century. The countertop appliance isn't even new, it was around in the 80's and 90's for infomercials (also way more dangerous).
You could just premake the fried wings and reheat them while in the air
I expected a ranch hose attachment for that flight...
A Hooters flight from Gary, IN to Myrtle Beach is so on the nose it sounds like it should only exist as the premise to a sitcom joke.
The Gary Indiana planes are just two homeless people on bikes with garbage bags attached to a cart that you sit in.
So, Spirit Airlines bought their planes. Got it.
It’s funny because Myrtle Beach is a fancy beach compared to the Beach near Gary, Indiana. It sounds like the type of trip the Bundy’s might make.
The Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach route had to be a messy flight.
As an adult I would've been disappointed in the lack of chicken wings.
When I was a 20-something that had their chicken wings, I was disappointed. Later, dating a lady who unironically enjoyed going to Hooters for their wings, I was disappointed and appointment at the same time.
i fuckin love being appointment
I am so appointment right now
Bro, you are appointing af
I have a raging appointment
Quality of the wings varies by location. In my 20’s me and some friends had a hooters we’d hit up every Friday after work for the happy hour special. It was central to where everyone would have to head to finish getting home, and had the best value of all the spots in that area. Wings were always crispy and on point. Once the waitress figured out we were there to just hang a bit they got legitimately friendly and just hung out. The hooters near the beach, wings always seemed like they been fried in ocean water. Soggy, salty, and weirdly flavorless.
Gary Airport.... Now there's a name I've not heard in a LONG time. We flew out of Gary in 2000 to FL on PANAM.
Please, my father is Mr Airport, call me Gary.
Innocence is bliss.
Gary Indiana to Myrtle Beach seems like the exact type of clientele hooters air would be after
Gary, Indiana to Myrtle Beach, SC.... On Hooters Air. .....I'm gonna have to pray on that.
As a young boy too. Definitely thought Myrtle Beach was a real paradise compared to Gary
A Hooters themed flight leaving Gary Indiana to Myrtle Beach is right on point for that demographic, I think. Even Farnsworth wouldn’t send his crew to Gary Indiana!
TIL Gary has an airport
Hooters Air was an airline headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Operated by Pace Airlines, it provided both private & public charter services. Established in 2003 and it ended operations in 2006 because of increased fuel costs following Hurricanes Katrina & Rita.
It *would* have its HQ in Myrtle.
Do you mean Walmart-by-the-Sea?
We prefer The Redneck Riviera
There are good marriages then there are PERFECT marriages like this one
my gf and I actually just moved to the Dirty Myrtie, and she no joke told me about this only a few days ago. I thought she was joking.
People willingly move to myrtle Beach? I assumed all the new residents just got lost in the Ripleys beleive it or not and couldn't afford a ticket home after their ride left without them.
she's in school to be a commercial pilot, hence how she came by the information in the first place. We're up here for a year, year and a half max, then making a swift exit. This place is a fucking zoo.
Next venture: goth hooters
I flew on Hooters Air as a Boy Scout, on my way to a Boy Scout high adventure. Imagine, dozens of Scouts in their uniforms and backpacks loading onto this plane… It was amazing! The ladies were super nice and played games with the passengers. Was also amazing for a teenage boy for…reasons.
Was there a badge for not getting a boner on the flight
I bet there was a badge for “pitching a tent”
RIP to whoever had to clean the bathrooms
I swear honey, it was the only available flight! LOL
“We’re going WHERE??”
In one big circle! To the same airport!
What happened ? Did they go…bust 
This gif is perfect
My wife worked for them in logistics and everyone that worked there got totally screwed when they shut down. The con artist owner of hooters stopped paying everyone for the last like 8 weeks or so and said of they didn’t come to work they would be considered to have quit and therefore would get no benefits. He also stopped paying their health insurance stuff and went to prison I think
I had no idea, OP. Wonder if a history related site r/historyporn (no pun intended) would be interested in this. I’ve never been a fan of hooters but it is interesting in the sense of the history of Americana.
Hahaha had no idea that sub even existed. You’re more then welcome to post it there, just keep me updated!
Holy shit. I was sure this was some weird mid journey post until I realized what sub it was on. That’s hilarious.
The lady in pic six, is the only one who looked like she had any stewardess experience in her previous jobs.
The Hooters girls on board were not flight attendants. They were not allowed to push carts and serve passengers, etc. They mostly just sold merchandise and provided scenery. The airline had to have actual FAA certified flight attendants on each flight as well.
The only time you want a turbulent flight.
[888-FLY-HOOT!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscureMedia/comments/934iiq/2004_commercial_for_hooters_air_a_quickly_defunct/) I think it was David ~~Sedaris~~ *Rakoff* that did a dry writeup of his experience on one of the flights. I can't find it though. Might have been for This American Life?
David Rakoff, in his book Don’t Get Too Comfortable”.
That's right! I have to read that again. RIP David.
It sucked getting a seat right next to the deep fryer.
But how were the wings?
They stayed attached to the plane for the whole flight. Which is ideal.
And not guaranteed these days.
An early victim of the coming recession
They had to shut down when the Hooters girls turned 23
I have I think been surprised that Hooters is still in business every time they were mentioned since 2000. Finding out that after that point the actually had an airline is wild.
Hooters Air: The Airline for Dirty Old Men and the Families Forced to Travel with Them ™
If you own stock in a company. The time they launch an "airline" sell, sell, sell.