Kaset Rojananil

Who is Kaset Rojananil?

Air Chief Marshal Kaset Rojananil was an alumnus of the 5th Class of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force, a leader of the National Peace Keeping Council's 1991 coup against the government of Chatichai Choonhavan, Supreme Commander, head of Thai Airways International, and founder of the pro-military Justice Unity Party. He was later demoted to general inspector of the Ministry of Defense.

As head of Thai Airways International, he famously noted that "we have received a lot of complaints that our air hostesses are not pretty enough - too old and unsmiling. And we must improve on that" He added that the airline had been hiring too many college-educated women and that "intelligent women tend to not be good looking." He noted that he had ordered airline recruiters to screen flight attendant applications "in the way beauty-pageant judging panels select contestants."