Anthropometry of Airline Stewardesses

Abstract

The report presents the body measurements of 423 stewardess trainees enrolled in the American Airlines Stewardess Training Academy in Fort Worth, Texas, between February and June 1971. It includes the means, standard deviations, coefficients of variation, percentiles, and related statistics of 72 standard anthropometric and functional measurements. The survey was initiated to provide adequate criteria for improving the emergency equipment availability and workspace design for the stewardess.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA012965

Entities

People

  • Clyde C. Snow
  • Herbert M. Reynolds
  • Mackie A. Allgood.

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Age Distribution
  • Aircrafts
  • Body Weight
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Foreign Languages
  • Language
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • New York
  • Right Angles
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States

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