Kaset Rojananil

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rank= Air Chief Marshal
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laterwork= Head of Thai Airways International, Founder of the Samakkee Dhamma Party

Air Chief Marshal Kaset Rojananil was an alumnus of the 5th Class of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Commander of the Royal Thai Airforce, 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 Samakkee Dhamma 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 hoted that he had ordered airline recruiters to screen flight attendant applications "in the way beauty-pageant judging panels select contestants." [South China Morning Post, 7 September 1991]

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Further reading

* Interview with Kaset Rojananil, Manager Daily, 27 January 1993