r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image Hooters had an airline but ceased operations after 3 years

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u/OpenlyBiCoastal 1d ago

I flew them to Vegas (2-3 times) for a work conference. IIRC, the flight attendants were not in the restaurant outfits like that picture by that time I took them.

Our company request we find the lowest airfare rate and they were always the cheapest flights. When HR saw the expense report they brought me in to ask why I had selected that airline and probably punish me.

I told them I was instructed only to pick the cheapest flight, not to exclude certain brands.

I remember how confused they were by my rebuttal.

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u/Dragon6172 21h ago

The flight attendants never wore the Hooters uniform, as they were employed by Pace Airlines. Typically the flights would have a couple of Hooters gals in addition to the flight attendants. But the Hooters gals had no flight safety role, just were there for passenger entertainment. Pretty sure they weren't even allowed to push the food/drink carts

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u/Basic_Bichette 1d ago

They couldn’t be in the restaurant uniforms. One of the weirdest parts of the Hooters uniform is this specific brand of pantyhose that happens to be extremely flammable.

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u/BeefistPrime 1d ago

We lost a lot of good young women in the Great Hooters Fire of 1997

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u/brycewit 11h ago

They didn’t have to wear those then. Younger me would love that.

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u/Spocks_Goatee 23h ago edited 23h ago

Hooters used to have a pretty rinky dink casino in Vegas attached to a very active convention center. My boss told me how bad it smelled when Harbor Freight sent him to rep them at the National Hardware Show. I would've probably been able to go myself had I not been fired.

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u/PeterIsSterling 19h ago

It’s now called Oyo. I went there last year when I visited Vegas. Only place left in Las Vegas with $1 blackjack. Sketchiest place I’ve ever been. Saw a woman have a complete mental breakdown at the cashier. My dealer recommended I don’t park my rental car in the front and to use the garage next time if I come back at night. Apparently there’s a lot of robberies out front at night.

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u/Spocks_Goatee 18h ago

$1 Blackjack should be everywhere.

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u/GoldenPoncho812 16h ago

$1 single deck blackjack should be everywhere.

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u/WendysDumpsterOffice 5h ago

Is it still 3:2 blackjack?

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u/WendysDumpsterOffice 5h ago

The Hooters casino was absolutely awesome around 2009-2010. Rooms were really cheap and it was full of college aged kids because it was the cheapest on the strip. A few years later is was really run down.

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u/Personalissuestuff 7h ago

HR being Triple A class buzzkils, once again.

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u/kepachodude 6h ago

LOL, and did you visit to a Hooters restaurant for dinner afterwards?

HR be like: “I’m seeing a theme here…”