a) Uniform Some companies attribute falls to personal negligence and claim that skirt wearers generally pay heed to the way they walk and move around. Airline D: Anyone can sustain work-related injuries regardless of what they wear - skirts or pants. You should maintain situational awareness as you board or disembark from the plane. Work-related injuries can occur no matter what you wear. Airline E: Men have better motor functions than women and thus are less prone to injuries when boarding or disembarking. Female cabin crew often use hand cream. There have been cases of women falling down the stairs as their hand slipped off the handrail. Airline F: Dress wearers will be mindful of their walking speed and stride length. On the contrary, many people feel that wearing pants enables them to move, walk, or jump freely or climb the stairs three steps at a time. The key is your attitude when wearing the uniform and your ability to show restraint in your movements and actions. When the Commission presented airlines with research findings that four times more women than men in the aviation industry have applied for compensation due to falls at work, a few of the companies ascribed this phenomenon to gender-based differences, stating that men and women react differently to injuries because of disparities in physical strength. Airline E: Men may not necessarily report a work injury for personal reasons. Airline F: Are the data and facts surrounding work injuries absolutely comparable? Needless to say, the company encourages employees not to endure pain and to apply for leave and compensation when necessary. But according to the actual circumstances at our company, however, women apply even for minor injuries, whereas men are less inclined to apply probably due 36