Flight attendants aboard Sichuan Airlines will soon be required to have kung fu skillz to fend off any would-be hijackers. Also, they have to be pretty good with a bowstaff.

Next Thursday, the airline is to recruit 70 hostesses from Chengdu and Chongqing to work for a new flight route from Chengdu to Seoul in South Korea. One of the priority conditions for candidates will reportedly be knowledge of kung fu. [Link]

Yes, but do they need to know a circular form or a linear one? Wing Chun or Jeet Kune Do? The zipless kick or the one-inch punch? Crane, drunken or macaca style?

Mmm… kung fu flight attendants. Jet Airways, kalaripayattu is callin’ you.