Air Chief Marshal Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admir ...

Kaset Rojananil ( th, เกษตร โรจนนิล, ; born 27 August 1933) is a Thai retired air force officer. He was the

Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force ( th, ผู้บัญชาการทหารอากาศไทย), currently Air Chief Marshal Alongkorn Wannarot, who is headquartered in Bangkok. The following individuals have co ...

from 1989 to 1992 and briefly held Thailand's most senior military post, the Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces from April to July 1992. Kaset was an alumnus of the 5th Class of the

Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA) ( th, โรงเรียนนายร้อยพระจุลจอมเกล้า, translit=Roong riian naai rɔ́ɔi prá Jù-lá-jɔɔm-glâo or รร.จปร.) is the service academy of ...

, and one of the leaders of the National Peace Keeping Council's 1991 coup against the government of

Chatichai Choonhavan Chatichai Choonhavan ( th, ชาติชาย ชุณหะวัณ, , ; 5 April 1920 – 6 May 1998) was a Thai army officer, diplomat and politician. From 1986 to 1991, he was the chairman of the Thai Nation Party and served as the Prim ...

. After the coup he became head of

Thai Airways International Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, trading as THAI (, th, บริษัท การบินไทย จำกัด (มหาชน)) is the flag carrier airline of Thailand. Formed in 1961, the airline has its corporate h ...

, and co-founded of the pro-military

Justice Unity Party The Justice Unity Party ( th, พรรคสามัคคีธรรม, ) was a Thai pro-military and conservative political party established after the military coup d'état of 1991. It was founded by Narong Wongwan, who became party chairma ...

. He was later demoted to general inspector of the Ministry of Defense. As head of

, 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 noted 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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