30 Fair empl.prac.cas. 235, 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,156 Carole A. Gerdom v. Continental Airlines, Inc., Union of Flight Attendants, Local No. 1 v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

692 F.2d 602 30 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 235 , 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,156 Carole A. GERDOM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. UNION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, LOCAL NO. 1, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. No. 79-3215. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 15, 1982. Decided Nov. 15, 1982. Jay D. Roth, Taylor & Roth, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Willard Z. Carr, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendant-appellee; H. Frederick Tepker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, CHOY, GOODWIN, WALLACE, KENNEDY, SKOPIL, SCHROEDER, FARRIS, PREGERSON, ALARCON, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge. 1 This appeal concerns the validity of a policy requiring employees classified as "flight hostesses," a position held only by women, to comply with strict weight requirements as a condition of their employment with Continental Airlines. The challenged weight program was in effect until 1973 and…