Its an old story and I hope it never repeats again... God bless me !!A year back I travelled to Bangalore... air travel had become comparable to train and so decided lets take a flight... Indian Airlines... hmm... how worse could it get ???Bad... It was a shock to be greeted by atleast 40+ year old females who rarely looked amicable, friendly let alone run the "hospitality" on the airline... more like scaring a baby. Still I am an optimist, I thought... okay, how bad can it get? More rude shocks were in store. We all know of the grand spat between the aged airhostesses and the Airline which ended in a courtroom settlement.The flight took off and then came the customary yucky "airline food" which consisted of a roti (exactly 3 inches in diameter), some steamed rice (by the way the only thing that smelled good), some sabzi (which seemed like having been cooked once and oven heated atleast 200 times). Gosh, the things a hungry man can do !!Then came the service from females who were at the end of their service. Ususally, the previous sentence would mean that the person is very sensible and efficient. Oh, did I mention this is Indian Airlines. I rang the beep for the airhostess. There came a female, whose make-up is cracking under the excessive pressure conditions of the aircraft. I was pitiful to ask her to get me the newspaper. What do I say, "Aunty", "Maaji", "Madam"...mind in turmoil. How do I ask such an old female to do such a silly thing... getting the newspaper. Khuda ke paas jaana hai (I am answerable to God), I must not torment this old female. Then the "customer" instinct kicked in and I reluctantly asked her to bring the newspaper. Then goes 20 minutes... was she printing todays paper or did she cover some leak with it ??? She passed by again and I reminded her to get the newspaper... she thanks me for "reminding" and gets it. All this while the food has been eaten and am waiting behind the puny legspace and seated juxtaposed between the tray and the seat, waiting for Aunty to come and pick up the tray. It took a full hour for Aunty to come back and take away the plate and I could relax a bit.Now let me get serious... If you know what deep vein thrombosis (DVT)... it strikes female frequent fliers above the age of 40. There is a good reason why most airhostesses are "meant to be" gorgeous to look at and young. Its because of DVT. A small rant, maybe... hope someone reads this and puts some better sense into Indian Airlines. Oldie airhostesses not only cause customer relation problems, much more follows !!