Women on the tarmac

Who says only men get the serious jobs?

WITH the heat bouncing off the curb and the grass looking like it could use a drink, a dust-caked van zips across the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) airfield and halts by the security checkpoint, to the discord of squealing disc brakes. The passenger door slides open and 29-year-old Natasha Sallehudin warmly welcomes us on board. “Sorry girls. The van is not air-conditioned,” she says.