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Posted 2/05/2008 by The Daily Diary

The line of weary air hostesses trudging out of Terminal Five in search of high-flying careers in the City is soon set to lengthen like a Heathrow delay.

Yes, you heard it here first – hosties are being corralled into staffing law firm receptions around the City. Sick of the surly grads and ageing Essex types who have customarily manned the phones in bored fashion, sources say firms are increasingly looking to those doyennes of customer service – the waitresses in the sky – to do the job.

Their perma-smiles, perma-tans and ability to detect trainees using the lavatories for all the wrong reasons are apparently winning over front-office recruiters throughout the legal fraternity. And rumour has it rival managing partners who have not yet made the switch are whispering 'doors to manual' in the ears of those who have bought in to the new trend.

Whether Dentons will be targeting Easyjet staff – whose gaudy tangerine branding offers clear synergies with that of the City stalwart – remains to be seen.