Ananova:

A Croatian airline is under fire for making would-be stewardesses strip down to swimsuits and show their skills in the water.

Officials at Dubrovnik Airlines say staff have to be fully trained for all situations and have put out job ads saying that being able to swim is a fundamental qualification for the job.

And they have set up a company 'jury' who will watch potential stewardesses take a special swimming test before they can start work, newspaper Vecernji List reported.

But the ads have caused outrage with many Croatians blasting the company's policy as sexist, especially as pilots do not have to undergo the same water tests.

Trainee stewardess Mirna Perovic from Zagreb said: "It's just an excuse for dirty old men to look at young girls in bikinis."