[5]One example of bona fide occupational qualifications are mandatory retirement ages for bus drivers and airline pilots, for safety reasons.
While religion, sex, or national origin may be considered a bona fide occupational qualification in narrow contexts, race can never be a BFOQ.
A good example would be if there was a biographical film of Martin Luther King Jr., it would be integral that the lead actor must be an African American male.
Bona fide occupational qualifications generally only apply to instances in which the BFOQ is considered reasonably necessary to the normal operation of a particular business.
World Airways, Inc.[7] and Wilson v. Southwest Airlines Co.[8] Therefore, customer preference for females does not make femininity a BFOQ for the occupation of flight attendant.