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Branson to strut as cross-dressing cabin crew on Fernandes' airline

Richard Branson is set to honour the bet he lost against Tony Fernandes at the end of the 2010 Formula 1 season by dressing up as a stewardess in an AirAsia flight next month. The two entrepreneurs, both of whom run an airline, had bet on would finish ahead of each other in their debut season three years ago, and that the loser would serve as a female cabin crew on the winner's airline. Fernandes’ Lotus (tenth) beat Virgin (12th) in the constructors’ championship then with Branson at the receiving end of the stake. The 62-year-old business magnate will be serving on a flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur on May 12, with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the tickets to go...
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