Ten flight attendants at ailing Mexicana, grounded since the bankrupt carrier ceased operations on Aug. 28, launched a sultry, sexy calendar last week to call attention to their plight, according to the Associated Press.

Click here to see pictures of the women at a photo shoot.

The 2011 calendar features glossy shots of flight attendants in bikinis and aviation shades, draped over propellers and an airplane fuselage on an airport runway.

Racy poses in the cockpit in very abbreviated uniforms also are scattered throughout the calendar’s 12 featured photos.

Each of the flight attendants who posed contributed her own money to help cover the calendar’s $8,000 production cost.

The first run of 1,000 calendars at $12 apiece was an immediate sellout. A second edition of 3,000 calendars is in the works.

— Gay Nagle Myers