Air India likely to ground 125 'overweight' cabin crew staff
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‘You are too fat to fly’
No, this is not a joke. According to India’s national carrier, Air India, close to 125 of its cabin personnel, including airhostesses may be ‘grounded’ for being overweight.
According to
Last year itself, the national carrier alleges that it gave over 600 cabin staff to ‘shape up’ within a specific time if they wanted to continue their flight duty, following guidelines by the DGCA that no
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As per the regulations, a male
BMI is a measure of a person’s body fat keeping in mind his height and weight.
At present, Air India has 3,500 cabin crew staff, of which 2,200 employees are permanent while the remaining are on contract.
However, this is not the first time Air India has been involved in a decision like this. In 2009 itself, they had dismissed nine air-hostesses due to their weight issues and if that wasn’t enough in 2004, the airline had announced that potential airhostesses should not have any scars, marks or acne on their faces, as they have a responsibility to look good.
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