Indian airline sacks overweight stewardesses: report (they refused alternative ground assignments)

AFP on Breitbart ^ | 1/5/09 | AFP

[NormsRevenge]

India's state-run carrier Air India has dismissed 10 women flight attendants who were grounded last year for being overweight, a report said Monday.

The sackings came after the cabin crew were warned about meeting minimum physical fitness standards and given sufficient time to lose weight, the Press Trust of India news agency reported quoting airline sources.

The flight attendants were also offered alternative ground assignments which they refused, the report said.

[MahatmaGandu]

Now if someone can ban the larda$$es who always sit next to me on Southwest....

[kenavi]

It’s OK to have standards, but forcing overweight stewardesses to wear sacks is cruel.

[relictele]

Yer grounded!

[gate2wire]

Well, if one has an aisle seat, it’s very annoying when that big butt hits you every time she walks by.

[MeanWestTexan]

Can’t get past the porkers in the isle when you need to use the lav.

[Just another Joe]

Well, if one has an aisle seat, it’s very annoying when that big butt hits you every time she walks by.

Remember the song,
"I like big butts, and I cannot lie."
"You other brothas can deny"...................

Hoope you can get it out of your head now.

[gate2wire]

Even white boys got to shout.

[MEGoody]

I notice the article doesn’t say how overweight these women are. 5 lbs? 10 lbs? 20 lbs? More?

[MEGoody]

Well, if one has an aisle seat, it’s very annoying when that big butt hits you every time she walks by.

They're probably just as annoyed by the shine from your bald spot, so there. ;)

[gate2wire]

“They’re probably just as annoyed by the shine from your bald spot, so there. ;)”

That’s why I wear a baseball cap.

[BluH2o]

My wife was a stewardess (that's what they were called in that era) and had a weight check at least once a month. Miss the weight check a couple of times and you were history. She only flew for a little over two years before becoming bored with it went on to new endeavors. Eventually becoming a senior v/p with a large well known media company.

[NormsRevenge]

I couldn’t find info re: weight.

They should do a Calendar and let us be the judges.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Well, if one has an aisle seat, it’s very annoying when that big butt hits you every time she walks by.

I used to take aisle seats but getting bumped by stewardesses (the male attendants never seem to bump me) and getting whacked by drink trolleys forced me to take windows seats on a recent trip to So Cal. Big mistake. I'll try the middle seats next time and see what happens there.