Chunky Flight Crew Sacked in India
Here’s an interesting story to follow…
Air India sacks ‘fat’ hostesses – The airline says overweight crew are a safety hazard
India’s state-owned airline Air India has terminated the services of nine hostesses for being “overweight”, a spokesman says.The air hostesses were taken off flying duty two to three years ago and put on ground duty.
They say they have now been told by the airline that it no longer has positions for them in ground jobs.
A lawyer for the air hostesses told the BBC that they would challenge the terminations in the Supreme Court.
Last June, the Delhi high court ruled that Air India had the right to prevent overweight air hostesses from flying.
The hostesses appealed against that order in the Supreme Court and the case is still pending there.
