According to the Guardian today, Air India is announcing that they will give flight attendants and pilots two months to lose weight and meet "guidelines" or be fired.
As I do not fly Air India, I was wondering if my fellow v-Fers had seen any reason that this airline, out of so many, would seem to have a problem with, erm, excess baggage.
Being a regular flyer of domestic American airlines (and VS, of course!) there does not seem to be a major issue with excess weight on crews, aside from the (increasingly rare) frumpy, chunky matrons and masters who have seniority and are thus the last staff left standing after repeated lay-offs.
Also, does anyone feel this announcement by Air India is discriminatory and out of line? Should these guidelines even exist?
My feeling is that if a crew member cannot easily navigate tight aisles and seat pitch, then there is an issue since they cannot execute safety processes in the event of an emergency. Also, their ampleness brushes one if one sits in an aisle seat.
Thoughts?
GJ
As I do not fly Air India, I was wondering if my fellow v-Fers had seen any reason that this airline, out of so many, would seem to have a problem with, erm, excess baggage.
Being a regular flyer of domestic American airlines (and VS, of course!) there does not seem to be a major issue with excess weight on crews, aside from the (increasingly rare) frumpy, chunky matrons and masters who have seniority and are thus the last staff left standing after repeated lay-offs.
Also, does anyone feel this announcement by Air India is discriminatory and out of line? Should these guidelines even exist?
My feeling is that if a crew member cannot easily navigate tight aisles and seat pitch, then there is an issue since they cannot execute safety processes in the event of an emergency. Also, their ampleness brushes one if one sits in an aisle seat.
Thoughts?
GJ
