Airline threatens to ground overweight staff

[Midnight Mike]

Airline threatens to ground overweight staff

Associated Press in New Delhi
Friday December 16, 2005
The Guardian


Air India has told its 1,600 cabin crew to lose weight or face being grounded. Overweight pilots and flight attendants have been given two months to shape up, said officials.
The airline says other carriers follow similar guidelines on fitness and that its own rules have been applied for months, although it admits there is a push to alter perceptions that its cabin staff are tired and inefficient.

The carrier did not say what constituted "overweight" or if any staff had been grounded. But a spokesman said: "Imagine if crew members can't fasten their seat belts, how can they fly?"

[UrbanExplorer222]

so now they say "Air India 234 REALLLL HEAVY"

[cancidas]

damn... anything to save some fuel eh? i wonder how much fuel burn that actually contributes to. on a 747 maybe not much but on something smaller than definately something...