AI sacks 10 air hostesses for being overweight

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Posted: Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009 at 1324 hrs IST
Updated: Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009 at 1324 hrs IST

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New Delhi: State-run carrier Air India sacked 10 air hostesses for being ‘exceptionally overweight’, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

The staff had been grounded for years and were sacked after a medical board declared them unfit for duty. The airline says they were given ample opportunity to shed weight.

"They haven't been flying for two to three years for being exceptionally overweight," Jitendra Bhargava, the airline's spokesman, said.

Bhargava confirmed some of the air hostesses had approached the New Delhi High Court for a legal challenge, which was later thrown out.

"That is their democratic right," he said.

This is not the first time the airline has sacked employees for being overweight, he added.

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» Behaviour

Posted by Rej on 2009-01-06 15:48:18.242876+05:30
Well AI Should train airhostess how to behave to their passengers

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» AI Airhostess training

Posted by JKS on 2009-01-06 19:16:51.995155+05:30
Bull shit.What training you are talking about. You fly in foreign airlines...the only thing they are bothered about is whether seat belt is fastened or not. After seat belt is fastened and you are from asian origin they would not bother about anything related to you.

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