Air India cracks the whip on obesity - grounds 57 cabin crew members

Air India has cracked the whip on obesity and has grounded 57 cabin crew members - most of them are air hostesses. Unless they can get back in shape quickly, they will be assigned ground jobs permanently and a ground job means loss of flying allowance which varies between Rs 35,000 and Rs 50,000 a month.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 20 January 2017.

As indicated by the airline, these crew members had a higher-than-permitted body mass index (BMI, the ratio of weight and height of an individual) and have been asked to lose weight. They hve been given deadlines and, since they could not meet the deadlines, they were assigned ground jobs.
Overweight cabin crew are declared temporarily unfit for six months. If they do not meet the BMI requirements in 18 months, they are termed permanently unfit.
More than two years ago, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had introduced strict requirements for cabin crew's weight, vision and hearing. Under the guidelines, the ideal BMI for a male cabin crew is 18-25 while it is 18-22 for female crew.


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