BBC reports on an Indian court ruling giving state run airlines the right to ban “fat” air hostesses.

The Delhi high court was responding to a case filed by five air hostesses who had been grounded by the airline for being too fat to fly.

 

The judges agreed with the airline’s view that overweight crew present a safety and health hazard.

They also said that, in the highly competitive airline industry, an air hostess’s physical condition and appearance played an important role in her overall personality.

A few years ago, during a recruitment drive for new crew, the airline said that it would not consider applicants with acne or bad teeth. 

 

God bless America. Where you have the right to be fat, acne ridden, AND have bad teeth. I’ve had more than a few “air hostesses” who have had the trifecta. 

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