Air India laying off 125 flight attendants who are too fat

Air India said it gave the agreement to the cabin crew to lose weight. (bbc)

India's airline, Air India, plans to lay off 125 flight attendants and flight crew because it was considered too fat to work on the plane.



Some reports mention of the employees who will be laid off, maybe some of them were transferred to work at the airport as ground staff or offered early retirement.

An Air India official told the BBC the decision was taken based guide body mass index (BMI) issued by the civil aviation agency last year.

He explained that Air India has issued a request that 600 crew members lose weight, but 125 of them failed to reach the required weight.

"The employees of this already we give 18 months to fulfill the ideal body mass index, but they failed. So we had no choice but to replace them," said an Air India official news agency Press Trust of India.

He also said there is concern that overweight cabin crew will not be able to operate effectively in an emergency.

(bbc)