What do you think to this? "Air India sacks 'fat' hostesses"
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What do you think to this? "Air India sacks 'fat' hostesses"
Air India sacks 'fat' hostesses 
The airline says overweight crew are a safety hazard
India's state-owned airline Air India has terminated the services of nine hostesses for being "overweight", a spokesman says.
The air hostesses were taken off flying duty two to three years ago and put on ground duty.
They say they have now been told by the airline that it no longer has positions for them in ground jobs.
He said that the women were between 11kg and 32kg overweight and that "all efforts to get them to reduce weight had failed".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7813180.stm
What do you think. Sexist? Practical? Could they do it here? Do they do it here? Have your say.
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Cefca
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I understand not letting them work on the planes if they actually are a fair bit overweight, but not sacking them form ground jobs.
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Ric
New Frugaller On the way to stardom
Similar happened to a fireman a while back.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...einstated.html
If you're not fit for the job you were originally employed for then it is a difficult situation for an employer.
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beefeater24
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i reckon they had a valid excuse ... not a bad story to show the obese people too - who are obese because they eat a lot ... what do you think?
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MagnersPear
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if it were a genuine safety hazard then I guess it is fair. There are certain jobs that do require employers to be of a certain height and weight for these reasons.
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