Hainan Airlines attendants who are ‘overweight’ will be grounded, sparks public outcry in China

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Female flight attendants working at China’s Hainan Airlines will be grounded if they are 10 per cent above the “standard” weight limit, as part of the airline’s efforts to manage its employees’ image. The weight of these flight attendants are determined by the...

Being weighed on-site is among many things that is part of the system’s process.

Those who are more than 10 per cent overweight will be suspended immediately, and all other flight attendants in the same team have to assist such staff members to come up with weight reduction plans and monitor their weight loss. The airline’s guidelines on weight requirements for female flight attendants have sparked public outcry in the country. Many have condemned the guidelines as a form of weight and sex discrimination.

Another commented: “If an air stewardess is too skinny, what happens if a passenger has problems , how is the flight attendant going to run?”This is not the first time that an airline has imposed a weight limit on its flight attendants.

 

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