Air India grounds nearly 125 crew members because they are overweight
Air India has decided to ground nearly 125 crew members because they are overweight.
Many flight attendants have failed to maintain the weight requirements which are prescribed by the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
Some of them may be assigned ground duty, while others could be offered voluntary retirement, Air India sources said.
Air India has decided to ground nearly 125 crew members because they are overweight (File photo)
AI had given an opportunity to around 600 overweight cabin crew members last year to lose weight within a stipulated time frame to continue flight duty following the DGCA's guidelines to ensure that no overweight or obese person continued as a flight steward or as an air-hostess.
Of these 600 cabin staff, around 125, including air-hostesses, have failed to maintain the required Body Mass Index (BMI) or weight standards in the prescribed period.
Sources said the airline had no option but to take them off permanently from flying duty.
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