Survival of Fittest
Air India has ordered 1,600 of its cabin crew to lose weight in a push to to alter perceptions that the cabin staff are tired and inefficient. Air India is not the first to enforce such rules, with most airlines implicitly demanding a minimum level of fitness to survive tiring long-haul flights. The airline did not say what constituted “overweight”, however one spokesman noted: “Imagine if crew members can’t fasten their seat belts, how can they fly?”
