Airlines Need to “Lighten” Up
I’m not the biggest fan of airplanes. For starters, I’m afraid of heights. I scream at the slightest hint of turbulence. I also find the cheap chairs cramped and uncomfortable. Above all else, I don’t enjoy sitting next to complete strangers who, with my luck, are frequently gassy.
If someone told me I could never board a plane again, I’d happily oblige. Goodbye and good riddance! I’m perfectly content with trains, boats, or even pimped-out golf carts with fire decals.
But I suppose that’s not the case for everybody.
Ten stewardesses at Air India are fighting for their right to soar the skies after being unexpectedly terminated from their positions. According to BBC News, the airline stated that the women failed to meet company weight restrictions calculated by height and age. In layman’s terms, the women were deemed too fat to fly.
The stewardesses fought back, but unfortunately, they failed to get the policy declared unconstitutional by the Indian High Court. Talk about a heavy defeat!
Frankly, I’m appalled by the airline’s decision. Where do they get off saying someone is not of the right body type for a job that requires little to no physical exertion? I mean, it’s not like they’re building houses or running marathons. They only have one job: distribute overpriced peanuts.
Well, I suppose they have two jobs. They’re also responsible for sliding those fancy blue curtains a few times to remind us common peasants that we’re not first-class royalty.
But I digress. The fat shaming is an outrage. If we’re going to ban overweight people from having jobs that require movement, we should at least be consistent. Stop hiring pudgy mall cops!
But I don’t really support that either. We shouldn’t discriminate against anybody. I fail to see Air India’s logic. If a plane crashes, people are going to die regardless of whether they’re fat or not.
Heck, it might even be beneficial to have an obese person on board. In case of emergency, a one-thousand-pound carcass could be used as a flotation device.
Maybe the airline’s decision had nothing to do with efficiency? Maybe they just wanted their stewardesses to be hip and sexy? Well, if that’s the case, I object even more.
People of all shapes and sizes can be beautiful. We don’t need cliché super models running our flights. Besides, most super models aren’t well-versed in plane safety. The airline industry and the fashion industry couldn’t be more different. One involves a runway, and the other involves… well, you get the picture.
I don’t know what else to say. I feel so bad for these women. Apparently, not all cows are sacred in India.
142 Comments
Nat Marie
Stuff like this annoy me. I understand if they were maybe 300 pounds. Then yeah, it can be an issue. But if that were the case, then they should stop overweight passengers on the planes. They'll have a lot of pissed off people who rightfully pay for their planes.
These women possibly have families to support, and they can't keep their job because of this? I'm not supporting to be overweight/obese (gawd, I hate that word), and they should be encouraged to lose weight. They should look into other reasons as to why some of them may be overweight.
What the deuce, man?
Jhase
Oi! I knew it was sarcasm, don't let my blind attempt to say that I knew, when I didn't know fool you.
Oh and yeah, that rant was kind of..well I started off simple and got off into a small frenzy.
Monica
Sure thing 😀 You're linked already 😛
Well when the glass broke he was quite far away from our suburb…he's been almost everywhere in this city 😛
He was attending a KRUMP session (Kingdom Rein Uplifting Might Praise) some dance kinda like thing with more i don't know…xD
Monica
It's not just India you know.
I saw somewhere I think on humanforsale.com lol that to be a like a stewardess or a flight attendant in America you can't have any 'bulges'. I find that rude.
LOL. okay you can be worried 😀 No comment there…
But I'm only concerned about my Hiccups.
I shout and burp at the same time xD
Asterid Starr
I may be slightly crazy, but not sociapathic. I couldn't be the killer. I had to play the part of the slightly crazy is she the killer? but not the killer person that all horror movies seem to have.
Everyone had their part.
We even had the two that have "explicit relations" in their tent and die in a very bloody way because of it.
Willian
Heey! How are you?
My layout is based on a movie called Closer, I love this movie, you should watch it! xD
Dylan - Yer Shoe's Untied
Yer welcome. That sounds cool. I'm still trying to wake up.
(you don't have to slap me this time)
Lani
It's not that creepy… well okay maybe a little but creepy never hurt anyone (unless you're gonna like… take his skin or something… please don't take his skin lmao). Just go to my bio page, he's the one that isn't blonde, me or a miscellaneous animal.
Meaghan!
Oh psh XD
I so knew that lol.
But don't they find you? :0
Meaghan!
-Le gasp-! Then how'd you get it? :0
Meaghan!
Haha well at least you tried XD
Really? So you paid for yours? :0
Meaghan!
Oh lol XD
Which blogging system do you use?
Meaghan!
Thanks! I already got it though XD
I just forgot to change the edit 😛
Yeah. You should try it 😀 Wait like 30 seconds before you take a chomp on it after you've taken it out of the fridge. I took a bite right when I took it out and my teeth were freezing :0
Meaghan!
Well it depends on which flavor you get. If you get a chocolate one, then it tastes like chocolate 🙂 There's this coating outside though; it's not sugary or anything of that sort. It's sort of like a soft, chewy piece of bread (it melts in your mouth though). And like inside, there would be tiny chocolate bits. It's in the shape of like a round-ish trapezoid. There's white powder on the outside 🙂
It's really yummy.
The best flavor they have is probably chocolate 🙂
They have green tea & strawberry too :]
You can find them at tons of asian markets lol.
Carla
That does seem very unfair and wrong. Unless they were having trouble fitting down the aisles there's no reason their weight should come into it. IThere are far too many stories about unfair firings around lately.
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