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
Meaghan
Idk, they might have a tracker :0
Rachel
Haha I watch it if it's on when I'm watching (usually just during dinner). It's not SO bad, and besides, I absolutely love Selena Gomez >.<
Leann
Its terrible that they were fired. I feel really bad for them. But now that you mention it, I realize that stewardesses always DO have this typical look of being thin and with makeup. I never really thought about it before :
Kay
that's a little absurd but right now with the gas prices! airliners sort of have to save back on gas…and well fat flight attendants would sort of weigh down the plane…:(
still bad for the stewardesses (wah! so many sssss's)
now if it was a ship, well then fat people float so…yah o_O
pshaw! I doubt anyone could really compare with you for your blogs, they're just too … different 😀 in a good way of course ^-^
Lani
That's good, I'm sick of gay people stealing him away lol. The blonde one is my best friend Ben.
Dylan
In the newspaper people had a fight at Chuck E Cheese's… 13 people went to jail. LAWLZ. Just search "Chuck E Cheese Fight" on youtube. It's there.
Laura
When i played in a band i had a dream the conductor chucked me out cos i was too fat – ah!
Waldi
I don't acually! I don't sit there trying to clean a chair. o.O Not like i've ever made a mess on it…
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Asterid
Hooker, what hooker?
Asterid
Mentioning the hooker always stops a convo in its tracks, hehehe.
Asterid
What do you mean "what kind"?
While I understand there are several different ways to actually "copulate" (look at all my big words, lol) when I say they engaged in sex in a tent I don't mean they rolled out the sex swing, tied on the gags, and hired a hooker for fun. It's just going at it in a tent.
Asterid Starr
'sex'
I don't even know where I first heard it described as that. I just thought it was humorous, and kept it in my vocabulary for such occassions as called for more polite wording than just 'sex.'
Rachel
That is so sad, and even worse that it's not actually just India. I heard recently…I forget where…a quote that said something along the lines of "the ideal body of a stewardess is one without rolls or folds." I was like ummm… wow. Again, very sad/pathetic.
Haha… Disney. I just watched whatever shows they had on their New Year's thing. Lots of Hannah Montana xD
Claire
stewardeseses lol
well i mean it sucks but they knew the rules. the thing is with them being "overweight" they jepordize the aircraft and how many passengers that are allowed on the aircraft so i can understand their termination of employment.
sometimes the airplane companies tell ppl to move up a seat or something like that b/c the plane has to be balanced or something along those lines
Fia
This is true?! I haven't heard about this. Or make it, I haven't watched TV slash news for a long time now. >.<
I am absolutely apalled with this. Tsktsk. Bad, bad company. I wonder what's their logic behind their action… xD
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