Re:Flight attendant loses job for being less than 1kg overwe...
by poulsbohemian on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @07:43PM
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So converting to imperial - she's 5'2, 136 pounds? That sounds like a very normal sized woman to me. I can't help but notice that she's been with the airline for 25 years and wonder if that's the real issue here, especially given the number of airlines listed in the article of not having similar weight guidelines. While perhaps this is a field necessitating certainly height / weight restrictions, this doesn't really sound like an individual who's a particular outlier in either of those areas.
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Re:Flight attendant loses job for being less than 1kg overwe...
by anitil on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @11:03PM
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It's not unheard of for airlines to discriminate based on age (which is what I thing you're saying here). An acquaintance of mine was part of a lawsuit about this very thing in Australia in the early 2000s - https://www.theage.com.au/business/virgin-blue-loses-age-dis...
Re:Flight attendant loses job for being less than 1kg overwe...
by tropo on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @09:54PM
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I don't think "very normal" is what we should accept. In an emergency, flight attendants need strength and speed. They should look like decathlon winners.
Re:Flight attendant loses job for being less than 1kg overwe...
by scrollaway on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @09:56PM
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Decathlon winners usually have other jobs. You may have to expand your search, lest you prefer having no flight attendant at all.
Re:Flight attendant loses job for being less than 1kg overwe...
by travisjungroth on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:13AM
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Has there been a single case in the US in the last decade where having a star athlete flight attendant would have saved someone’s life? I can’t think of one.
Re:Flight attendant loses job for being less than 1kg overwe...
by onetimemanytime on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:36AM
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They should look like decathlon winners, think like brain surgeons and make minimum wage.