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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Female flight attendant flying banned because ... too fat

Domestic Airlines Qingdao of China Airlines fly with an attendant. The reason given by the hostesses exceeding weight measurements.
According to crew members of Qingdao Airlines airline revealed it had for a flight stewardess stop being "too fat". However, this person declined to provide specific information
Female flight attendants of Qingdao Airlines.
The South China Morning Post reported, the airlines have strict regulations in terms of weight, height crew attendant. However, Qingdao Airlines denies banning or layoffs when not meet the above requirements. By the standards of the airline, female attendants to reach a height of 165cm - cm and 172 cm, weighing 50-68kg, under the age of 30.
The standards for body mass index of Qingdao Airlines also rigid than the CAA.
Under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Authority CAA China, female flight attendants have reached 1m60-1m72 height, weighing 45-73kg.
In conversation with Thepaper.cn, company representative said: "We are concerned over the standard weight of attendants may affect the ability to cope with emergency situations. Therefore, always hoping Qingdao Airlines crew team maintain good physical condition. "
This is not the first case of an airline making strict regulations on body weight. Earlier, the airline Uzbekistan Airways vowed passenger weighing scales special kind. Only the weight of the passengers in each flight were kept secret agency. However, with small planes, customer overweight may not be allowed to board.
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