Tue, Aug 10, 2010
Turkish Airlines Grounding 'Heavy' FAs
It's been a tough road for the airlines... and after alienating
God and everybody in search of a few extra shekels, it seems that
its time (again) to turn on their own. ANN has been monitoring
reports concerning Turkish Airlines and their recent efforts to
lighten their load... by asking their cabin crews to do the
same.
Media reports are surfacing with the claims that Turkish
Airlines officials have demanded that 28 of their Flight Attendants
lose weight... or their jobs -- and have "given them six months to
slim down or face reassignment."
A Telegraph of London story notes that, "the employees, 13 of
whom are women, are on unpaid leave in Turkey until they lose
weight, the Haber Turk daily newspaper said. All of them previously
had been warned to shape up, it added." Media reports attribute the
airline as adding that, "Weight and height are important factors at
all airlines... These criteria are important both in terms of
appearance and the ability to move about."
The weighty demand has caught none other than Izzet Levi, the
head of the flight attendants' union group -- who has found himself
placed on leave until he loses some 22 pounds. If accomplished,
Levi would return to active flight duty a more airworthy 210
pounds...
The airline has not responded to ANN inquiries as to whether FAs
who fall well under the mean flying weights might actually get to
share in some of the cost savings, as a result... but we're not
holding our breath.
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