Employees Can Be Grounded For Exceeding Airline's Requirements

About 1,800 cabin crew personnel working for Pakistani International Airlines recently received a memo from the carrier telling the to be cautious about their weight.

CNN reports that the company gave the crewmembers receiving memo six months to get their weight in line with company's requirements or risk being grounded. The memo, sent by Aamir Bashi, Pakistani International Airline's general manager of flight services, indicated that "any crew found above 30 (pounds) from the desired weight after (Jan. 31, 2019), will be grounded and referred to Air Crew Medical Center for medical evaluation & treatment until weight is reduced up to desired standard/BMI."

"Weight check of all the cabin crew will be carried out at their base stations respectively and comprehensive data will be maintained for perusal of management," the memo continued.

An airline spokesman told CNN that the situation was "regular" and "routine", and the company sent the memo to be sure that its cabin crew  were "slim, smart and fit." The carrier apparently has been received complaints for having "obese" flight attendants.

Mashhood Tajwar, a PIA spokesman, told CNN that about 100 flight attendants, or about 10 percent, would need to lose weight by July 1 to be able to continue flying.

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FMI: Source report