Losing weight or face ax: Pack airlines to "obese" cabin crew
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) also issued a proposed weight chart for various heights and body types, The Express Tribune reported.
Those who already "on weight control" must report monthly to a "grooming cell" to receive clearance to fly, said it.
The Airline's Chief Executive Officer Aamir Bashir issued an order on the first day of 2019, saying that official surplus limits would be reduced by five pounds (2.26 kg) a month, the report said.
In a note distributed to about 1[ads1],800 cabin crew, PIA said they had to trim or face the ground, the report said.
The airline said it was breaking what it means "overweight" by some of its cabin crew.
Currently, airline companies, which are 30 pounds (13.6 kg) above, are still eligible for airline duty, the report says.
According to the airline's weight chart, for a "medium frame" woman with a height of 1.7 meters, the guide is e.g. 133 to 147 pounds (60 to 66 kg).
"Weight control of all cabin crew will be performed at their base stations, respectively, and extensive data will be maintained for management inspection", the news report said as noted.
About 100, over 5 percent of the crew will need to lose weight by July 1 to avoid grounding, Mashhood Tajwar, a PIA spokesman quoted as said in the report.
He described the impact on obese flight crew as a "regular routine case" and suggested that the note be issued by default for weight had lapsed over time.
It was issued to ensure that the airmen were "slim, clear and appropriate," Tajwar said.
"No one wants to have shabby crew in the plane," he said, adding that the PIA had received complaints about "overweight" refugees.
Tajwar said the initiative was due to appearance and health, and insisted that the PIA was not alone in insisting that their cabin crews hit weight, add the report.
PIA has been in loss for many years, but successive governments have failed to improve their financial situation.
Its accumulated losses increased to Rs 36,000 crore by the end of June last year, which, according to the Ministry of Finance, speaks volumes about the sustained delay of the carrier.
