'Overweight' flight attendants fight back

[ChickenFaces]

Well if they fall over they might make the plane crash

I'd love to have that kind of motivation to change to be honest it's so hard to find the time nowadays.

[GommeInc]

What do they define as "overweight" by any chance? Not being too xeonophobic, but aren't Taiwanese men and women considered "small" generally? It depends what the Airways company considers overweight and if there is any leeway e.g. height vs. weight. A BMI is all well and good (it takes in height, weight etc) but it doesn't necessarily take in width as the width tends to only be assumed by the weight aspect, when different people carry weight differently.

That said, the Airline Company is well within its rights. They're not getting the sack, they will be having a reduced income - assuming it's about health and safety, and not explicitly about image.

[Ajthedragon]

Good, gives them the incentive to get fitter.

[Niall!]

Thank god someone is finally taking action against the disease known as fat people.

[Eoin247]

What do they define as "overweight" by any chance? Not being too xeonophobic, but aren't Taiwanese men and women considered "small" generally? It depends what the Airways company considers overweight and if there is any leeway e.g. height vs. weight. A BMI is all well and good (it takes in height, weight etc) but it doesn't necessarily take in width as the width tends to only be assumed by the weight aspect, when different people carry weight differently.

That said, the Airline Company is well within its rights. They're not getting the sack, they will be having a reduced income - assuming it's about health and safety, and not explicitly about image.

First of all Taiwan and Thailand are two very different places.

I go to Thailand every year and it's true that in general the Thai are quite small and thin. As you see though from the article, out of the thousand of employees very little are affected by this.

That said, i've noticed that as Thailand has gotten wealthier in recent years you tend to see more and more overweight people. This could possibly be one of the reasons for this new airline policy that they have.