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So converting to imperial - she's 5'2, 136 pounds? That sounds like a very normal sized woman to me. I can't help but notice that she's been with the airline fo

So converting to imperial - she's 5'2, 136 pounds? That sounds like a very normal sized woman to me. I can't help but notice that she's been with the airline for 25 years and wonder if that's the real issue here, especially given the number of airlines listed in the article of not having similar weight guidelines. While perhaps this is a field necessitating certainly height / weight restrictions, this doesn't really sound like an individual who's a particular outlier in either of those areas.

tropo 7y ago
I don't think "very normal" is what we should accept. In an emergency, flight attendants need strength and speed. They should look like decathlon winners.
- scrollaway 7y ago
  Decathlon winners usually have other jobs. You may have to expand your search, lest you prefer having no flight attendant at all.
- travisjungroth 7y ago
  Has there been a single case in the US in the last decade where having a star athlete flight attendant would have saved someone’s life? I can’t think of one.
- onetimemanytime 7y ago
  They should look like decathlon winners, think like brain surgeons and make minimum wage.
anitil 7y ago
It's not unheard of for airlines to discriminate based on age (which is what I thing you're saying here). An acquaintance of mine was part of a lawsuit about this very thing in Australia in the early 2000s - https://www.theage.com.au/business/virgin-blue-loses-age-discrimination-case-20051010-ge10vr.html https://www.theage.com.au/business/virgin-blue-loses-age-dis...