Newsstand - Indian airline fires 9 overweight crew members

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g2eQB8zdF98XclkNVLQhzQ7yobVAD95HN4KO0

Nine flight attendants who couldn't meet the weight standards of India's national airlines have been fired, an official said Tuesday.
The crew were significantly overweight and had been given time to lose weight but had not, said Air India spokesman Jitender Bhargava. He declined to give details on their weight.

Nothing wrong with a bit of meat on the bones.

A good deal of FTers often comment on the appearance of the inflight staff. :(

Good luck to these people in returning to this job (and in their weight loss goals).

This made the Irish press, somehow... don't know why. Never noticed chubby FAs on any flights into DUB on any euro carrier.