Indian Airlines introduced last year a weight limit for flying personnel. The attendants found the measure an "affront to their femininity." The Indian aviation industry, the last years a significant growth. New private players to compete by offering glamorous. There they hire young, slim flight attendants that are often dressed in short skirts and high heels.

The Indian Airlines flight attendants in the hand of a higher age and suffer their overweight. They must conform to the BBC concept to the gym for them to work right. That is even the Indian court following a lawsuit by a group of attendants at the airline had instituted. This flock flying dikkerdjes was found too large and therefore non-active states. The court in New Delhi, the airline is in the right, because the company for safety and competitive reasons interest in slim crew. The (female) court in Delhi found that objection: "I do not understand why it is unfair, unreasonable and insulting to women to ask their weight under control." They also claimed that the safety of passengers depends on the fitness of staff.