‘Weight and watch’, obese air hostess tells Air India

Jennifer Chavan, an air hostess with Air India has come to Bombay High Court as the national flier has stopped her from flying a second time within two years, asking her instead to do mundane ground work.
Since 2002, Jennifer who was 53 years of age then had been deputed to the desk than to flying. She was first grounded in 2003 since she had put on more weight than what acceptable of an airhostess. The distressed lady got back into shape after which she was allowed to fly.
However, on Sep14, 2004, Jennifer was again grounded on the same grounds (obesity). She rushed to High Court challenging the order passed by AI. Her petition was disposed of but yesterday a notice of motion was moved before the court in which Jennifer’s contention is she was not subjected to medical test before being grounded.
The division bench of Bombay High Court yesterday asked Air India to get the Body Mass Index (BMI) test done for petitioner at Nanavati Hospital.
02/09/06 Afternoon Dispatch & Courier, India

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