*KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has planned to offloadits overweight Air hostesses from international flights.*
With four days remaining in the deadline set for overweight cabin crew toshed body weight, PIA Flight Service General Manager Amir Bashir soughtdetails about all such employees.
Besides, the national flag carrier is considering offloading flightattendants with excess weight from international flights, according tosources privy to this development.
Earlier, on Jan 1, PIA in an effort to improve its performance issued amemo, directing 1,800 flight attendants to lose weight up to desiredstandard set by its management or face being grounded.
The PIA administration announced to gradually reduce waiver of 30 lbs(pounds) excess weight to zero lbs in upcoming months for the cabin crew.
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“If any crew found above 30 lbs from the desired weight after 31st Jan,2019, will be grounded and referred to Air Crew Medical Center for medicalevaluation & treatment until weight is reduced up to desired standard/BMI,”the notification read.
The weight check of all the cabin crew will be carried out at their basestations, it added.
