Air India rolls out new cabin crew fitness policy – and those who fail risk going without pay

Mihaela Măncilă

It won’t just be planes that are grounded.  A major airline is rolling out a new cabin crew fitness policy – and those who fail risk going without pay. Air India officials will be carrying out body mass index (BMI) checks on its aircraft staff from May 1, local media outlet NDTV reported. Chiefs are cracking down on those who do not report a healthy range, which is somewhere between 18 and 24.9. Cabin crew staffers who report a BMI under 18 are considered underweight and will have to be