A group of 41 flight attendants accused the Thai airline Thai Airways of discrimination and violating their human rights by requiring a showing that physical measures are in shape, reported local media on Tuesday. Late last year, the group was reduced to working on domestic flights or a period not exceeding one day, and if it fails to adapt to the physical demands in the next three months, you can only work in offices.
The flight attendants are threatening to file a protest with the Commission on Human Rights, after the Ministry of Labour gave the go-ahead to Thai Airways measure for reasons of quality service and safety. According to the airline, the 41 flight attendants, 28 of them men, are not physically prepared to evacuate quickly to passengers, what should be done in only 90 seconds in case of emergency.
The vice president of Thai Airways, Teerapol Chotechanapibal said that staff has had a year from June 2010 to meet the physical requirements and denied that their rights are being infringed. Under the new rules, flight attendants can not exceed 25 points of body mass index (BMI) and 81 inch waist, while men have to stop BMI 27.5 points and 89 inch waist.
"The flight attendants measuring 160 cm can not weigh over 66 kilograms and the stewards of 165 centimeters tall can not weigh more than 74.8 kilograms," said Chotechanapibal. The head of the airline added that the IMC is asking less than half as mentioned by the World Health Organization (18.5 points for women and 24.99 for men).
He said that about 40 flight attendants who have not passed the screen less than 1% of the 6,000 employed in the airline. 
The flight attendants are threatening to file a protest with the Commission on Human Rights, after the Ministry of Labour gave the go-ahead to Thai Airways measure for reasons of quality service and safety. According to the airline, the 41 flight attendants, 28 of them men, are not physically prepared to evacuate quickly to passengers, what should be done in only 90 seconds in case of emergency.
The vice president of Thai Airways, Teerapol Chotechanapibal said that staff has had a year from June 2010 to meet the physical requirements and denied that their rights are being infringed. Under the new rules, flight attendants can not exceed 25 points of body mass index (BMI) and 81 inch waist, while men have to stop BMI 27.5 points and 89 inch waist.
"The flight attendants measuring 160 cm can not weigh over 66 kilograms and the stewards of 165 centimeters tall can not weigh more than 74.8 kilograms," said Chotechanapibal. The head of the airline added that the IMC is asking less than half as mentioned by the World Health Organization (18.5 points for women and 24.99 for men).
He said that about 40 flight attendants who have not passed the screen less than 1% of the 6,000 employed in the airline.
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