But the attendants' weight is their own concern, even if Qantas demands "an excellent level of health and fitness".And that's how it should be.
Do you think there should be a mandatory retirement age for flight attendants, weight requirements, or other rules restricting who can be eligible for such jobs?
If they don't slim down they will be reassigned to other duties.As Gulliver has previously noted, many carriers do not embroil themselves in the issue of their attendants' weight, asking only that they meet the mobility requirements to fulfil their roles safely.
These figures parallel the coverage of skilled attendance at birth, though even with a facility-based birth by a skilled attendant, the birth weight may not be recorded due to a lack of scales, skilled staff, and standard protocols [ 13].
Last season's Vettel-fest no doubt put casual fans off F1 but rule changes including new engines, powertrains and attendant aero and weight redesigns should make 2014 much more of a free-for-all.
But in 2013, the fit, gym-visiting flight attendant started losing weight, having digestive problems and suffering exhaustion.
Although insulin therapy has been shown to improve the health outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes, its initiation and intensification are commonly postponed because of concerns over the burden of daily injections, regimen complexity and the often attendant hypoglycaemia and weight gain [ 1, 2].
Understand the flight attendant height and weight requirement of most airlines.
A central part of Sothern's theory — that obesity starts in the womb — is gaining currency with a growing number of doctors and researchers who say that reversing the epidemic, with its attendant cases of weight-related illnesses such as diabetes, should begin by addressing nutrition in pregnancy and early-life feeding practices.
Since aisles are small and flight attendants must be able to move quickly in an emergency, airlines usually require that flight attendants are height and weight proportionate.
