Link/Source: http://www.newsweek.com/aeroflot-counci ... rew-590120
"Aeroflot representatives have defended the Russian airline after flight crew claimed they were told to lose weight or be downgraded — which the company denies.
A handful of flight attendants from the airline, calling themselves STS (an abbreviation of “old, fat and ugly” in Russian) have complained over the past year that a new company policy allegedly introduced last summer has ostracised them on the basis of appearance and age. Two female flight attendants from the group sued over the issue."
Years ago when women applied for jobs as flight attendants, they used to have weigh ins and were told about weight restrictions ahead of time
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