If this is part of their employee handbook / contract, then Air India is perfectly within their rights to do so.
Every airline employee knows what the allowance for passenger and crew is for weight and balance purposes – if you exceed that it can cause a dangerous situation.
Originally Posted: https://www.quora.com/What-do-pilots-and-flight-attendants-think-of-Air-India-grounding-over-a-hundred-flight-attendants-for-being-exceptionally-overweight
Originally Posted On: 2015-09-19