Stop moaning & eat less.

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Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby Royal » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:57 am

I've flown Thai (Inter & Domestic) tens of times & I can only recall seeing three or four stewardesses that were not nice & slim.
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Thai Airways enforce waistline rules on their flight attendants

BANGKOK, 28 February 2011 (NNT)-Director-General of Department of Labor Protection and Welfare of the Ministry of Labor Mrs. Amporn Nitisiri encouraged Thai Airways flight attendants to speak openly with their employer over rules regarding their waistlines.

According to Mrs. Amporn, Thai Airways cabin crews have lodged a complaint against the airlines last week for enforcing waistline restrictions on them. Both male and female hostesses are obligated to maintain their waistline at no more than 35 and 32 inches respectively.

Mrs. Amporn notified Thai Airways of the issue and advised both the executives and employees to discuss with each other, saying it was the best solution to the problem as was the similar case in the past where a female caddy was expelled from her job because she was too old and too large.

Meanwhile, the new regulations on body image have discriminated around 40 employees but Mrs. Amporn said although it was not against the law, executives could have been more sensitive towards their employees whose frame do not meet the requirements. However, she added that the airlines’ recent imposition on the body size could also be seen as a move to encourage employees to stay healthy.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby rickshaw92 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:57 am

I've flown Thai (Inter & Domestic) tens of times & I can only recall seeing three or four stewardesses that were not nice & slim.
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Flown with them a few times, ya gotta love an airline where the trolly dollies are dollies.
Im reallly fuclimg pissed but fespite that I can still hit a tarfet at 1000m plus. mayVRVe bnot tonight but it qint beyond the wit if man. Nowhammy.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby Sri Lanky » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:50 pm

Pictures please.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby Jimbo » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:20 am

The majority of Thais that work as cabin crew on Thai airways get their jobs through conections or some kind of nepotism, which is normal so they don't think about keeping up visual appearences. All the times I've flown Thai Airways I can't remember seeing one above average attractive female air hostess. However they can speak English well & have good educational backgrounds, which is interesting in it's own way because so many Thai uni students want to work as air hosts/hostesses when they graduate from university but their command of English is so bad they end up working in a 7-11 or Starbucks coffee shack or work at some other mundane shit job. Unless of course their family has money and/or business.

The idea of the management of Thai airways being more sensitive to it's flight staff is bullshit because in general Thais can be direct when it comes to talking about a persons' physical appearence. They may not directly say someone is stupid, but they will say to someone that they're fat & then laugh it off & get back to more important matters....like watching TV....

IMO Thai Airways is just an OK airline, there's really nothing special about. The female flight attendants on Singapore Air are far, far better looking & have better attitudes...
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby Kurt » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:33 pm

I have a slight gut, drink beer and have a 34" waist so it cannot be too demanding of a requirement.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby Woodsman » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:15 pm

I would just make it. Bigger guys than me might not though. Guys like RYP and coldharvest - I doubt they would even be able to starve themselves and have a waist smaller than that - though I could be wrong.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby coldharvest » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:33 pm

38" is the smallest waist I've had....and that was after 3 years of heroin.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby rickshaw92 » Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:08 pm

I have a 29 inch waist but try finding jeans with a 29 inch waist.
Im reallly fuclimg pissed but fespite that I can still hit a tarfet at 1000m plus. mayVRVe bnot tonight but it qint beyond the wit if man. Nowhammy.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby Sri Lanky » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:34 pm

I don't know what my waist size is but I have a 52" chest so it doesn't really matter. It boils down to how radical an angle for the "V" look I prefer. Right now it's the block look. Hopefully SE Asia will melt the pounds.

...and Cold,you really should have done coke for three years. It did wonders for me. Every step was on the catwalk.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby Royal » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:57 am

THAI crew fight waistline guide
By The Nation

A group of Thai Airways cabin crew members yesterday lodged a complaint with the Labour Court against a directive requiring all flight attendants to bring their weight down within an upcoming deadline, saying that such body-weight control was a threat to their health and violation of their rights.

Citing the guidelines set by a weight-loss centre, the group of 22 crew members said these measures did not guarantee safe weight loss. According to the directive, female crew members will have to their waistline within 25 to 32 inches and males between 24.5 to 35 inches. The complaint said this directive violated the original employment contracts and basic human rights.

The court accepted the complaint against the national flag carrier, THAI president Piyawasas Ammaranand and the cabin crew chief Chatchawal Senawong, and will decide on April 4 as to whether it will rule on it.

According to the directive, cabin crew will have to meet the physical measurements with six months starting from June 1 last year. Those who fail to comply will be transferred to domestic routes and then to ground staff.
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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby JamesInTheWorld » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:22 am

But being a Fat ball of Shit is a Disability


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Re: Stop moaning & eat less.

Postby Royal » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:14 pm

Rice planting keeps them nice & thin & bendy....the difficult bit is giving them an opportunity to have a decent education.
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