Pakistan International Airlines Tells ‘Obese’ Cabin Crew to Lose Weight or Be Fired: Memo

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 is seen at Stockholm Arlanda International Airport, on Sept. 25, 2010. Fredrik Persson/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistan International Airlines is drawing controversy after it reportedly told “obese” employees of its cabin crew to lose weight in 2019 or risk being fired.

Pakistani news outlet ARY News, on Jan. 2 published a memo from the airliner, showing that management wants to “gradually reduce waiver of 30 pounds excess weight to zero pounds in upcoming months for the cabin crew.”