Airline Cuts Costs With Lighter Flight Attendants, And That’s Not All

We are used to seeing slim flight attendants when we fly the friendly skies, as airlines have been able to side-step, for the most part, weight and sex discrimination issues. Now, a discount Indian airline called GoAir is cutting some weight to save money on fuel, and its starting with its flight attendants. According to The Times of India, the carrier will only hire slimmer female flight attendants from this point forward, as they're 30-40 pounds lighter than their male counterparts on average, and that weight savings could save the airline some 500 thousand dollars annually.

Turns out, the flight attendants aren't the only thing that is going to be thinner.Deflecting any criticism about sexism, the discount carrier is also cutting back on the thickness of in-flight magazines, and how much water its planes' tanks will hold for flights.

Here's a suggestion, if they are really have weight concerns. They could take out all of the seats in the plane and replace them with folding chairs. With the money they are saving they could practically fly their customers for free.