British Airways has suspended two crew members for making cruel remarks a couple of colleague’s weight behind her back.
“This was repugnant bullying,” an inside source told The Sun of the incident.
The culprits had reportedly ridiculed the unidentified 210-pound air hostess in a WhatsApp group she was not a component of.
These mean comments were delivered to the 20-something victim’s attention by a concerned coworker, in line with the Sun, which reported that the devastated woman was scared to return to work after reading them.
“The poor victim of the merciless fat jokes has been left utterly bereft,” the source described. “She had no idea her colleagues had such disdain for her.”
They continued, “The cruel comments left her scared to depart the home. She felt victimized.”
The girl’s colleague subsequently brought the jibes to the eye of BA management, who suspended the coworkers responsible and launched a probe into the incident.
“We’ve a zero-tolerance approach to bullying and all the time fully investigate any allegations delivered to our attention,” airline representatives said in an announcement.
If found guilty, the crew members in query could possibly be placed on everlasting leave while five other members of the WhatsApp group are also under scrutiny.
BA guidelines stipulate that crewmembers have to have the opportunity to achieve at least 6ft7 inches so that they can perform their duties, which include opening aircraft doors and reaching into overhead bins.
“To be able to have the opportunity to satisfy the reach requirement you likely must be at the least 1.575m in height,” the company website reads. “We’ll measure your diagonal reach, as that is used to manually release an evacuation slide in an emergency.”
Nonetheless, there’s nothing to suggest a maximum weight limit for workers provided they will perform all of the obligatory tasks.
