Dozens of women applying for air hostess jobs with an Indonesian airline were ordered to strip nearly naked and have their breasts handled in medical check-ups, one of the applicants claimed today.
She said Garuda - Indonesia's main airline - wanted to screen out women who had tattoos on their breasts or who had had breast implants.
As part of the medical check-up, they had to strip down to just their pants, the woman making the allegations claimed.
Declining to be named - because she said she still wanted the coveted job - the woman said the breast checks were carried out at the airline's South Korean branch in Seoul.
The applicants hoped to snare one of the 18 positions being offered for flight attendants.
'The hand examination on breast was held since those with implants can have health issues when air pressure falls during flights,' the South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted an airline official as saying.
The official said cabin crew were banned from having tattoos and workers hired in other countries such as Japan and Australia were also subjected to a similar examination.
However claims about the check-ups have angered women's rights groups, which described the process as unnecessary and intrusive.
No comments:
Post a Comment