Jet Airways incoming CEO Sanjiv Kapoor on Wednesday said that a women only cabin crew would weigh less and save crores but such a hiring move would discriminate against males.
The CEO designate was responding to queries of a Twitter user Vishal Srivastava who had tagged various Indian airlines in a tweet asking why they had men in their cabin crew.
"If you operate with female cabin crew you can save 100 kg on cabin crew. If Rs 1,000 per flight, if you operate 100 flight per day you will save Rs 3.65 crore per year," he tweeted.
To this, the incoming CEO of Jet responded by saying, "Extending that logic, imagine the savings if one were to carry only female passengers! Or charge male passengers more!" He added, "Why stop at cabin crew? Why not female-only pilots? Another 1.8cr saved annually, using this example."
Admitting that lower weight does amount to more fuel savings, Kapoor said the move would be a form of gender discrimination.
IndiGo is one of the few airlines in the country which has an all-female cabin crew and on International Women's Day, Aditya Ghosh, president of the airline had stated: "For IndiGo, the celebration of the “International Women’s Day” is not just about having all women flight once a year, but it’s about believing in Girl Power and seeing them as equal partners at every stage of life."
"IndiGo is one of the few airlines in the country which has an all-female Cabin Crew and the female Cockpit Crew Members make about 10% of the total Indian pilot strength."
IndiGo has 43% of its workforce and almost a fourth of its leadership as women.
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