Air India Cabin Crew v/s. Yeshawinee Merchant and others
- Ankesh
- May 22, 2020
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In the case of Air India vs Nargesh Meerza which lasted around 30 years, the Air Hostess lost in a legal battle fighting for equal requirement age for both male and female employees. While the male employees could work up until the age of 58, the female attendants were to retire at the age of 35. In the year 1989 after filing a petition in Lok Sabha for the aforesaid discrimination, the Government of India came out with a legislation, which allowed that female attendants can be given suitable ground staff jobs after the age of 35 and they were to retire at the age of 58 just like the other male attendants. Following the lead Air India in the year 1990 issued a notification stating that those female flight attendants who has attained the age of 45 would be given suitable job in the ground staff duties.In the year 1993 this age limit was extended up to 50 years of course being subjects to medical fitness of the employee for flying duties. After this Air India was divided into two separate entities through legislation, one of which was Indian Airlines and the other one being Air India. Air India entered into a contract with the Air India Cabin Crew for the services of flight attendants in the year 1995.
