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Russian flight attendant sues airline Aeroflot for discrimination over looks

AP, Moscow | ByAP
Aug 22, 2017 04:50 PM IST

The complainant has claimed that she has been sidelined in an apparent drive to make the cabin crew younger and more physically attractive.

A Moscow court postponed a hearing on Tuesday in the case of a flight attendant who is suing Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot. She says she was taken off sought- after long-haul international flights because of her looks.

Aeroflot flight attendant Yevgeniya Magurina is reflected in a mirror as she shows her uniform, outside Moscow on August 3.(AP File Photo)
Aeroflot flight attendant Yevgeniya Magurina is reflected in a mirror as she shows her uniform, outside Moscow on August 3.(AP File Photo)

Moscow City Court said that the hearing would now be held on September 6 over Yevgeniya Magurina’s claim that she has been sidelined in an apparent drive to make the cabin crew younger and more physically attractive.

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Aeroflot has denied her claims.

Magurina submitted pay slips showing that she stopped receiving bonus pay, roughly 20 percent of her salary, after she asked for a larger-sized uniform, and that she was no longer assigned the role of senior steward.

Magurina is seeking $8,500 in damages and wants the court to rule that the company’s regulations on clothing sizes are discriminatory.

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