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===Allegations of discrimination against overweight flight attendants=== In 2016, the company linked the pay of its flight attendants to their dress sizes. All the flight attendants were photographed and measured, and some were weighed. Women above a Russian size 48 were barred from international flights.<ref>{{cite news |title='Too fat to fly': Russian women fight job discrimination| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41254724 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=14 September 2017}}</ref> According to the flight attendants' trade union, the policy affected about 600 Aeroflot attendants. The company successfully defended itself in court in April 2017 by saying that a survey of Aeroflot passengers showed that "92% want to see stewardesses who fit into the clothes sizes we are talking about here"<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/25/passengers-dont-want-overweight-flight-crew-say-aeroflot-officials-after-lawsuits |title=Passengers don't want overweight flight crew, say Aeroflot officials after lawsuits | first=Shaun | last=Walker | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=25 April 2017}}</ref> and that every extra kilogram meant spending an extra β½800 per year on fuel.<ref>{{cite news | title=Aeroflot flight attendants lose discrimination case after being branded 'old, fat and ugly' | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/aeroflot-female-flight-attendants-discrimination-case-old-fat-ugly-lose-russia-airline-legal-a7694836.html | first=Ben | last=Chapman | work=[[The Independent]] | date=21 April 2017 | url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421144401/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/aeroflot-female-flight-attendants-discrimination-case-old-fat-ugly-lose-russia-airline-legal-a7694836.html | archive-date=21 April 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref> The company denied all the accusations of discrimination.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.aeroflot.ru/ru-en/news/60315 | title=Aeroflot comments on accusations of discrimination against staff | publisher=Aeroflot | date=22 February 2017 | archive-date=10 September 2024 | access-date=13 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910212406/https://www.aeroflot.ru/ru-en/news/60315 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2017, the appeal court decided that requirements banning employment by women who wore large sizes was unenforceable and ordered β½5,000 in compensation plus back pay for Yevgenia Magurina, a flight attendant who filed a discrimination suit; however, the court did not rule explicitly that the policy was discriminatory.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/09/06/russian-flight-attendant-wins-suit-against-aeroflot-for-fat-discrimination-a58873 | title=Russian Flight Attendants Win Aeroflot Discrimination Case | newspaper=[[The Moscow Times]] | date=6 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.dw.com/en/russian-aeroflot-flight-attendants-win-uniform-discrimination-case/a-40393832 | title=Russian Aeroflot flight attendants win uniform discrimination case | first=Rob | last=Turner | agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] | work=[[Deutsche Welle]] | date=7 September 2017}}</ref>
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