Chinese Cabin Crew Forced To Lie In Overhead Lockers In Bizarre Bullying Ritual
A Chinese airline has promised to clamp down on bullying among cabin crew after pictures of a female flight attendant lying in an overhead luggage compartment were published online.
The images show the crew member from Kunming Airlines squeezed into an overhead locker in the bizarre initiation ritual.
The stewardess is smiling in the images, but in several pictures has her hands over her face.
The ritual requires cabin crew to lie down in the overhead locker after reaching between 30 and 50 hours of service in the air.
However, Kunming Airlines, based in south west China, says it was unaware of the incident. It said no complaints had been filed by cabin crew.
The airline said: “The company views such incidents with high importance and will prevent them from happening again.”
It said the pictures were taken after crew had finished their duties and passengers’ safety were not compromised.
The female crew member is squashed into the overhead compartment in the images, while another shows a male member of staff posing for the camera.
It was reported that female crew members are unhappy with the ritual but go through with it in order to gain their senior colleague’s acceptance.
(Pictures: Central European News)
