Garuda forced to defend selection process
Garuda Indonesia has been forced to defend its controversial medical examinations of female job applicants in South Korea.
The airline recently interviewed applicants for 18 crew places on a new inflight service. Local Korean media reported that women were ordered to take a health check, during which a male doctor touched their breasts to check whether they had implants. The company said this would endanger them when flying.
A Garuda Indonesia official said stringent standards were applied at all stages of the recruitment process and physical check-ups were performed by a physician and local staff.
A spokesman for the airline, quoted in the Asian news website tempointeraktif.com, said: "We were only performing check ups, which were in line with our strict standards, I assure you," he said.
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