Grounded flight attendants land pay-out in court

Twenty-one flight attendants, who sued their employer after they were suspended from normal in-air work for 14 months due to the financial crisis, will get a total of 1 million yuan in compensation, Shunyi district court announced.

Li Jian, the judge of No 1 civil tribunal of Shunyi district court, told METRO on Tuesday that 28-year-old Liu Jia, one of the 21 flight attendants, had an effective two-year contract with Xinhua Airlines in 2008 and had always performed well in her work.

Many of the other flight attendants also signed contracts with the company between 2007 and 2009, and evaluations of their performances also ranked high among flight staff, the court found out.