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WillowTheWhisp · 16-10-2006, 14:22

Anne Widdecombe is boycotting BA because they enforced their own rules about not wearing jewellry?

garinda · 16-10-2006, 14:31

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Anne Widdecombe is boycotting BA because they enforced their own rules about not wearing jewellry?

Yes, or so it is reported.

Good news.

All aboard the Sky-Lark.

WillowTheWhisp · 16-10-2006, 14:37

The world gets madder by the minute.

I think I need to go and put the kettle on!

Tealeaf · 16-10-2006, 14:47

Errrr.....does anyone know:-

a) What this womans job was within BA?

b) What was the uniform which she should have worn within this job, i.e. did it require a female tie/cravat to be worn, such as those worn by the trolley-dolleys?

c) Is there a special BA Turban or female headcovering which is an integral part of the BA uniform?

WillowTheWhisp · 16-10-2006, 15:00

If she agreed to a certain dress code when she appllied for the job then she should stick to it. That's what I tell my girls when they moan about their school uniform.

Tealeaf · 16-10-2006, 15:29

I think people are missing the issue; this is not about adherence to a uniform dress code, it is about duplicity of standards by BA. A dress code should be exactly what it says; if it says that jewellry should not be worn, fine - that applies to everone. By the same token, a uniform should be a uniform, no less and no more - you don't put add-on's on to it. Unfortunatly - and I know this from traveling through, Gatwick & Stanstead - many of the check-in girls at these airports do choose to wear habibs - usually of black, but sometimes of differing colours. Charming as they are, they are breaking a uniform policy, unless BA is granting exemptions. If it is the former, then they should be disiplined and if it is the latter exemptions should be applicable to other faiths. And please don't tell me that a Cross & Chain is more of Health & safety hazard than a habib.

WillowTheWhisp · 16-10-2006, 15:34

It all depends on what the dress code is. If it specifically does not include the wearing of any head covering including a habib then yes they are contravening it, but the discrete black habib may well be an accepted part of the dress code as specified in the contract of employment in which cse they are not doing anything wrong by wearing it.

Tealeaf · 16-10-2006, 15:43

So how is the fact they are allowed to wear different coloured habibs match in with a uniform policy? It is quite simply a pick 'n 'mix policy for some, but not for others.

Widdicombe is right in boycotting BA; they are a national disgrace, and not just in the matther of 'uniforms'