Stewardess sacked after refusing to wear Islamic robe
26th April 2009
Lisa Ashton, who worked for BMI, was told that she was expected to wear the abaya, a long black robe that leaves only the face uncovered, when she was out in public in the Gulf state.
She was also told that she should walk behind male colleagues irrespective of their rank, in order to conform with the social codes of the conservative country.
In her letter of dismissal, BMI said it was “proportionate” to ask female employees to walk behind men out of respect for Saudi culture.
An employment tribunal in Manchester earlier cleared BMI of sexual discrimination saying it was justified in imposing “rules of a different culture” on staff.
It ruled there was no evidence that women would regard BMI’s requirements on wearing the abaya, or walking behind men, as “placing them under any disadvantage.”
Moral: Don’t fly BMI, the official dhimmi airline of not-so-Great Britain.
April 26th, 2009 at 17:24
Lol, ‘conservative’ is the wrong adjective to use for that country. How about “backward” or “third world”. The paragraph reads much better as “… , in order to conform with the social codes of the backward country.”
And somebody slap the equivalent of Stars of David on those employment tribunal members. You know, to distinguish them from sane and productive members of society and just to show them their place in society. Oh, and perhaps they should be required to ‘walk in front of cars’ at all times.’