Virgin Atlantic announces scrapping of gendered uniforms

Virgin Atlantic is giving its crew the choice of what uniform to wear in an update to its gender identity policy.

The airline announced that its pilots, cabin crew and ground staff now have the option of wearing its red or burgundy uniform.

The carrier said it wants to “champion the individuality” of its workers by enabling them to wear clothing that “expresses how they identify or present themselves”.

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[waldopepper]

this is a winning strategy for virgin. the fuel cost savings alone will be through the roof as they fly empty planes.

[VintageFordChannel]

Yep. Just like Bud Lite. No thank you.

[ManuelRiesgo-Garcia]

What about the feelings of the passengers who feel offended ?

[VienPeaaace]

If i see a doctor, customer service, or anything in professional setting focuses more on expressing themselves, i'd just go to the other guy.

[MyNickoo]

They don't even look normal human being anymore!

[randolphreyes]

I feel sorry for the people who support this kind of airline that uses the LGBT community for their marketing tactics. How ignorant can one be to fall for such a cheap tactic?

[cottagefarm]

And Virginia Atlantic goes BANKRUPT 🤣🤣😍

[steveross]

This NONSENSE has to stop. I identify as an Alien so that i can get away from this weird generation on earth

[gifty]

I preferred the traditional work uniforms, all that matters is the persons personality. 🙃

[mariakoutsonikas]

This is ridiculous stop forcing your hilarious sick ideas on everyone .. we should not have to put up with this and our children do not deserve to be bought up in these idiotic new ways of life. Do what you like in your own privacy and don't force this rubbish on us .
WE should be able and allowed to voice our opinions without being called homeophobic or whatever else they want to call us . The majority of comments here are against all this, what does our community not understand

[nicojs]

Fine by me if some people want to use certain pronoun, don’t force me to use them when I’m talking to you. Another reason NOT to travel with Virgin Atlantic

[Safe-and-effective]

Passenger safety < Scoring cultural marxist brownie points. Great job.

[laststoph]

Is this a commercial for an airline or a strip club? I will be happy to never fly this airline. I want my airline to focus on safety and comfort, not cross-dressing.

[tablatom]

Ah no, when i get on a 300 ton jet flying at 600mph, i want the crew to be 100% focused on keeping everyone alive.
Not focused on their uniform. See you later Virgin.

[nobodyspecial]

I’ve no problem with them wearing what they want but if I see the Pilot Wearing a dress to work after 16 years in the job I’ll be extremely worried.

[silence-]

There is not one positive comment here

[patriciaoreilly]

Biology Not Ideology. Keep it real folks 💯 👌 🙏

[ereinin]

You couldn't pay me to address a man with female pronouns 🤦🏻‍♀️

[ViktorScberg]

And now your master Qatar officially ended your worthless idea

[Tree.house]

Yep I'll definitely keep flying with Jet2 .