British Airways Flight Attendants, You May Now Wear Pants--Sometimes

You'd be forgiven for thinking that, in the year 2016, female flight attendants working for British Airways would be allowed to wear pants. But female cabin crew who have joined the airline's "mixed fleet" since 2012 have been subject to a dress code that requires a skirt--unless they applied for a waiver on medical or religious grounds. According to Mashable, Unite, the union representing the crew, launched a campaign to change the policy and found that 83% of the union's members were against the policy-- both male and female. Unite regional manager Matt Smith said in a statement that now, “Female cabin crew no longer have to shiver in the cold, wet and snow of wintery climates, but also can be afforded the protection of trousers at destinations where there is a risk of malaria or the Zika virus."

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