{"id":1662478,"date":"2022-09-28T12:42:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T16:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662478"},"modified":"2022-09-28T12:43:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T16:43:37","slug":"male-pilots-can-wear-skirts-now-on-virgin-atlantic-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/male-pilots-can-wear-skirts-now-on-virgin-atlantic-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Pilots Can Wear Skirts Now On Virgin Atlantic Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmale-pilots-can-wear-skirts-now-on-virgin-atlantic-flights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662478&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Virgin Atlantic, which boasts that it champions those \u201cwho see the world differently,\u201d announced Wednesday that male pilots and crew can wear women\u2019s clothing if they prefer.<\/p>\n<p>Heretofore, male staff on the planes wore burgundy trousers and blazers and the women wore red jackets and skirts but now both sexes will have the option of wearing the other sex\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve changed our uniform code to give our crew, pilot and ground teams the option to choose which of our iconic uniforms, designed by Vivienne Westwood, best represents them,\u201d Virgin Atlantic declared.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ve changed our uniform code to give our crew, pilot and ground teams the option to choose which of our iconic uniforms, designed by Vivienne Westwood, best represents them \ud83d\udc60 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SeeTheWorldDifferently?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SeeTheWorldDifferently<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dbCP4WxObl\">pic.twitter.com\/dbCP4WxObl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 virginatlantic (@VirginAtlantic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VirginAtlantic\/status\/1575032743452606464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Utterly ridiculous. Latest woke madness from the corporate world. <\/p>\n<p>Virgin Atlantic lets male pilots and crew wear skirts to &#8216;express their true identity&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PLbiVAhoPY\">https:\/\/t.co\/PLbiVAhoPY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nile Gardiner (@NileGardiner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NileGardiner\/status\/1575115253217738752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople feel empowered when they are wearing what best represents them, and this gender identity policy allows people to embrace who they are and bring their full selves to work,\u201d Michelle Visage, who is heading the publicity campaign for the effort, stated. Visage is a judge on \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race Allstars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One \u201cnon-binary\u201d crew member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxly.com\/i\/michelle-visage-praises-virgin-atlantic-axing-gendered-uniform-policy\/\">echoed<\/a>, \u00a0\u201cThe updated gender identity policy is so important to me. As a non-binary person, it allows me to be myself at work and have the choice in what uniform I wear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company will also use \u201cpronoun badges\u201d so that those working or flying on the planes can show their pronouns if they would like, according to The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11257795\/Virgin-Atlantic-pilots-crew-choose-male-female-uniforms-express-true-identity.html\">reported<\/a>. \u00a0The badges, available from today, can be requested at check-in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Virgin Atlantic, we believe that everyone can take on the world, no matter who they are,\u201d Juha Jarvinen, Virgin Atlantic\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer, stated. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s so important that we enable our people to embrace their individuality and be their true selves at work.\u00a0It is for that reason that we want to allow our people to wear the uniform that best suits them and how they identify and ensure our customers are addressed by their preferred pronouns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July 2019, Virgin Atlantic boasted they would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2018\/10\/10\/virgin-lgbt-pride-flight-tituss-burgess\/\">fly<\/a> the world\u2019s first known flight fully staffed by LGBT+ staff, flying from London\u2019s Heathrow Airport to New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take our commitments to diversity and inclusion seriously, but you can rest assured we have a lot of fun along the way,\u201d Mark Anderson, executive vice president at Virgin Atlantic, stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt\u201d star Tituss Burgess was to serve as the master of ceremonies for the flight, \u201cwhich promises to feature\u00a0on-board entertainment including an on-board DJ, drag queen bingo, a Judy Garland singalong and inter-seat speed dating,\u201d Pink News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2018\/10\/10\/virgin-lgbt-pride-flight-tituss-burgess\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin Atlantic, which boasts that it champions those \u201cwho see the world differently,\u201d announced Wednesday that male pilots and crew can wear women\u2019s clothing if they prefer. Heretofore, male staff on the planes wore burgundy trousers and blazers and the women wore red jackets and skirts but now both sexes will have the option of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1662480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1662478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1662480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1662478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1662478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}