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Arctic Troll
Of course it's all about reputation management. These rules are in place to protect the company, not the employee. If an employee does something stratospherically dumb on social media then the company can say "we told them not to" and completely distance themselves from it.
I don't see an issue with a ban. These people's social media accounts are only interesting because of their job, and the status of their job is intrinsically linked to the status of their employer. Nobody would follow these people if they weren't BA cabin crew.
Whilst hotels have public spaces and they still be recognised by people whilst checking in and out in uniform. I suspect the sudden the social media policy change is due the mysterious circumstances of CC member found dead in his SFO hotel back in April and as a result BA are doing their best to maximise the safety and security of their staff.
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