Staff Tattoo Policy
May 31, 2022, 2:53 pm
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Can they do the job? Can they keep me safe in an emergency? Can they give me a great experience to help my travel start/finish in a great way?
If the answer is yes, I couldn't care what they were wearing, or how they were dressed, or if they had tattoos, piercings, or chose to turn up for work wearing nothing but a giant nappy for all I care.
If the answer is yes, I couldn't care what they were wearing, or how they were dressed, or if they had tattoos, piercings, or chose to turn up for work wearing nothing but a giant nappy for all I care.
May 31, 2022, 3:18 pm
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And in some countries, notably Japan, this remains a difficult area. I am also agin at this point in time.
May 31, 2022, 3:29 pm
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Of all the tattoos I’ve seen, only one was what I would consider nice. YMMV
That being said, just yesterday I saw a few too many and regretted I hadn’t opened a tattoo studio years ago as a $ grab.
That being said, just yesterday I saw a few too many and regretted I hadn’t opened a tattoo studio years ago as a $ grab.
May 31, 2022, 3:30 pm
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fair point, but it's all part of your presentation.
the rules at choosethedrew airways (
) would be clear narrow-ish rules on uniform (albeit taking your point that they shouldn't be unduly restrictive based on the examples you give), but anything goes when it comes to tattoos, hair, nails, piercings, beards etc.? or would there be anything you think wouldn't be acceptable?
the rules at choosethedrew airways (
) would be clear narrow-ish rules on uniform (albeit taking your point that they shouldn't be unduly restrictive based on the examples you give), but anything goes when it comes to tattoos, hair, nails, piercings, beards etc.? or would there be anything you think wouldn't be acceptable?Men in skirts - allowed
Man buns - allowed
Women in suits - allowed
Women with shaved heads - allowed
No make up - allowed
Full face of make up - allowed
Brooch of whoever your god is - allowed
Natural Afro - allowed
Hairy legs out - allowed
Sassy attitude - NOT allowed
Ice in champagne - NOT allowed
May 31, 2022, 3:40 pm
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May 31, 2022, 3:45 pm
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May 31, 2022, 4:24 pm
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Can they do the job? Can they keep me safe in an emergency? Can they give me a great experience to help my travel start/finish in a great way?
If the answer is yes, I couldn't care what they were wearing, or how they were dressed, or if they had tattoos, piercings, or chose to turn up for work wearing nothing but a giant nappy for all I care.
If the answer is yes, I couldn't care what they were wearing, or how they were dressed, or if they had tattoos, piercings, or chose to turn up for work wearing nothing but a giant nappy for all I care.
May 31, 2022, 4:37 pm
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Isn’t this as much about recruitment as anything else? Airlines can’t afford to turn down people able and willing to do the job. This is just getting some PR out of the move.
May 31, 2022, 4:42 pm
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May 31, 2022, 4:44 pm
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May 31, 2022, 5:14 pm
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I would be uncomfortable with crew displaying a full face tattoo. Maybe too with the ones across the fingers.
Some look fantastic on many younger people, says me remembering a younger Icelandic man with a twisting branch from wrist to neck, but that was 22 years ago. Now it looks like the tree has caught Dutch Elm disease!