British Airways suspend three pilots over online rants

9 June 2010

Global airline carrier British Airways have suspended three pilots after an online rant blasted cabin crew as "bum boys."

According to The Mirror, BA 747 first officers Adam Corfield and Jonathan Harman, alongside BA Airbus A320 pilot John Lincoln, are under investigation.

The trio were one per cent of three-hundred pilots who volunteered to work as cabin crew to keep BA flights operating amid the current employee dispute.

Writing on social networking site Facebook, Corfield claimed he came close to punching a business class “w****r” who came “marching into the galley shouting into my face he wants a coffee”.Lincoln contributed: “I’ve done 3 trips as cc now. Totally agree, not the job for me either! B****y passengers… though so far I’ve avoided hitting them…”
Harman made a reference to cabin crew by saying: “I’m gonna get 14 bum boys rostered on ur next trip.”
When PinkPaper.com contacted BA, they told us: "We thank the Daily Mirror for bringing this to our attention. Those members of staff involved have been suspended.

"We are investigating the claims in line with our normal internal disciplinary process which has been agreed with all of the airline's trade unions, including Unite."