British Airways Employee Disciplined After Joel Madden Tattoo Discrimination
Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by CSS in Entertainment, Oh My!, Yikes!
A British Airways employee who forced Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden to cover up his numerous tattoos before boarding a plane has been disciplined by officials, who are livid about the international bad publicity the incident has caused.
Joel was outraged when the employee refused to allow him to board a flight from Chicago to London on Monday until he hid his ink from other passengers.
In a meesage on his Twitter.com page, the tatted-up Joel wrote: “Was just told by a british air (sic) person I can’t get on the plane till I cover my tatts.”
“I really actually am in shock.”
The rocker vowed to fight back: “yes i covered up to board the BA flight. I didn’t want to miss it. And honestly i was embarrrassed all the people were staring and laughing! its not in the rules that i can find.my tatts arent offensive.looking into it. i havent felt this small since the first time i asked nic out.”
“I still can’t believe Brit Air discriminated me for tatts. Unheard of. the guy was literally disgusted by me. I’m gonna write a letter!!”
British Airways bosses say they are just as baffled because there’s nothing in their rulebook about tattoos.
“British Airways does not have any policy against tattoos. We cannot comment on passenger details due to data protection,” a spokesman said.
A letter of apology to Joel would also be a good touch.
