Skirt or Pants: Airline makes employees choose uniform “regardless of gender”

Stewardesses in skirts, flight attendants and pilots in pants. For too long, we’ve been used to seeing the gender binary reflected in every aspect of everyday life, including airplanes. On almost all airlines, cabin crew wear different uniforms depending on gender, adopting different rules for makeup and hair as well. At the Virgin Atlantic this is no longer the case: with a historic decision, the British company will leave complete freedom of choice to everyone, regardless of gender.

British airline Virgin Atlantic announced in a press release that cabin crew, pilots and ground crew will be able to wear whatever uniform they feel most comfortable with,” he said.regardless of your gender, gender identity or gender expression“This implies that a man can choose to go to work in a skirt and a woman in pants, choosing between the different red and burgundy uniforms designed by the English stylist. Vivienne Westwood.

The press release specifies that it is important to encourage people to “embrace your individuality and be yourself at workVirgin Atlantic’s female employees have long been able to choose whether or not to wear makeup and whether or not to wear heels: the company’s idea is that gender habits shouldn’t make people uncomfortable or uncomfortable at work (eg. For example, The new company policy, fully explained on the website, is not limited to uniforms: employees can choose which pronouns to use on badges and non-binary travelers can book by registering as “U” or “X” or “Mx” (ie neither Mr. nor Ms.) as long as you have passports with gender-neutral markings.