FaceBook TMI: Virgin Atlantic Fires 13 Over "Chavvy" Comments

We all know that in a digital age everything we say online can be found by exactly the people you don't want to have find it. Well, almost all of us know this. Apparently 13 Virgin Atlantic flight attendants didn't.

From the BBC article:

Virgin Atlantic started an investigation last Thursday after messages reportedly appeared on Facebook that called its passengers "chavs".

They also reportedly claimed the planes were full of cockroaches and alleged the airline's jet engines were replaced four times in one year.
In a statement, the airline said: "Virgin Atlantic can confirm that 13 members of its cabin crew will be leaving the company after breaking staff policies due to totally inappropriate behaviour.

"Following a thorough investigation, it was found that all 13 staff participated in a discussion on the networking site Facebook, which brought the company into disrepute and insulted some of our passengers.

"It is impossible for these cabin crew members to uphold [our] high standards of customer service... if they hold these views."

A spokesman for the airline added that there was "a time and a place for Facebook".
"There is no justification for it to be used as a sounding board for staff of any company to criticise the very passengers who ultimately pay their salaries.
"We have numerous internal channels for our staff to feed back legitimate and appropriate issues relating to the company."

A chav, for the uninitiated, is slang for the Brit equivalent of a...well, we don't have an equivalent, but its like a juvenile delinquent. Stolen Burberry merchandise (of all things) is part of the look. Here's a female chav:



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