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BA steward offended by being called 'darling'

Thursday, 26 April 20123 min read

A tribunal judge has thrown out a claim brought by a British Airways steward who complained after a colleague called him "darling".

The crew member, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, said the term was an insult to his religious beliefs.

According to a report in today’s Daily Mail, Rothstein Williams was so upset he complained to his bosses and then to an employment tribunal.

The 41-year-old also said another colleague at the airline had criticised him for reading his Bible and that managers refused to do anything about it.

He went to a tribunal in Reading to claim BA had discriminated against him on religious grounds, but tribunal judge Jessica Hill ruled there was no evidence of religious discrimination and dismissed the claim.