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Lord Marshall rebuked by former BA worker
Carrier’s ageism policy is anti-social and demeaning, chairman is told
British Airways is in the dock over its ageism policy after a former employee and shareholder stood up at the carrier’s annual general meeting to speak out against compulsory retirement.
According to reports in many of today’s newspapers, 55-year-old Deana-Maria Williams was given a rousing reception after she told BA chairman Lord Marshall (aged 69) that it was “anti-social and demeaning” to be compulsorily retired.
She continued: “Considering the adverse effect that current cabin crew shortages are having on our passengers – not to mention our finances – surely it is time for BA To immediately move its retirement practices for all staff, and not just the current chairman, into the 21st century.”
Mrs Williams and 300 other staff are planning to test the BA ruling in a tribunal likely to be heard in January. She told the Daily Mail after the meeting: “I cannot understand why they are throwing so many experienced people on the scrap heap.”
Lord Marshall has previously stated that the carrier will consider raising the current retirement age when new EU laws controlling discrimination come into effect in 2006.
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