Dylsexic spake thusly:
I'm confused about why this is a "sex discrimination" case. Are all the male pilots having 50% time off to look after their own children and she is not allowed? In which case, good for her.
This seemed to confuse BA too who have always maintained that this was not a gender issue. Surely, in arguing this case on gender grounds,
JS, BALPA and her lawyers (and, aparently, the judges) are guilty of sex discrimination as they are implying that mothers alone are responsible for childcare.
Edited as Flying Lawyer was answering the above observation as I was typing it. (Aren't lawyers clever
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All I can really add is that the law, as dictated by parliament, is an ass. In trying to rid the country of sex discrimination, it is guilty of, yes, you've guessed it, sex discrimination...