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Um... lifting...
On what grounds? He'd sue your ass. And he'd win.
If you let him go because it's 'at will' employment and then you hired someone else, you'd get nailed for wrongful termination.
I would have thought that labour laws in the USA may be a little easier than our (Oz) laws, UL! Nonetheless, I would be a bit concerned about company image with ostentatious tats were I to have to use the pilot flying clients for whom they would be 'not welcome'.
A probationary period usually sorts out that sort of problem anyway, without the inevitable visit to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the $5k payoff