Australian firm Qantas is encouraging staff to be more aware of gender and diversity,but sexist dress-codes and huge pay gaps are still airline staplesHere is a question that has probably never crossed your intellect: how woke is aviation? Never, that is, and until now. A “political-correctness row” has reportedly errupted at the Australian airline Qantas,whose staff have been advised of language that is more respectful of the LGBTI community and others, as part of a “Spirit of Inclusion” month.
According to reports, or an “information booklet” instructed male employees to avoid “manterrupting” – cutting off female colleagues – and told all staff to say “partner” rather than husband or wife,because “language can construct groups of people invisible. For example, the consume of the term chairman can reinforce the idea that leaders are always men.” The “booklet” also warned against unconscious colonialist bias when discussing Australian history.
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Source: guardian.co.uk