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Home » British Airways » FA Sacked by Norwegian Air for Spitting in Coffee Now Fired by BA for “Racist Remarks”
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FA Sacked by Norwegian Air for Spitting in Coffee Now Fired by BA for “Racist Remarks”

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 30, 2017November 14, 2023 7 Comments

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Our subject today is Joanne Wickenden, who seems to have a hard time holding down a job as a flight attendant.

The 23-year-old was fired by Norwegian Air after only three months on the job…for spitting in a passenger’s coffee. The passengers allegedly “said something she didn’t like” on a longhaul flight from Gatwick.

She had previously worked at EasyJet and British Airways and found a way to return to BA. But her second stint at BA did not last. She was fired this week after making “racist” remarks in a Snapchat video while in uniform.

Wickenden had sparked outrage in the short video clip where she made sexual remarks about Nigerian men and the size of their private parts while also mocking their accents.

During the one-minute clip she spoke of how how she was going to deal with passengers on the flight.

Here’s the video:

I’m not sure “racist” is the right word to describe the videos, but they are certainly in incredibly poor taste…especially while wearing her BA uniform. And note that “BBC” here does not mean the British Broadcasting Company…

I Resigned. I Wasn’t Fired!

Wickenden claims she was not fired, she quit…both jobs.

I’d had enough and I didn’t want to fly anymore.

She also claims her colleagues set her up, egging her on to make the video above then secretly saving it and “turning her in” to BA.

If that’s the case, that’s pretty sad…as is caving to peer pressure.

CONCLUSION

Here’s the moral of the story: watch what you say on social media and never make questionable remarks wearing company clothing. The tragedy is not that she got caught having a good laugh, that she lacked the discernment to see the ramifications of her actions. Then again, we’re probably all guilty of that from time to time.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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7 Comments

  1. James Reply
    September 30, 2017 at 10:48 am

    Isn’t there supposed to be psychological test to applicants for flight attendants?

  2. Mikey J Reply
    September 30, 2017 at 1:23 pm

    She probably loves bbc

  3. MeanMeosh Reply
    September 30, 2017 at 4:46 pm

    I tend to agree with you that these aren’t “racist remarks” so much as a joke in very poor taste (though I’ve seen the “racism” charge leveled for far less). She’s pretty stupid, though, for a) recording her stunt in her company uniform, and b) thinking she wouldn’t get caught.

  4. MM Reply
    September 30, 2017 at 11:02 pm

    I don’t blame her but rather blame our irresponsible government who could not keep our national carrier flying as a result leaves us at the mercy of these foreign airlines

  5. no Reply
    October 1, 2017 at 7:29 am

    I’m ashamed of this person, as well of any airline who hired her, and any company who will hire her in future. A bet: her new boss will be a bigger racist than she is.

  6. James Reply
    October 8, 2017 at 10:51 am

    Remember that BA has two completely separate crews, Worldwide and Mixed Fleet, the latter of which are highly underpaid, often very young, and typically low calibre. I worked there as BA cabin crew and can say that this type of FA is sadly very typical.

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