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25th May 2005 : Speech in the European Parliament : Equality action programmes
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Mr President, I should just like to make an observation about the law of unintended consequences. A lot of the legislation that we adopt in this place does not actually work in the way that it should.
A recent example in the United Kingdom involved a female pilot, Mrs Starmer, who has one child and, I think, has another on the way. She took British Airways to an industrial tribunal because it did not allow her to have part time flying responsibility. British Airways suggested that she did not have enough hours or experience to take on that role.
I think and I have never heard anybody suggest otherwise that British airmanship is the best in the world, even the Americans concede that. British Airways, as I think you will agree, is a benchmark across the globe for high standards of airmanship. Mrs Starmer won at a tribunal on the basis of legislation, and nobody knows when they get on a plane whether the pilot is actually competent to fly that aeroplane, or somebody who is a young mum just having fun. I think that is a great shame. |
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