A flight attendant has been sacked and arrested after a passenger filmed him 'necking' drinks during a flight. Sam Thompson, 26, has since pleaded guilty to performing an aviation function as a member of cabin crew while intoxicated. A court…
A Virgin Australia flight attendant has won her unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for falling asleep on a flight. The Fair Work Commission found the dismissal was disproportionate to the alleged misconduct and was therefore harsh and unfair. Virgin…
A Virgin flight attendant is suing the airline after it sacked her for being so incompetent, she posed a safety risk. Virgin alleges she was so bad at her job, her manager forced her to return to her home base…
A Qantas engineer sacked for using his company-issued iPad to watch porn at work has lost his unfair dismissal claim. The Fair Work Commission said the man had no excuse for looking at porn while at work. Qantas engineer sacked…
A flight attendant has won his wrongful dismissal claim after being sacked for performing a sex act on a passenger. Virgin also accused the flight attendant of giving the passenger free beers during the flight. The Employment Relations Authority awarded…
A Qantas catering worker sacked for taking part in an illegal strike has lost her unfair dismissal claim. The strike resulted in 38 flights departing without meals, including three to New Zealand. Additionally, nine other international flights ended up delayed,…
Two Virgin ground crew staff have lost their unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for stealing two packets of cigarettes. The pair took the smokes from a plane flying from Sydney to Cairns. Incredibly, the worker who initially took the…
A pilot sacked after developing a fear of flying has won his unfair dismissal claim. The pilot worked without any issues for seven years until his employer transferred him to a different type of aircraft. It's then he started experiencing…
A Qantas flight attendant sacked after drinking vodka while working on a flight has lost her unfair dismissal claim. Colleagues suspected her of drinking during a flight from Sydney to Johannesburg and therefore reported her to her supervisor before landing.…
An Adelaide Airport security worker has lost his unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for failing to properly screen passengers. Fair Work Commissioner Christopher Platt said CCTV footage showed Peter Zidov failing to focus on observing passengers walking through a…