Virgin Atlantic sacks 13 staff after Facebook criticism

November 1, 2008 Virgin Airways Airbus

Undated handout photo of the Airbus A340-600 sporting the logo and colors of the British company Virgin Airways. Virgin Atlantic said Friday it has sacked 13 of its cabin staff after they criticised the airline and some of its passengers on social networking website Facebook.

Virgin Atlantic said Friday it has sacked 13 of its cabin staff after they criticised the airline and some of its passengers on social networking website Facebook.

Content from AFP expires 1 month after original publication date. For more information about AFP, please visit www.afp.com .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook

Feb 08, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

MySpace Music experiments with audio ads

Feb 08, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads

Feb 05, 2010 | 3 / 5 (4) | 1

Health stories by experts more credible than blogs

Feb 05, 2010 | not rated yet | 3

Facebook marks sixth birthday with new home page

Feb 05, 2010 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Rate this story - 3.6 /5 (18 votes)

rank
1
2
3
4
5

view popular

Other News

The power of 'random': 'Seemingly loopy' technique could dramatically improve communications networks

Technology / Computer Sciences

12 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 5 |

A radical new approach to the design of communications networks, called "network coding," promises to make Internet file sharing faster, streaming video more reliable, and cell-phone reception better -- among ...

A general view of the arrival area of the Whistler Creek Alpine Skiing venue

Google Maps climbs to Olympic peaks

Technology / Internet

3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Google sent snowmobiles rigged with cameras into Canadian mountains so folks snug and warm at home will get views of slopes at the Winter Olympic Games kicking off on Friday.

Imec and Holst Centre achieve breakthrough in battery-less radios

Imec achieves breakthrough in battery-less radios

Technology / Semiconductors

7 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0 |

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, Imec and Holst Centre report a 2.4GHz/915MHz wake-up receiver which consumes only 51µW power. This record low power achievement opens the door to battery-less ...

'Revolutionary' water treatment units on their way to Afghanistan

Technology / Engineering

6 hours ago | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 1 |

The United States Army has taken delivery of the first two units of a "revolutionary" waste-water treatment system that will clean putrid water within 24 hours and leave no toxic by-products, according to scientists at Sam ...

Warner CEO sees e-book 'fracas' as helping music

Technology / Business

4 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers.