Paris – Teheran AF flight: Female staff can refuse to go.

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par Rédaction de France Info lundi 4 avril 2016 15:55

Une hôtesse d\\\'Air France

Une hôtesse d’Air France © Maxime Sergienko/ SIPA

Air France a annoncé un “dispositif d’exception” pour les hôtesses et femmes pilotes qui ne voudraient pas porter le voile à l’arrivée des vols Paris-Téhéran, à partir du 17 avril prochain. Elles auront le droit de refuser.

AF have announced an “special arrangement” for air hostesses and female pilots who do not want to wear a veil on arrival for the Paris – Teheran flights, starting on 17 April next. They will have the right to refuse to go.

La disposition a été annoncée après le début d’une polémique ce week-end. Elle satisfait Flore Arrighi, présidente de l’Union des navigants de l’aviation civile (Unac) d’Air France : “On est très satisfaits néammoins on restera vigilant sur la mise en place du dispositif.”  Il n’y a pas de démarche individuelle à faire pour se porter volontaire sur ces vols, en revanche, explique Fore Arrighi, “si une hôtesse a sur son planning un Téhéran, elle contacte l’entreprise et lui dit : Je ne veux pas faire ce vol”.

The arrangement was announced after discussions between AF and the unions. Flore Arrighi, président of the civil aviation Union expressed their satisfaction: We are very satisfied, none-the-less we must remain vigilant that this arrangement is observed. If cabin crew appears on the roster for Teheran, they can contact the company and say: I don’t want to take this flight.”

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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