A British Airways pilot who was banned from flying for refusing to wear a mask during the Covid pandemic has failed in his attempt to sue the airline for discrimination after an employment tribunal declared a “fundamental” human right to expect others to wear a face covering. The Telegraph has the story.
Peter Burch tried to claim he was “a sovereign being who has a right to breathe freely” and that he should not be subjected to “arbitrary and pointless” rules.
The experienced senior first officer argued that his stance against wearing a mask was the equivalent to a religious belief and he should be legally protected as a result.
But an employment tribunal ruled it could not qualify as it potentially infringed on the “fundamental” human rights of others who could catch a disease through his refusal to wear a face covering.
As a result his claims of discrimination and harassment against British Airways were dismissed.
The Watford tribunal heard Mr. Burch had worked for the airline since 1996, first as a short-haul flight captain and then as a long-haul senior first officer flying Boeing 747s.
As a result of the pandemic in 2020, British Airways furloughed a number of pilots, who were paid a reduced salary as they were not required to fly, the hearing was told.
After 20 months on reduced pay, Mr. Burch was invited to return to work but had to complete a course which included a training flight in February 2022 to Miami.
However, the night before the flight he had a “major stress reaction” after being sent a copy of the airline’s policy requiring him to wear a mask on board and was “so stressed” he called in sick.
For his next scheduled training duty, Mr. Burch reported to work without a mask, claiming he was “exempt” from wearing one.
This was rejected by his training captain, but when Mr. Burch refused to comply, he was “stood down” and placed on unpaid leave, it was heard.
Not wearing a face mask infringes on other people’s “fundamental” human rights? Good grief. Is this what the great Western tradition of human rights has come to – a “fundamental” right to require those around you to wear an (ineffective) rag over their mouths to ‘protect’ you from germs? This surely cannot stand. It makes a mockery of the concept of human rights and brings them into disrepute.
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I wonder if David McGrogan will read this?
Obviously as a conspiracy realist my only conclusion is that the FDA and CDC clearly have something to hide.
I wonder what that might be?
Well, on speculation, there was clearly something amiss with the methodology used by Pfizer trials in particular, that caused half the trial participants to quit before finishing! Around 50% of the participants did not complete the trials. Why might this have been? If it was illness, then can it be dismissed as coincidence that as much as half of them were too ill to continue after receiving the jab? These volunteers were surely being paid to put their health at risk for an unknown drug, so they would have been financially incentivized to continue!
Furthermore, the placebo group ended up being given the mRNA shot anyway. Is it any wonder they’re compelled to withhold such ridiculous methodologies and details?
For one, 14 y/o Maddie de Garay’s life was destroyed by that trial. They said it was all in her head and refused to pay for her treatment, despite promises made on the consent form.
Her parents should be prosecuted for child abuse. What kind of parent – who doesn’t have a serious ill or dying child who just might benefit from an experimental product – would volunteer their child to be experimented on?
“Bad Pfizer Vaccine Batches Account for 4.2% of doses but 71% of Serious Adverse Events
Explains Why Some Have Severe Side Effects and Others Do Not.”
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/bad-pfizer-vaccine-batches-account
“In conclusion, the results suggest the existence of a batch-dependent safety signal for the BNT162b2 vaccine, and more studies are warranted to explore this preliminary observation and its consequences.”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eci.13998
“The FDA and Vaccine Manufacturers Still Refuse to Show Us Their Work”
Come on lads! What could they possibly have to hide?
Nothing at all….It will all be clear and transparent in 75 years time!
The mantra of bigpharme as regards ALL new drugsand genetic therapies ie the modified (not messenger RNA – that would not work as it would be destroyed by the immune system) MRNA jabs, they need to know the 3 D’s –
Dosage.
Distribution (as in where, how and why throughout the body).
Duration.
All were and still are, unknown.
I’ll add a 4th to the list of D’s-
Deadliness.
By God we badly need a whistleblower genetic engineer from high up the bigpharma food chain.
Why has this not happened yet, -fear of retribution, threats, being paid for omerta. or maybe they’re quite happy with their work…
Sock Puppet Sunak assures us the jabs are safe.
There’s no need for transparency; assured quality or any information about structure and molecular weight.
The entirely trustworthy midget WEF puppet and PM-with-no-mandate (no medical qualifications whatsoever, but his Mum was a Pharmacist don’cha know) has declared they’re OK.
What more reassurance could anyone want.
FDA not fit for purpose, and covering their arses and those of Big Pharma