Virgin Atlantic makes woman change out of military uniform; Richard Branson calls it 'dreadful mistake'

2/2 our team made a mistake in following that advice. The @VirginAtlantic people involved are mortified and have apologised profusely.

— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) March 9, 2013

Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson took to Twitter today to denounce as a “terrible mistake” that a Royal Navy helicopter technician was made to change out of uniform before boarding a flight to the United States.

Petty Officer Nicky Howse told The Sun newspaper, “when I got to the departure gate I was taken to the side by the flight supervisor and they said I wasn’t allowed to fly in uniform and had to wear a sleep suit.” Howse says she was told that her combat fatigues could be seen as a threat by other passengers.

Branson blamed airport security for giving his staff bad advice and says the people involved are “mortified.” Will an apology suffice?

https://twitter.com/LaughingWolf/status/310469090743574528

I see @richardbranson is tweeting his pitiful sorrows after humiliating one of our soldiers, only after all went viral shame on you and G4S!

— Five Mountains (@Five_Mountains) March 9, 2013

Shame on you @VirginAtlantic @richardbranson for making one of our servicewomen remove her uniform #disgusting #proudofoursoldiers

— Lady Pea (@pennyolewicz) March 9, 2013

@richardbranson @virginatlantic would have been a great response with two additional letters: EX. As in "the EX-Virgin staffers involved…"

— Diana Allocco (@dianamee) March 9, 2013

https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/310260964958298112

Richard Branson needs to personally fire the thugs at his company who did this http://t.co/vFlGhYcI7c

— Ezra Levant ? (@ezralevant) March 9, 2013

Virgin Atlantic makes woman change out of military uniform; Richard Branson calls it 'dreadful mistake'

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