BRITISH Airways has been plunged into a sexism row after an employee claimed he was sacked for having a “man bun”.

Londoner Sid Ouared, 26, said he has been “discriminated against” because he was accepted into the customer service role with the “trendy” hairstyle.

The Terminal 5 customer service assistant said bosses did not mention anything during his assessment, until his final day of training.

“I got fired from British Airways because I have a man bun, which according to them doesn’t comply with their uniform policy,” he said.

'In a nutshell they pretty much dismissed me on the claims that my hair is like a 'girl's hair'"

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“The fact that they dismissed me for being a man with long hair is ridiculous and sexist. They have discriminated against me. They basically said cut it, put it in a turban like a Sikh, or turn it into dreadlocks like a Rastafarian.

“I am not any of those things and I can’t believe that they would make me wear my hair like something that I am not.”

Mr Ouared claimed airline bosses would not have said that to a woman. “Right now we live in multicultural Britain,” he said.

“We live in the age of equality and we should be open-minded. I have worked with lots of luxury retailers and never had an issue with my hair. But this stuffy old airline won’t allow me to have my hair as I like it.”

A British Airways spokesman said, “We don’t comment in detail on individual employment matters.”

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