Originally Posted by
Beaverbeliever
I have no experience of this to the aviation industry, but in other industries that don't allow facial hair, there has been conversation allowing a beard as long as it is "kept", but that opened a whole new can of worms about what "kept" looks like, and who decides "kept" vs. "unkept". Ultimately it is easier to say "no" than to fight that fight.
I could see that argument coming, even though it is pretty weak. In an age when companies are expanding on personal liberties and expression, why are the airlines pretending to be holier than thou?
I suppose I just don't understand what they are afraid of. Offending a handful of prudes?