When I flew for PenAir they allowed beards there. I used to commute in and out of BOS on Delta. Four or five times in the space of a couple months I had the same Delta captain who hated beards. I'd always had a seat in the passenger cabin, but he would always make a point of telling me that I would not be allowed to jumpseat up front with a beard because of the whole O2 mask thing (beards causing bad O2 seals was disproven by our own military years ago btw). I'd politely say I understood and road in back. Then one day he had the gate agent tell me that I could not ride in the back either. I ended up missing two other flights that I could have made in another terminal had he not waited until the last possible second to have the agent give me the boot. (Real class Delta). After that, I only non-revved on American or United.
I wonder if Delta captains kick their JV partner pilots with beards off their aircraft as well or if they just thought they could mess with PenAir with no repercussions?