Transsexual pilot wins £77,000
A former RAF pilot who underwent a sex change was awarded more than £77,000 damages yesterday after claiming that an airline sexually discriminated against her because she was a transsexual.
Kristina Sheffield, 52 - a husband and father named Ian until 1986 - brought the case against Air Foyle, which was handling recruitment for Luton-based Easyjet, when she applied for a pilot’s post in 1996.
A tribunal in Bedford heard that Miss Sheffield, a grandmother, of Ealing west London, was not granted an interview. It ruled that she be awarded £14,000 for injury to her feelings and more than £62,000 for loss of potential earnings. Air Foyle denied discrimination.
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