GUYS, MUM, DAD, DARL, HONEY, LOVE – OFFICIAL QANTAS BADWORDS

Watch your language, people. Especially at altitude, where perfectly warm and friendly terms suddenly become menacing and offensive.

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Watch your language, people. Especially at altitude, where perfectly warm and friendly terms suddenly become menacing and offensive.

This is all part of Qantas’s Spirit of Inclusion month, which evidently aims to exclude:

Aussie airline Qantas wants to ban the word “guys” and phrases like “mum and dad” — but the bizarre guideline’s creators say it’s just about making workplaces more welcoming to everyone.

The airline’s People and Culture group executive Lesley Grant sent an information pack on how to make employees feel comfortable as part of its Spirit of Inclusion­ month, suggesting words like “darl, honey or love” were offlimits because they could offend.

The Diversity Council of Australia provided the material and to Qantas and its 450 member organisations.

But Council CEO Lisa Annese told Miranda Live the information pack was more of a “guide than a rule book”.

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“There’s no word that’s off limits, we’re not telling people what to say or not say,” Ms Annese told columnist Miranda Devine on the online radio show.

“It’s about the choices people make and the impact that have on other people — we want to have organisations to have conversations about language they use in the workplace.”

As part of the program, Qantas staff were advised to use “humanity” instead of “mankind”, “manager” instead of “foreman” and “team, folks, you all or people” instead of “guys”.

Anyone flying Qantas today? You know what to say.