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Abercrombie & Fitch Pilot Fired- Not Trendy Enough?
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October 21, 2012
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3:19Now Playing"A lawsuit and documents filed in a case against clothier Abercrombie & Fitch lays out the details of CEO Michael Jeffries' meticulous instructions for those serving him on the company's private jet, which includes well-shaved, boxer-clad models wearing color-specific hand gloves, a Phil Collins song playing during boarding and specific seating arrangements for his dogs.
The details were revealed in a case filed in federal court in Philadelphia by corporate jet pilot Michael Stephen Bustin, 55, who claims he was fired in December 2009 because of his age. In the case Jeffries, 68, is being accused of age discrimination.
The suit filed against Abercrombie & Fitch and obtained by ABC News states that the company terminated Bustin's employment "with the express intention of hiring younger pilots who were more in keeping with the defendant's corporate image ... which emphasized a 'youthful, all-American style.'"* Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola break down the strange rules the A&F CEO's flight crew had to abide by, and whether or not a young and trendy airplane pilot is preferable over an older, experienced one.
*Read more from Kevin Dolak/ABC News
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