By Maria Ward-Brennan British Airways (BA) has had its appeal over a key section of the Equality Act kicked out by the Employment Appeal Tribunal today, an appeal that saw intervention from the Government. The airline had faced legal action from 38 former cabin crew members over its use of its ‘fire and rehire’ practice during the pandemic, which resulted in letting staff go before rehiring them on new and often less favourable terms. The parties were at a two-day hearing last month as BA was looking to appeal an Employment Tribunal decision from December 2022, which ruled the Equality Act 201…