British Airways employee made Joel Madden cover up his tattoo's

[Excuse the lack of enthusiasm this is the third time I am typing this article my system keep messing up.]

Joel Madden is known for his music, relationship with Nicole Richie and his tattoo's. They cover his arms and I am not sure what else. He wanted to board

his flight to London from Chicago and a person working for British Airways would not let him board until he have covered up his tattoo's. While Madden was contemplating how to handle things he went on twitter:

"Was just told by a british air person I can't get on the plane till I cover my tatts,...Should I fight the power?"

Apparently after a while he just covered up because he did not want to miss his flight. British Airways when they heard of the report immediately replied stating they do not have any policies supporting what their employee did and he is being reprimanded for his actions:

"we don't understand why the employee took it upon himself to enforce regulations that don't exist."

This one of the up sides of twitter and instant access to info. A couple of years ago it would have taken ages before a complaint was filed and the correct action was taken but because of twitter and the internet the whole thing was taken care of as soon as they where in London. My only question why would that person have done it? What was his motivation? Come on Joel's tattoo's are kinda scary looking but what is the deal, he paid for a ticket he should not have been stopped.