from www.smh.com.au- VIRGIN BLUE is investigating its employees over inappropriate internet use after reports that staff used work computers to swap pornographic videos.

A source close to the airline told the Herald that more than 40 employees from its Sydney and Brisbane terminals had been caught taking part in a ”pornographic video swapping ring”.

The airline confirmed it was investigating internet use by its employees.

The general manager of public affairs, Danielle Keighery, would not confirm that the alleged misuse involved pornography but said the workers had been ”made aware of the serious nature of the issue”.

A small number had been dismissed in the past 18 months for a similar issue. ”It’s fairly basic stuff involving computers – not of a criminal nature.

We have a clear code of conduct and that includes the appropriate use of the internet.”