Old Pete
Cockpit Authoritarian
One can only hope
Delta flight attendant falsely “accused” frequent flier of trafficking in special needs daughter
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One can only hope
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
One factor by itself, no. But a bunch of factors combined together? Yes. Maybe? Probably?
It isn’t an exact science.
Fired? Not a chance. The airlines told them to do it. Fix the training.
Low_Level_Hell
Well-Known Member
In equally ridiculous news my 4 year old daughter was selected for a random search at the TSA line in MSP today. Hands tested for explosive residue everything. Happy to say she isn’t making bombs in her playroom in secret.
Also found out the A220 is not a bad plane to be on.
Also found out the A220 is not a bad plane to be on.
FlyingAccountant
Well-Known Member
The guy had frequent flyer status and his daughter has the same surname. I feel like more common sense should have been exercised here.
This is the risk you run when you empower your employees to behave like law enforcement with very little applicable training.
This is the risk you run when you empower your employees to behave like law enforcement with very little applicable training.
The big question is, was this FA following Delta’s policy and guidance as it comes to the company provided training program with regards to their interest in human trafficking. If so, then it’s the company that should have to answer the mail on this situation, not the FA. If not, then that’s now squarely on the FA…..especially since the FAs have no union there.
I can’t answer the above because I’m not familiar with what training Delta is giving its FAs regarding this.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
That’s not insulting. Insulting would be asking her if she was with an older guy for his money.
The FA asked her if she’s ok out of concern for her (pax) safety. A simple “I’m good” in secret suffices.
zmiller4
Well-Known Member
The religious right has been obsessed with the sex work side of human trafficking for years because it fits in with a narrative of moral decay and the evilness of anything to do with sex.
I had though the “far left” (?) was more concerned with the immigration/forced work side of the issue...like outrage when a farmer sponsors workers on a visa with the promise of lodging and certain pay, then takes their passports away, doesn’t pay them and makes them live in an un-air conditioned camper.
jynxyjoe
Queso King
FIFY. If you're protestant, just marry the prostitute before the sex and divorce next day. Repeat unlimited number of times.
zmiller4
Well-Known Member
jynxyjoe
Queso King
Also i should mention just like flying, just because it's legal (religious law if you will) does not follow that it is safe.
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Or if you're Catholic, just join the Priesthood and rape a child an unlimited number of times. If you're caught, just change your parish!
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
But not Old Fashioned. They're way too dry.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
So……….. bring Donuts to a Delta job fair? Not pizza?
Sad. I already had a delicious Sbarros picked out.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Oh, sure, there are different segments of the far left. The ones that seem most obsessed with the sex work issue seem to be radical feminists who believe that any sex work is coerced, though.
Space Monkey
Arbitrariness replaces reason with authority.
Can you say... "Blue"? Sure, I knew you could... Thankfully, once again we have South Park to the rescue: "Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum."This might get ugly.....
A Delta frequent flyer who has traveled more than two million miles on Delta jets in the past 30 years claims one of his flight attendants accused him of trafficking his daughter with special needs and then called the police to find him during a recent Arrested on a flight between Minneapolis (MSP) to Dallas (DFW) when the couple was visiting family on Father’s Day.
Peter Espinosa wrote an open letter to Delta’s CEO Ed Bastian, which he posted on LinkedIn, accusing the Atlanta-based airline of racially profiling its customers and disregarding the needs of passengers with special needs following the disturbing incident.
Espinosa traveled first class with his 20-year-old daughter who was diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome. The most common hereditary cause of autism and intellectual disability worldwide, according to the Fragile X Research Foundation, can cause extreme anxiety and the inability to make eye contact.
Affected people are also easily overwhelmed, especially when questioned, and can come to tears if they are pushed into unjustified conversations.
“During the flight, our flight attendant noticed my daughter’s fear and concentrated on interacting with her,” explains Peter Espinosa in an open letter. “He kept trying to ask her direct questions, which made my daughter Rachel even more anxious.”
“I tried to intervene but he insisted that he need a direct response from her. When my daughter burst into tears, I finally insisted and said “she cannot answer you”. His answer was, “Do you only speak Spanish?” I thought that was a strange question from him. “
“He then looked at a piece of paper in his hand and asked me if my name was Espinosa? I said yes. I’m Pete Espinosa and this is my daughter Rachel. I asked why is he so anxious to talk to my daughter? and he replied that he was just doing random customer greetings. He thanked me for being a Delta Million Mile flier and left. “
Upon landing in Houston, Espinosa says four police officers boarded the plane and escorted him off the plane, accusing him of trafficking in human beings.
“Try to imagine what my FXS-affected daughter would look like when she was taken away by the police and taken from her father. I was taken to a nearby area for interrogation. I now understand what it is like to be a falsely accused minority parent who fights for my freedom, fights for my child, ”wrote Espinosa.
The police dispatched to investigate the allegation quickly released Espinosa after it became clear that it was not human trafficking. An official allegedly told Peter that flight attendants were trained to detect human trafficking, but “this group of flight attendants was not properly trained”.
Peter says that he and his wife were still trying to comfort their daughter more than two days after the incident. He fears that Delta flight attendants have racially profiled him because of his Hispanic origins.
“I am pretty clear that this would not have happened if your flight attendant had not viewed me as Hispanic, along with the preconceived negative attitudes that go with it,” Espinosa says in the letter.
“There is nothing more important than keeping our customers safe, and that includes creating a safe and comfortable environment for all customers – especially those with disabilities,” said the spokesman. “While Delta employees remain committed to the fight against human trafficking, we continue to work to make our customers with disabilities feel supported.”
“We contact the customer directly to better understand the difficult situation that he described in the context of our investigation,” the statement continues.
A 2017 report by the Trafficking Resource Center identified over 8,700 possible human trafficking cases in the United States alone – although the actual number could be much higher.
Delta has trained employees to identify potential crimes of human trafficking since 2013, and has trained more than 80,000 Delta employees worldwide. The airline has donated millions of dollars to anti-human trafficking charities and continues to speak out against the scourge of human trafficking.
In February 2017, Alaska Airlines flight attendant Shelia Fedrick helped rescue a human trafficking victim on a flight from Seattle to San Francisco. Fedrick became suspicious of an older, well-dressed man traveling with a young teenage girl who “looked like she had been through hell”.
Sheila left a note in the bathroom for the victim – when the young girl wrote a response asking for help, Fedrick was able to contact law enforcement in San Francisco, who were waiting to arrest the perpetrator when the flight landed.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Did a United States Attorney actually prosecute it?
I just got a note a few weeks later thanking the crew.
My brain clears of work stuff every 12-24 hours so I don’t have an untimely death from a heart attack from worrying about things I have zero control over!
. Hell, I have to think long and hard about where I even flew today. Seriously!Similar threads
