Flight attendant sues airlines over sexy dress

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Betchya a dollar she wasn't properly dressed in acceptable nonrev attire...

But, I really wonder what the actual story is...


Flight attendant sues airlines over sexy dress
By JOE MANDAK
Associated Press
Monday, January 19, 2009

Pittsburgh — A flight attendant is suing JetBlue Airways and Delta Air Lines, saying a male employee denied her a work-related flight because she wasn’t dressed provocatively enough.

The flight attendant, 37-year-old Karin Keegan of Pittsburgh, works for Delta. The airline has an agreement for JetBlue to ferry Delta flight attendants to job assignments on a standby basis.

Keegan’s lawsuit said a male JetBlue worker wouldn’t let her on a flight in October 2007 because she wasn’t dressed provocatively enough, then allowed other flight attendants with less seniority to board the plane.

“Keegan changed into more provocative clothes, but (the employee) told her she was too late to board the plane and should have dressed like that before,” said the lawsuit, which was filed Friday in Pittsburgh federal court.

“He wanted her to change to a lower-cut shirt and tighter pants, and wear more makeup before letting her on the plane,” Keegan’s attorney, Samuel Cordes, said Monday. Delta and JetBlue officials refused to intercede when she complained, the lawsuit said.

Cordes said Keegan is losing income, though he wouldn’t specify how much, because she has stopped taking JetBlue flights to job assignments so she can avoid harassment by the male employee.

Media relations officials at Atlanta-based Delta did not answer the phone Monday. Bryan Baldwin, a spokesman for JetBlue of Forest Hills, N.Y., said the airline doesn’t comment on litigation.

Keegan sued after complaining to the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. The agency gave Keegan right-to-sue letters late last year.

Cordes said JetBlue told the commission it is not liable because Keegan is not an employee. But federal law enables employees to sue over workplace harassment even when they are not directly employed by the alleged harasser, Cordes said.

Similar suits are often filed by nurses against doctors when harassment occurs in a hospital, he said. Courts have found nurses can sue doctors for workplace harassment, even though the nurses are employed by the hospital, Cordes said.
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How much you want to bet it was the other way around. I have seen some inappropriately dressed nonrevs quite often at the airport be denied. Also that will probably be the end of that agreement between the two airlines.
 
I'll bet you a dollar both airlines thumb their nose. Her employer because it's largely between her and the airline that she's requesting privileges from. And then the other airline because chances are, the airline which she was asking for a ride from deemed that her dress was inappropriate, or the other jumpseaters had a higher priority.

Primarily a reason why I strive to commute to work "online". So if there's an issue with me gaining access to the jumpseat and I miss a flight, at least I can tell the chief pilot (when he calls) that I showed up on time, properly attired, with a reservation and I was denied the jumpseat. I tried plan B, C and D and still couldn't make it to work so I 'called in honest' "
 
It's seems like everyday I see girls outfits get shorter and shorter. I remember in school girls couldn't wear spaghetti straps. Sigh.
 
Oh man, that was absolutely verboten when I was in high school. Hell, leggings were "racy" back then.
 
I know, but the definition of business casual has certainly shifted.
 
Anyone else think that article really should have been professionally edited before being released?
 
MQAAord said:
Anyone else think that article really should have been professionally edited before being released?
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No, but I am disappointed that there weren't any pictures. Nothing Like looking at older FA in their hot dresses!!!

Incoming for calling 37 old.
 
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