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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnited Sued for Packing NFL Charters With Young, Blond Crews
United Airlines Holdings Inc. packs its charter flights for sports teams with young, blond crews and bars older flight attendants from working the plum routes, according to a new lawsuit.
In so doing, the airline bases the value of workers entirely on their racial and physical attributes, and stereotypical notions of sexual allure, according to two veteran flight attendants who sued Friday in California.
The attendants -- a Black woman who has worked for the airline for 28 years and a Jewish woman with 34 years of tenure -- say that they both tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to get assigned to work the charter flights.
United Airlines has contracts to provide air travel for some three dozen teams in the National Football League, Major League Baseball and National Collegiate Athletic Association, according to the lawsuit. Attendants who work those flights earn more and are provided with premium accommodations. They also sometimes get tickets to games, including playoff and Super Bowl tickets, and extremely valuable infield passes, according to the lawsuit.
Sharon Tesler and Kim Guillory said they were told by supervisors that they were unable to get work on the charters because they werent on preferred lists that were based on team preferences, according to the complaint.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-12/united-sued-for-packing-nfl-charters-with-young-blond-crews
In so doing, the airline bases the value of workers entirely on their racial and physical attributes, and stereotypical notions of sexual allure, according to two veteran flight attendants who sued Friday in California.
The attendants -- a Black woman who has worked for the airline for 28 years and a Jewish woman with 34 years of tenure -- say that they both tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to get assigned to work the charter flights.
United Airlines has contracts to provide air travel for some three dozen teams in the National Football League, Major League Baseball and National Collegiate Athletic Association, according to the lawsuit. Attendants who work those flights earn more and are provided with premium accommodations. They also sometimes get tickets to games, including playoff and Super Bowl tickets, and extremely valuable infield passes, according to the lawsuit.
Sharon Tesler and Kim Guillory said they were told by supervisors that they were unable to get work on the charters because they werent on preferred lists that were based on team preferences, according to the complaint.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-12/united-sued-for-packing-nfl-charters-with-young-blond-crews
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United Sued for Packing NFL Charters With Young, Blond Crews (Original Post)
demmiblue
Sep 2020
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. Sounds like a
Wink, Wink, Nod, Nod deal between the NFL Teams and The Airline and it is a truly BS one.
Enterstageleft
(3,389 posts)2. Should be
at least two new millionaires courtesy of United Airlines
sdfernando
(4,897 posts)3. I hate United Airlines
Havent flown them in at least 10 years.