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In reply to the discussion: Muslim Flight Attendant Refuses to Serve Alcohol- Do Republicans support her? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)198. If the division of labor is affected, and the employee can't carry out the elements of the job, then
something has gotta give.
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Muslim Flight Attendant Refuses to Serve Alcohol- Do Republicans support her? [View all]
J_J_
Sep 2015
OP
exactly. it takes a lot of gull and stupidity to accept a job and then say you can't
samsingh
Sep 2015
#252
Both airlines you name have large planes with large flight crews. This airline doesn't.
MADem
Sep 2015
#201
You haven't demonstrated that FAs of any age are prohibited from serving alcohol
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#265
Again: if a general becomes a pacifist while already attaining to that rank,
Betty Karlson
Sep 2015
#174
My Amish electrician does a fine job. He just can't fix anything that's electric.
Kablooie
Sep 2015
#7
WTF - I'm fed up with this religious nonsense. You take a job and you do what it
RKP5637
Sep 2015
#8
Companies must provide reasonable accommodations, yes. (Emphasis on 'reasonable'.)
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#15
What section of the text above makes you think employers must determine sincerity? n/t
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#40
If you can't work on Friday nights, GET A JOB THAT DOESN'T WORK ON FRIDAY NIGHTS..
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#120
yes, absolutely get a job where you can make your own hours if you cannot work Fridays
Skittles
Sep 2015
#122
I do that a lot at work but if it can't be made, they have to do their job, END OF STORY
Skittles
Sep 2015
#126
I always thought "gal" was the female equivalent of what used to be an exclusively male term, "guy."
MADem
Sep 2015
#202
Cant serve alcohol? NO problem, just have Coors as your officlal beer, surely nobody considers
randys1
Sep 2015
#229
Actually that doesnt seem true - Delta, United, American etc - min age is 21
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#181
Well, this complaint also included her having a 'book with foreign words' and a 'headdress'.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#71
I'm thinking if the co-workers are filing complaints, it's a hardship for the company
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#98
Employers don't get to decide how folks practice their religion. (Thankfully!)
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#105
Actually they can. A Muslim employee can't lay down their prayer mat 5x/day
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#113
Actually the salat (5x/day prayer) is one of the five pillars or Islam
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#123
And now we've circled back around to you attempting to validate who is and/or isn't a good muslim.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#128
EEOC complaints typically receive administrative hearings. (More like arbitration than court.)
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#134
You know, I'm not in a position to tell a person they're doing their religion wrong.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#129
She might try to claim that she can't handle bags because they "might" have booze in them.
MADem
Sep 2015
#140
Again, I'm not the judge of which tenets of a person's religion they embrace.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#142
Here's where my interest lies. I want to know that the FA on the aircraft in which I am flying
MADem
Sep 2015
#145
No--that's not true. In many states, cashiers and servers CAN serve/sell alcohol if they are
MADem
Sep 2015
#171
Why are you comparing a major airline with a flight crew of 5 or more to a puddlejumper airline
MADem
Sep 2015
#200
How do you know it didn't take three months for the complaints to percolate through the system?
MADem
Sep 2015
#206
Nope. I checked the FAA regs and each airline makes up its own rules @ alcohol svc
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#220
I'll bet they'd hire a foreign language speaker at 19, but not a domestic flyer.
MADem
Sep 2015
#210
Would the other flight attendant think it was reasonable to have to do more work than this woman?
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#92
Again, the other flight attendant isn't the person who determines reasonable accommodation
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2015
#143
I certainly do. But the law doesn't define "reasonable" -- that will be left to people.
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#152
There isn't any way to do this without tying their scheduling system into pretzel shapes.
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#168
people want to fall all over themselves to make sure that some fundies have their fee fees protected
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#176
"management can choose to make it an alcohol-free flight." ... Oh, fuck that.
Arugula Latte
Sep 2015
#163
Does that sound reasonable? Being a bartender is intrinsicly about serving liquor.
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2015
#186
there's not an infinite amount of staff on airplanes, nor is there generally a ton of room to move
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#216
I would think reasonable accomodation would mean if you need to wear a yarmulke or hajib, you can.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#226
Is it better to let fundamentalists make our personal decisions for us?
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#269
Because the law says so. Employers are obligated to make reasonable accommodation.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#78
Maybe the other employees would not find this so "reasonable." Serving booze can get tetchy.
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#103
Reasonable is in the eye of the employer, not other employees. But yes, 'tetchy' applies. n/t
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#106
It seems the airline found it reasonable, but revoked it based on other employee criticism.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#118
Until the law is changed or repealed, reasonable accommodations must be made.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#234
See my previous comment re huff, stamp, and shout. It seems to have eluded you. n/t
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#237
That's one reductio ad absurdum accommodation that someone here mentioned, yes.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#248
So pharmacist refuses to fill BC prescription, cab driver ditches lesbian couple, elected official
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#249
And sometimes those requests seriously fuck up the necessary delivery of services.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#254
And sometimes the employers make the case to the EEOC and prevail as an undue hardship.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#255
Yes I know how totally unreasonable to expect, say, cabdrivers not to abandon a lesbian couple
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#256
So pharmacists and cab drivers aren't regulated and licensed by the state?
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#280
Just because I use the word "so" doesn't mean I'm putting words in your mouth.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#284
The 'information we've been given' contains data points like "her coworkers complained"
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#287
The complaint also complained about a 'book with foreign words'. Sounds a bit prejudicial to me.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#288
No--employEES. If her peers say "Our workload is increased without compensation because she
MADem
Sep 2015
#87
Why would one employee's gripe take precedence over another's subsequent one?
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#187
We do that all the time-- see what constitutes a hostile workplace, employment discrimination, etc.
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#188
Interestingly, for this Muslim woman to want ANOTHER person to serve the alcohol FOR her, is to seek
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#191
Well, aren'y you special? I believe in govt hands-off religion, as in "Shall establish no....."
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#271
If the division of labor is affected, and the employee can't carry out the elements of the job, then
MADem
Sep 2015
#198
That's not a good analogy. They often don't know how full their flights will be till very close
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#94
Thanks for setting this all out so clearly. In short, it's not a simple accommodation. n/t
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#110
You did a good job explaining it. This is so much more complicated than saying:
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#136
3/5ths of their flights are solo FA's. She can't work 3/5ths of the schedule already
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#102
I'm not the religious police. Which tenets of her faith she holds important aren't up to me. n/t
X_Digger
Sep 2015
#153
If the other attendants think it is reasonable. 'You should do my work for me because God' is not
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#26
Ugh, so the company has to maneuver the schedule so she's never the single attendant
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#30
At most they have two. Service of beverages is a large and crappy part of the job.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#68
Increase another employee's workload to accommodate religious bias? Fire her AND the court clerk.
cherokeeprogressive
Sep 2015
#27
The Court Clerk holds an elected position and can't be fired (although she can be impeached). n/t
PoliticAverse
Sep 2015
#33
She needs a new gig. I have zero respect for that sort of thing. If she is opposed to alcohol she
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#17
so she can refuse to serve non-muslims, bare-headed women, or any other thing she decides
msongs
Sep 2015
#24
Excellent point. she's being very selective in which beliefs need to be accommodated.
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#112
What bullshit. So sick of these whiny religious nutbags using their mythology in this way.
Arugula Latte
Sep 2015
#29
Bring this up the next time a Republican complains about the treatment of Kim Davis
J_J_
Sep 2015
#36
Hypocrisy links all things reich wing. Their shining example is Napoleon from "Animal Farm."
kairos12
Sep 2015
#45
Try to make a reasonable accommodation, if that didn't work, needed to find another job.
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#43
Your Iranian peers didn't know their English grammar, then. "Not a drop" is not a synonym for "Drop
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#104
I am sick of this shit. The whole thing will fall apart if everyone has to have an accommodation
mnhtnbb
Sep 2015
#62
On several occasions I have had taxi drivers refuse to take me and my brother
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Sep 2015
#156
Then you would be in favour of changing the constitution and re-writing all of legal precedent on
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#155
"it's incumbent upon employers to provide a safe environment where employees can feel they can
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#100
Going to give her the same sympathy I'd give a Jewish server who has to bring a customer a BLT. . .
Jake Stern
Sep 2015
#149
And people around here shit a collective brick over Uber's pesky "libertarianism"
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#178
No one is forcing her to drink the alcohol. Sorry it was part of the job description when
Pisces
Sep 2015
#221
"one who consumes the money from its sale" - who does she get her paycheck from?
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#260
Interesting she's being selective in her outrage. Alcohol - bad. 5x/day prayer - meh
riderinthestorm
Sep 2015
#266
And yet the Sultan of Brunei owns the Polo Lounge, which is one bar among many owed by him
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#291
Honestly, let's just let the most controlling fundamentalists among us write the rules for everyone
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#257
Well, it's not like logic or reason has ever intersected w/ any of these Abrahamic religions.
Arugula Latte
Sep 2015
#261
Please see this post about federal law, delivering alcohol, and an actual EEOC case...
PoliticAverse
Sep 2015
#277