Flight Attendant Gets Fired For Saying She Qualifies For Food Stamps
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I think Starter Crew and Diplome are quite right. I have seen this story syndicated all over the internet but so far it remains one aggrieved party's uncorroborated version of events. We don't actually know the reason why this flight attendant was sacked and the scant information available, whilst lending itself to a good headline, is a poor basis for forming a fair opinion.
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Sadly this whole issue of terminations due to little things that embarrass an airline but may be essential to the survival o f the employee is nothing new. several Mesa air crew members(pilots) from their now defunct WestAir sub, were fired back in the early 90's for applying for food stamps. When WestAir was it's own entity prior to being bought by Mesa, the wages were survivable; however, after the take over wages were significantly cut for the majority of the pilots. The CC from Compass ran into a similar situation. Compass was recently purchased by Trans States Holdings, a company which has a poor labor relations history at best, like Mesa would rather abuse it's employees and then later blame said employees for their own termination or suspension rather than their(Trans States Holdings)actions which brought the employees to this sad position.
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Perhaps a solution is that all crew, technical or cabin, that qualify for food stamps should do so, industry wide. Can the company fire everybody?
Use the fact that you are all on assistance as leverage at the next T&Cs negotiation. Good luck.
Use the fact that you are all on assistance as leverage at the next T&Cs negotiation. Good luck.
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To me it seems she belongs to a minority (qualified for food stamps) just like indigenous indian americans or black americans. As far as I know, with a good lawyer, she would stand a fair chance of winning a discrimination case.
Although it can be argued that she made an announcement which was not related to safety or in line with company policy & procedures, it is hard to see why a spur of happiness qualifies for termination.
As long as there was no embedded message detrimental to the airline (employer) causing loss of business a lawyer should be able to argue the case in her favor.
Although it can be argued that she made an announcement which was not related to safety or in line with company policy & procedures, it is hard to see why a spur of happiness qualifies for termination.
As long as there was no embedded message detrimental to the airline (employer) causing loss of business a lawyer should be able to argue the case in her favor.
