Muntik nang pababain mula sa kanyang flight ang isang babae dahil hindi ito naka-bra.
Hindi maitago ng pasaherong si Lisa Archbold, self-employed disc jockey (DJ), ang pagkadismaya dahil sa aniya ay diskriminasyon at pamamahiya sa kanya ng flight crew.
Pinagbantaan pa siya na kung hindi tatakpan ni Lisa ang sarili ay paaalisin siya sa eroplano.
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Ang karanasang ito ni Lisa ay ipinost niya sa X (formerly known Twitter) noong January 23, 2024, isang araw matapos ang di magandang experience sa kanyang flight.
Tweet niya: “@Delta I was extracted from a delta flight for not wearing a bra. The gate attendant waited until the entire plane was seated, then asked to speak to me privately and escorted me off the plane, like a criminal.I was told 'the official policy of @Delta is that women must cover up'"
[twitter:
@Delta I was extracted from a delta flight for not wearing a bra. The gate attendant waited until the entire plane was seated, then asked to speak to me privately and escorted me off the plane, like a criminal.I was told “the official policy of @Delta is that women must cover up” pic.twitter.com/NuxiCrYf90
— DJette kiwi (@DJettekiwi) January 23, 2024
]
THE INCIDENT ON THE FLIGHT
Noong January 22, si Lisa, isang New Zealand expat, ay pauwi mula sa Sundance Film Festival sa Utah.
Sumakay siya sa airplane ng Delta Airlines—isang major airline company sa U.S.—pauwi sa Bay Area, San Francisco, ulat ng Yahoo News Australia noong February 6.
Ang suot daw ni Lisa ay “baggy” T-shirt at long pants.
Noong nasa airport pa siya at bago sumakay ng eroplano, tinanggal niya ang suot na dalawang coat dahil medyo mainit sa Salt Lake City.
Ilang minuto bago lumipad ang kanyang eroplano, habang nakaupo na ang lahat ng pasahero sa kani-kaniyang designated seats, si Lisa ay tinawag “loudly” para pumunta sa unahan ng aircraft.
Isang female crew member ang nag-assist kay Lisa palabas ng eroplano.
Sinita raw ng flight attendant ang kanyang “offensive attire” at “revealing" outfit.
“After this long speech, she tells me she would allow me to stay on the flight if I put on my jacket,” sabi ni Lisa.
Pagpapatuloy niya, "Keep in mind this flight was an hour and a half long, so I was not going to be out of my seat again.
“So whatever offence she was pretending was happening from my nipples, she had just created that offence again, so it wasn’t logical – it was humiliation.”
Isinuot daw ni Lisa ang isa niyang jacket.
“I looked like a girl who didn’t care about being dressed like one,” sabi ni Lisa na aminadong isang “queer.”
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Sinabi rin ni Lisa na sa tingin niya ay ang kanyang pagiging member niya ng LGBTQIA community ang dahilan sa hindi magandang trato sa kanya.
Nang mag-landing na ang plane sa destination nito, sinabihan ni Lisa ang isang male crew member na nakaramdam siya ng diskriminasyon dahil sa ginawa ng female flight attendant.
Ito raw ang "verbatim" na sagot ng male crew member: "Our official policy on Delta Airlines is that women must cover up."
Sabi ng dismayadong si Lisa, "It’s pretty gross.”
Sinabi ni Lisa, nag-reach out sa kanya ang Delta Airlines para humingi ng paumanhin.
Pero pakiramdam daw ni Lisa, ang airline “stopped short of admitting any wrongdoing.”
Sabi niya, “I don’t need miles or an apology, I need Delta to be interested in the safety of their passengers.
“The dress code is extremely subjective. Subjective policies are easy vessels of abuse. They are easy to shift. Let’s make everyone more safe.”
Kinunan ng panig ang Delta Airlines ng Yahoo News Australia, pero wala umano itong sagot.