In a noteworthy legal move, a lawsuit is being filed against many major airlines for unfair hiring practices. The case raises issues of equal opportunity and diversity in business by alleging that these airlines have hired large numbers of young white flight attendants, thereby engaging in a pattern of discrimination.
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- Which airline was sued?
- Who sued the airlines?
- What is the problem?
- When this happened?
- How did it all begin?
Which airline was sued?
United Airlines, a US-based airline, was sued.
Who sued the airlines?
Two United Airlines flight attendants have filed a lawsuit: Dawn Todd and Darby Quezada.
What is the problem?
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In a recent lawsuit, it was claimed that United Airlines, the US-based airline, favors flight attendants with particular characteristics and age ranges on charter flights serving professional and college sports teams.
Two United Airlines flight attendants filed the lawsuit, according to the Los Angeles Times, alleging that players prefer a “certain appearance” of “young, thin, white women who are predominantly blonde and blue-eyed.”
That’s why flight attendants were passed over for the prestigious position of working charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. Dawn Todd, 50, and Darby Quezada, 44, claim they were ignored and then initiated these flights in favor of co-workers she refers to as “young and skinny.”
When this happened?
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Both women alleged harassment and discrimination based on age, race, national origin and religion in the lawsuit, which the Los Angeles Times reports was filed Oct. 25 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The complaints concerned the staffing of United’s charter flights to the Dodgers and the treatment of his co-workers on those flights.
How did it all begin?
Todd and Quezada have more than 15 years of experience working for United, and the lawsuit claims they have been trying to join the airline’s program serving Dodgers flights for more than ten years.
Because these assignments offer longer flight hours and other benefits, attendants can receive up to three times the pay of regular assignments.
“Plaintiffs had the necessary experience and qualifications,” according to the complaint, “but their applications were dismissed and denied because Plaintiffs were non-white.”
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The New York Post claims that United Airlines settled an earlier lawsuit that alleged the airline employed “young, white, female and predominantly blonde or blue-eyed” attendants to crew flights.
The 2020 agreement serves as the basis for the current action, which states that “more changes occurred in 2022 with the addition of several white United flight attendants to the ‘dedicated crew.'”
The lawsuit highlights the importance of addressing employment discrimination and promoting diversity in all sectors, including the airline industry, which is crucial to international travel. This is true regardless of the outcome of the litigation.
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