Delta deplanes Marine for anti-suicide shirt
Marine Catherine Banks was flying out of San Francisco International last week when the flight attendant (allegedly male) asked her to deplane.
After getting off the plane, Banks said that the flight attendant told her that her shirt — which read “Do not give in to the war within. End veteran suicide” — was “threatening.”
“I said, ‘Are you kidding me?’ ” she recalled to the outlet. “I’m a Marine Corps vet. I’m going to see my Marine sister. I’ve been in the Marine Corps for 22 years and worked for the Air Force for 15 years. I’m going to visit her.’ He said, ‘I don’t care about your service, and I don’t care about her service. The only way you’re going to get back on the plane is if you take it off right now.’ “
Banks told NBC Bay Area that she had to face away from the flight attendant as she changed into another sweatshirt because she wasn’t wearing a bra.
Flight attendants, Banks claimed, also told her to sit in the back of the plane, even though she said she paid for an extra legroom seat. The flight was delayed, and she missed a connecting flight later in the day, she added.
Delta’s terms of service allow them to kick off anyone disruptive, smelly (been on a few flights when THAT was ignored), abusive…the usual sort of things that would sound reasonable to a reasonable person.
But a non-abusive, non-obscene T-shirt supporting what the government has described as a health crisis cause – the high rate of veterans’ suicides? Threatening?
A Delta spokesperson told PEOPLE in a statement: “The matter with the customer has been resolved. We appreciate her patience as we continue to work to understand what occurred during this event. Most importantly, we are thankful for her service to our country.”People.com
Yep, sure sounds it. Hopefully the Marine concerned and a decent Lawer can get Delta’s attention, too – breach of contract and public humiliation maybe?
Quick hint for ya, Delta – you fly NOWHERE I want to go that other airlines don’t also go.
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I hope Delta gets their collective ass handed to them in court, I’m sure this isn’t the first time they’ve done something this degree of asinine.
Haven’t flown them since the 90s, no reason to change that now.
Wanna bet the flight attendant was some little fruit-loop with a free palestine / burn-loot-murder pin?
Yeah, she needs to get a lawyer that can get her enough to make them hurt.
I’ve already got a good idea what kind of flight attendant HE is… 🌈
“I don’t care about your service” what a cocksucker… literally.
Sounds like Delta needs to do more than just “say” they support veterans. A very large donation to support the very foundation they just disparaged, would go a long way to do that!!!