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Delta Airlines Boots Breast-Feeding Mommy
Category: In Your Face
Something is wrong with our society when the breast-feeding of an infant on an airplane is not acceptable conduct.
Woman kicked off plane for breast-feeding baby
A woman who claims she was kicked off an airplane because she was breast-feeding her baby has filed a complaint against two airlines, her attorney said.Emily Gillette, 27, of Santa Fe, N.M., filed the complaint with the Vermont Human Rights Commission late last week against Delta Air Lines and Freedom Airlines, said her attorney, Elizabeth Boepple. Freedom was operating the Delta flight between Burlington and New York City.
Gillette said she was discreetly breast-feeding her 22-month-old daughter on Oct. 13 as their flight prepared to leave Burlington International Airport. She said she was seated by the window in the next-to-last row, her husband was seated between her and the aisle and no part of her breast was showing.
Delta, apparently, does not know that one of the primary uses of the female breast is to provide nutrition to a baby. And, that people with brains to control their eye movements have the ability to avert their eyes from a passenger's breast in the next to the last row, up against the window, if they find the sight of a loving mother caring for the needs of her baby offensive. I regularly have to avert my eyes from the nonsense inflicted upon all passengers on the drop-down TV screens. I also have to tune out the loudmouths in the next row who need to "chat" mindlessly for an entire flight. It never occurred to me that I could have the screens and the loudmouths removed from the plane.
Does anyone else see the irony in the name of Delta's partner, Freedom Airlines?
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Comments
That is SO ridiculous. I hope she wins big! I know that in New York State, a woman is legally allowed to breastfeed in public...don't know about other places.
I agree the chatters are worse!!
Posted by: patti at November 17, 2006 07:28 AM
As a mom, this really steams me. I walk around the city and see images of breasts every day - on TV, on posters, on the sides of buses - but a real woman using her breast for its intended purpose? Dirty dirty shame!
The issue here is that our society only allows breasts to see the light of day if they're selling something. Good luck!
Posted by: Litigious Mama at November 21, 2006 12:18 AM