Normally, i love American Airlines. In fact, they’ve been my primary airline for two years now. Of course, a message in my mailbox makes me reconsider that:
My niece and two of her friends saw the Vagina Monalogues this year at Berkeley California and became empowered, bought Pussy Power T-Shirts with the name, date and location of the play on the back of them.
Just a couple of weeks ago these three and a friend were on an American airlines trip to Hawaii. Three of the four young women were wearing their T-shirts from the play. The stewardesses would not serve them because of the T-shirts. NO water, drinks, food, meals, head-sets for the movie, nothing. The girls tried to explain but the women stewardesses would not listen. Their friend who had not seen the play and didn’t have a T-shirt was served. Other women in the area gave them some drinks, rented head-sets for them etc.
I was outraged at this. Is their anyone whom they can contact to help them with this? Also on the return trip from Hawaii, the exact same crew served them everything as they were wearing their new Hawaii shirts and garb.
Sincerely,
Margaret GarciaThe young women are more then willing to talk to someone about this. Their travel agent is upset and has contacted American Airlines but to no avail yet.
It’s frustrating that in a big corporate world, i couldn’t even fathom who they should contact to express their outrage and frustration.
seems like they must have a policy at AA about serving people on the plane. i wonder what the policy is. for example, do the attendants have the freedom to exclude people from service if they are abusive? probably. then the attendants might feel like they could interpret that policy way beyond its original intent and not serve all types of people they didn’t like. maybe AA would respond to a request about what that policy is exactly.
Have a lawyer contact AA. Hell, couldn’t one even argue that they may have not been served because the attendants presumed these girls were queer due to their t-shirts? (I’m reaching here, but this is exactly the type of way of framing the issue that will get people’s attention. Make a discrimination argument and the legal ears will perk up.) Would they have served a group of frat boys wearing naked women on their chests? Or Hooters t-shirts? (Maybe it’s reverse discrimination.)
As someone who works for a Very Large Corporation, that’s the pragmatic strategy I’d advise, unless making the above argument is completely out of context and hurts rather than helps. Anything that gets the attention of Legal at a corporation gets dealt with.
I’d wager this should be worth some free flight coupons.
So you wore “Pussy Power” emblazoned before the eyes of familys on a flight to Hawaii, and have the audasity to wonder why you were ostrasized? Such trite and boorish behavior I’d expect of 13 year-old boys. You really should thank those Flight Attendants for not throwing you overboard. Come on, grow up, “ladies!”