Thu, Nov 18, 2004
Now It's "Diary Of A Fired Flight Attendant"
And now the latest installment in
our continuing stooooooory of a Delta flight attendant who
apparently showed a little too much of herself in her own
non-company blog. Ellen Simonetti has been given her walking papers
from the Atlanta-based airline.
As ANN reported last month, Simonetti, known
on the internet as "Queen of the Sky," has hosted an internet
discussion group (blog) called "Diary of a Flight
Attendant." It's an innocuous little website. There's
little profanity and no real sexual content. Instead, it focuses on
the exploits of her fictional alter-ego, including tips and notes
for travelers. On the site, she never mentions Delta, never
mentions Atlanta but did pose for several photos in her Delta
uniform.
It was that uniform which got her in trouble with her employer.
In one picture on the site, she was seen sitting on top of an empty
row of seats, her skirt hiked up on her leg. In another, she's
bending over toward the camera, a thin sliver of her bra visible
beneath her shirt.
Simonetti thought it was flattering. Delta apparently thought
otherwise. In either case, Simonetti said, it was certainly nothing
"R" rated... more like "G" or, at worst, "PG."
"Gosh, it's a little tiny sliver of my bra, it's not like a
bright red push-up bra," she said. "It's not like I worked the
flight like that."
The 29-year old flight attendant told the New York Times that
she got a call from her supervisor last month. The reason?
"Inappropriate photos in a Delta Uniform."
We'll see who has the last laugh. Simonetti is now suing the
airline for $10 million, alleging before the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission that she is the victim of sex
discrimination.
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